Network Administrator

Job ID: 2615651

Location: Suffolk, VA, US

Date Posted: 2026-08-13

Category: Information Technology

Subcategory: Network Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Rotating

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is looking for a Network Administrator with experience in US Navy IT networks to support the sustained operation and maintenance of a newly deployed naval enterprise transport network, ensuring 24/7/365 availability and reliability. The position will support end-to-end network, system, and element visibility; facilitate rapid operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning to maintaining the operational integrity of a mission-critical network, requiring both technical expertise and a commitment to excellence in service delivery.

This position is onsite in Suffolk, VA.

Specific Duties Include

Provide Tier 2 level engineering operations support to quickly identify, triage, and address outages, analyzing symptoms and potential root causes to implement effective resolutions or escalate to Tier 3 support as required

Utilize advanced monitoring tools and processes to oversee network infrastructure, monitor the performance and availability of managed services and systems across multiple exchange points, and ensure optimal performance

Perform day to day maintenance, fixes, configuration corrections, software and hardware updates, and deployments

Adhere to system and operational reporting obligations

Operate and maintain the privileged access solutions

Maintain continuous verification of failover processes and disaster recovery procedures

Operate and maintain hardware upgrade process and procedures

Update and maintain any software builds applicable to deployed equipment

Enact change management for the solution

Operate and maintain existing incident management processes

Keep firmware, software updates and patches up to date for equipment

Support the design, analysis, planning, modification and maintenance of the network and network components supporting data, voice and/or audio communication activities

Support analysis of short/long term capacity needs for switching, routing transmission and signaling

Conducts testing of network systems

Support the evaluation of new network technologies to enhance capabilities of the network

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or a related discipline and two (2) years relevant experience supporting a large network infrastructure

Additional experience can be considered in lieu of degree

Required Security Clearance

Active TS/SCI

Required Skills and Experience

Experience required with: Routing Protocols (OSPF, BGP); Access Control Lists; Layer 2 Switching; Spanning Tree; Packet Analysis; SPINE-LEAF architecture

Experience with the following is a plus: Arista switches; Palo Alto Firewalls; TAP and network visibility (i.e. Gigamon, NetScout); SD-WAN and Spine-Leaf Architecture; working with VLANs and VRFs; configuring IPSEC tunnels; and troubleshooting routing issues

Working knowledge of SD-WAN, Routers, Switches, Firewalls, and Virtual Private Network devices

Understanding of TCP/IP in regard to routing and subnetting

Capable of supporting TACACS+ on Cisco ISE and ISE Cube

Required Certifications

IAT Level II required (Sec +), CCNA/CCNP. Six-month waiver authorized to obtain

Desired

Experience with SVLAN (Service VLAN) configuration and management

Experience with Arista CloudVision Portal

Working Environment

Must be able to work shifts to cover a 24x7 operational environment

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.