Network Admin Prin

Requisition Number

111528BR

See what you’re missing. Our employees work on the world’s most advanced electronics – from detecting threats for F-35 pilots to illuminating the night for soldiers. Spanning air, land, sea, and space, we are developing the technology of tomorrow, delivered today. Drawing strength from our differences, we’re innovating for the future. And you can, too. Our flexible work environment provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. We put our customers first – exemplified by our mission: “We Protect Those Who Protect Us®.” Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems.

Our Operations employees turn innovative engineering designs into real solutions to meet our customers’ needs. From Supply Chain, to manufacturing and test, Electronic Systems offers opportunities to work with technology rarely accessible in other manufacturing firms. Our training and development programs provide employees with career advancement in a diverse work environment.

Because of the need for consistent, in-person collaboration and/or the requirement to perform all work onsite due to the nature of this particular role, it will be performed full-time on site. This means work will be conducted on location at a BAE Systems facility 100% of the time.

Job responsibilities include, but not limited to:

Monitor, Configure & Troubleshoot Switches, Firewalls, VPN appliances

Use network diagnostic tools as per product requirements

Ensure the reliability, availability and performance of network infrastructure & network-related application

Actively participate in incident response and root-cause analysis, support a blameless post-mortems culture

Document root-cause analysis and offer solutions to prevent future client network outages

Commission and decommission infrastructure

Identify and suggest network designs that will enable consistent client network workflow

Maintain current customer network documentation that documents outages, changes, and best practices

Automate repetitive tasks to eliminate toil and drive consistency + repeatability

Develop tools and services to automate the mitigation and remediation of network-specific events

Participate in creating customized network management tools to evaluate, monitor and report network statistics

Design, write and deliver Infrastructure as Code software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of network

Job Posting Title

Principal Network Administrator

Job Family

Network Administration

Travel Percentage

<10%

Clearance Level – Must be able to obtain for position

Top Secret/SCI Polygraph

Shift

1st Shift

Regular or Temporary

Regular

Typical Education and Experience

Typically a Bachelor's Degree and 6 years work experience or equivalent experience

Required Skills and Education

Must have at least Active Secret Clearance

Minimum of a High School Diploma and 7 or more years or relevant experience or Bachelor's Degree in related field and 4 or more years of relatable work experience

Must be able to obtain CompTIA Security + Certification

Good understanding of TCP/IP model, Open Networking standards, Jun OS, Cisco IOS

Significant experience with network diagnostic tools such as tcpdump, wireshark

Experience with Jun OS for switches, firewalls

Familiar with Pulse Secure VPN

Understanding of network security (firewalls and IDS) design and implementation

Understanding of complex networking models utilizing a variety of L2 & L3 protocols

Knowledge of spanning tree protocol, BGP, LACP, VLAN, MC-LAG

Basic understanding of scripting & software development packages for development of Infrastructure as Code

Working knowledge of one or more of the following languages: Ansible, Python,

Ability to automate menial tasks

Understanding of diagram drawing tools such as Visio, Lucid Charts, Gliffy

Able to document cause analysis and offer solutions to prevent future client network outages

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Preferred Skills and Education

Bachelor’s Degree and 4+ years’ work experience or equivalent work experience.

Ability to obtain Top Secret Clearance

Active CompTIA S+ Certification

About BAE Systems Electronic Systems

BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems’ game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere – from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact – for our customers and the communities we serve.

Department

1ZF_ES Information Technology

Company

BAE_BAE SYSTEMS Info&Elec Sys Intg

Posting Requirements

Internal/External

Job Category

Engineering & Technology

U.S. Person Required

Yes

Business Area

ES Functional Staff

Salary Max Point

191070

Salary Min Point

112420

Union Job

None

Recruiter

Chris Pereira