Cloud Network Administrator

Who We Are:

• CAE Vision: Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security civil aviation and healthcare by revolutionizing our customers training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety efficiency and readiness.

• CAE Defense & Security Mission: CAEs Defense and Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.

• CAE Values: Empowerment Innovation Excellence Integrity and OneCAE make us who we are and we strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.

What We Have to Offer:

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance

• A work environment where all employees are valued respected and safe

• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver take initiatives and make decisions

• Recognition professional development advancement and having fun!

Summary
Setup support and monitor local & global LAN WLAN WAN and VoIP Infrastructure. Perform a variety of network maintenance installation and training tasks to ensure LAN/WLAN/WAN/VoIP services meet company and user requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Assist with identifying and expanding corporate private and public cloud services features and capabilities.

• Assist with expanding existing and future government cloud platforms including Platform as a Service (PaaS) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) environments in support of Department of Defense (DoD) cloud programs.

• Serve as overall subject matter expert on cloud Network Administrator technology and market capabilities/trends.

• Collaborate on detailed network storage and compute design documentation to ensure strict security compliance scalable infrastructure and highly available computing operations on existing and future cloud platforms.

• Maintain troubleshoot and support network platforms in existing multi-tenant cloud/virtualized platform on Azure Government (Azure-Gov) and Amazon Web Services Government (AWS-G).

• Responsible for assessing and facilitating network requests: including firewall policies VPN load balancing cryptography and network architecture.

• Design and implement security-first network policies and procedures to adhere with NIST 800.171 and CMMC compliance regulations.

• Communicates effectively with end-users support staff management and other systems departments on internal cloud and hybrid initiatives.

• Participates in the maintenance troubleshooting and support of localized/on premise WAN LAN and WLAN network infrastructure within complex local and global environments.

• Implement manage and troubleshoot cloud-based network security systems. This includes Firewalls SD-WAN appliances CASB DNS Security Appliances etc.

• Administer and support corporate network monitoring systems and expanded functionality for cloud-based operations. This includes Network Monitoring Tools Syslog Servers etc.

• Implement test and monitor system enhancements (software and hardware updates/patches) which will improve the performance and reliability of cloud and on-premise network services.

• Assist other teams with the integration implementation and troubleshooting of projects involving local cloud and hybrid network services.

• Participates in the Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity plan and procedures for all locations.

• Exercises independent judgment in the planning scheduling organizing controlling and monitoring of IT projects.

• Assist other team members in the troubleshooting and resolution of corporate IT issues.

• Provide and participate in cross-training to other team members on IT systems.

• Bachelors Degree in a technology discipline or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.

• Cisco CCNA Cloud or CCNA Route & Switch required OR CompTIA Network CompTIA Cloud or equivalent certification with minimum 4 years of experience managing networks required.

• Minimum 4 years of experience in support and maintenance of complex network environment including cloud-based network segmentation/security appliances.

• In depth Knowledge of Firewalls Routers Layer 2/3 Switches and VLANs as well as Wireless technologies.

• Deep understanding of Layer2/Layer3 network stack.

• Possess knowledge and ability to configure and troubleshoot routing switching and VoIP particularly within a Cisco environment.

• Knowledge of protocols EIGRP OSPF HSRP BGP gateway load balancing and related protocols.

• Familiarity of Load Balancers.

• Familiarity of SD-WAN devices.

• Knowledge of IT Security policies as they pertain to NIST 800.171 and Security Information and Event Manager (SIEM).

• Troubleshooting skillset for LAN/WAN network and application issues on premise and cloud appliances.

• Knowledge of Network Services such as DNS IPAM (S)FTP TFTP LDAP SMTP and DHCP.

• Knowledge of Infrastructure Monitoring tools using SNMP Netflow and Syslog.

• Knowledge of 802.1x and certificates.

• Innovation/creativity managing/working with others project/process management accountability.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and problem-solving ability.

• Learn and adopt best practices in Network Management.

• Ability to interface well with CAE users and customers at all levels.

• Ability to interface and work well with CAE Global IT Administrators.

• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.
• Familiarity with Cisco Arista Palo Alto Juniper Aruba Silverpeak or F5 products

Preferred Skills

• CCNP Cloud AWS Certified Advanced Networking Azure Administrator Associate or Azure Security Engineer Associate.

• Significant Experience with DNS/DHCP/NAT/FW Security.

• Experience with Cloud Security Appliances and Security Solutions (CASB).

• Knowledge and experience working with VMware vSphere and Hyper-V.

• Knowledge and experience supporting a Microsoft Windows network.

Security Responsibilities

Must comply with all company security and data protection / usage policies and procedures. Personally responsible for proper marking and handling of all information and materials in any form. Shall not divulge any information or afford access to other employees not having a need-to-know. Shall not divulge information outside company without management approval. All government and proprietary information will be accessed and stored electronically on company provided resources.

• Incumbent must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance.

Due to U.S. Government contract requirements only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Work Environment

• Duties performed in an office environment and manufacturing facility.

• Must be able to work overtime on and off-shifts as required.

• The employee is on call 24x7 for the resolution of problems and issues.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Employee is regularly required to sit talk or hear in person in meetings and by telephone.

• Manual dexterity to operate computers or other standard office equipment; and reach with hands and arms.

• Able to support rack mounted equipment (up to 7 feet off the ground).

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

CAE USA Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any protected characteristic including disability and protected veteran status as defined under federal state or local laws.

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