System Network Administrator

As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence space cyber defense civilian health and state and local markets.

Our First Responder Solutions program is seeking a System/Network Administrator to enlarge our team responsible for supporting the California Dept of Forestry and Fire Protection.

The System/Network Administrator is the hands-on technical practitioner responsible for the day-to-day configuration maintenance monitoring and troubleshooting of the CAL FIRE CAD network infrastructure. This role is essential during the Knowledge Transfer and Onboarding and Technical Enhancements and Infrastructure Transition phases and becomes the operational backbone of the engagement during the Operations Support phase.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer configure and maintain all network infrastructure components supporting the CAL FIRE CAD environment including routers switches firewalls load balancers and wireless access points.
• Execute network changes upgrades and enhancements in accordance with approved change management procedures ensuring zero disruption to dispatch operations.
• Monitor network performance availability and security using enterprise monitoring tools (e.g. SolarWinds PRTG Nagios or equivalent); respond to and resolve alerts in accordance with defined SLAs.
• Participate actively in the Knowledge Transfer phase shadowing CAL FIRE network staff documenting configurations and building runbooks and standard operating procedures.
• Support the Technology Assessment by conducting network audits capturing device inventories and validating architecture documentation against physical and logical configurations.
• Perform system administration tasks for servers and infrastructure supporting the CAD environment including OS patching backup management and performance tuning.
• Implement and maintain network security controls including ACLs firewall rule sets VPN configurations and intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS).
• Respond to and resolve network incidents and service requests maintaining detailed records in the ITSM ticketing system.
• Support disaster recovery and business continuity testing including failover validation for CAD-critical network paths.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date network documentation including topology diagrams IP address management (IPAM) records and configuration baselines.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in information technology Computer Science Network Engineering or a related field with 5 years experience.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on network and systems administration experience with at least 2 years in public safety government or critical infrastructure environment.
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Cisco CCNA required certification.
• Proficiency with Cisco IOS/IOS-XE routing protocols (OSPF BGP EIGRP) switching (STP VLANs trunking) and firewall platforms (Cisco ASA/FTD Palo Alto or Fortinet).
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP networking DNS DHCP QoS and network security fundamentals.
• Experience with ITSM platforms (ServiceNow Remedy) and change management processes in a regulated environment.
• Working knowledge of Windows Server and Linux administration in a networked environment.
• Ability to work on-call rotations and respond to after-hours incidents as required by operational SLAs.

Preferred Qualifications

• CCNP (Routing & Switching or Enterprise) strongly preferred. CompTIA Network and/or Security a plus.
• Familiarity with CAD system network requirements including low-latency design redundancy and integration with radio/telephony systems preferred.
• Experience with SD-WAN platforms (Cisco Viptela VMware VeloCloud or equivalent) preferred.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.