Networking Field Tech - Systems Administrator

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The Network Systems Engineer is responsible for the administration, support, maintenance, and continuous improvement of enterprise network and security infrastructure within a highly regulated environment. This role serves as an experienced technical contributor supporting production network operations, security controls, compliance requirements, and infrastructure reliability.

The position requires strong hands-on expertise with Palo Alto and Cisco firewall technologies, along with experience supporting enterprise networking, load balancing, cloud connectivity, and operational infrastructure services. The engineer will work closely with Systems Administration, Senior Systems Engineering, Senior Network Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) teams to ensure the availability, security, and compliance of critical infrastructure supporting regulated business operations.

The ideal candidate is an experienced network professional who can independently support complex production environments, maintain accurate technical documentation, contribute to security and compliance activities, and help protect sensitive information including PII and PHI.

• Administer and support Palo Alto Networks firewall platforms.
• Administer and support Cisco firewall technologies.
• Implement approved firewall rules, VPN configurations, NAT policies, and network segmentation requirements.
• Support implementation of security controls and approved security baselines.

• Support Cisco switching and routing environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve network connectivity and performance issues.
• Support network infrastructure upgrades and lifecycle management activities.
• Perform root cause analysis on network service incidents.

• Support F5 load balancing technologies.
• Maintain virtual servers, traffic management policies, SSL configurations, and application delivery services.
• Partner with application support teams to maintain highly available services.

• Support disaster recovery and business continuity testing activities.
• Maintain operational runbooks and support procedures.

• Support infrastructure operating within a federal, healthcare, or otherwise highly regulated environment.
• Participate in audit readiness, evidence collection, and remediation activities.
• Assist with maintenance of technical controls aligned to regulatory and security requirements.
• Support protection of sensitive information including PII and PHI.

• Utilize monitoring and observability platforms to identify service and infrastructure issues.
• Review network health, capacity, availability, and performance metrics.
• Support operational reporting and dashboard development.
• Participate in continuous service improvement initiatives.

Develop and maintain network diagrams, technical procedures, standards documentation, and operational guides.

Collaborate with Systems Administration, Senior Systems Engineering, Senior Network Engineering, Cybersecurity, and GRC teams.

• ~ Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology,…