Network Administrator

About Us

We are committed to finding smart solutions that enable an intelligent and seamless world. Our success as a world-class leader in technology has evolved from humble beginnings. In 1896, the enterprising father and son team of A.J. and George

A. Briggs partnered with S.A. Buffington, a Chicago lawyer, to establish Chicago Telephone Supply Company (later to become CTS).

Today, CTS is a leading designer and manufacturer of sensors, actuators, and electronic components for suppliers and original equipment manufacturers. We have over 20 locations in 12 countries and more than 3,500 employees. Our innovative sensing, connectivity, and motion solutions offer a diverse range of products across diversified end markets including transportation, medical, aerospace and defense, and industrial. We are at the forefront of supporting innovating life-changing technology, focusing on quality to keep people safe, healthy, and happy.

CTS is looking for Network Administrator and Security Administrator, with advanced Network & Security skills. The candidate should have relevant experience in all areas of network configurations within a global infrastructure with practical experiences in implementing, standardizing, and maintaining networking equipment regardless of the location of the equipment.

This role is part of the Corporate IT Infrastructure team based in Lisle, IL, and reports to the Manager of IT Infrastructure. This is a hands-on technical role, not a management role.

• Maintain routers, switches, and other physical hardware that is part of the networking pillar infrastructure
• Install and configure network equipment and firewalls, ensuring that the systems are fully patched and protected

• Understanding and hand-on experience of the latest security principles, techniques, and protocols. (BGP, OSFP, TCP, UDP, HTTPS, etc.).
• Hands-on experience in security systems, including Fortinet, Crowd Strike and other intrusion technologies, anti-virus software, authentication systems, log management, internet content filtering, etc.
• Hands-on experience with networking manufactures such as:
  Meraki, Cisco, HP, and Dell networking devices.
• Hands-on experience with VLAN, LAN, SDWAN architecture.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco technologies and PKI.
• Hands-on experience with Forti Gate Firewalls.
• Hands-on experience with working with managed service providers.
• Hands-on experience with IP4/IP6 IP schemas
• Hands-on experience in trouble shooting and resolution of networking related issues.
• Hands-on experience with Wireshark, Splunk, Net Flow and other diagnostic tools.
• Experience with Virtualization technologies (VMWARE & Hyper-V)
• Experiences with RADIUS based authentication.
• Experience with San technologies.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and patching cycles within your pillar.
• Ability to update and or create new documentation.
• Good understanding of change management processes.
• Be available for critical system changes, updates, and/or system down situations.

• Be a Team Player and have can-do attitude.
• Ability to collaborate and cross train with team members.
• Self-starter with an ability to learn new concepts quickly.
• Strong oral and written presentation skills.
• Strong business analysis and project management skills.
• Understanding of NIST SP800-171.
• Experience with ITIL, Agile (SAFe, Scrum) and other technology frameworks.
• Experience with NIST Cyber Security Framework.

• B/S in computer science.
• 7-10 years of experience.
• CISCO CCNP.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.

At CTS, one of the ways we recognize the value of our employees is through our comprehensive benefits program. Highlights of our benefits program for full-time employees include:

• Health Benefits
• 401K
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Parental Leave
• Pet Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement

The expected annual salary range for this position is $115-130K.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. CTS considers a variety of factors when setting base salary rates including, without limitation, a candidate’s skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Ready to shape the future? Apply now to join a world leader in sensing and connectivity.

CTS Corporation is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer who complies with all applicable federal, state and local employment laws. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at CTS Corporation will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. It has been and shall continue to be both the official policy and the commitment of CTS Corporation to further equal employment opportunities for all persons regardless of, among other characteristics, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,…