Network Administrator

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Infrastructure & Security Columbia , South Carolina Contract Hybrid Nov 10, 2026

• Title: Senior Network Administrator
• Location: Columbia, SC (Hybrid; onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday)
• Contract: W2 only, 6-month contract with potential for extension or conversion to full time with either the client or CEI
• Pay: $ 43.00/hour + optional medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match

Join an enterprise Network Operations Center (NOC) team responsible for the daily operation and support of a highly available network environment. This role focuses on proactive monitoring, incident response, operational maintenance, and continuous improvement across core network and security technologies in a 24x7 operations context.

• Perform daily operational health checks and validate network environment readiness.
• Monitor network performance, availability, and capacity; identify and remediate issues.
• Respond to and resolve network incidents/outages, including advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Execute operational changes aligned with established change management processes.
• Administer, upgrade, and configure network devices and platforms across multiple vendors.
• Maintain access controls and support security, backup, and recovery processes for network services.
• Create and maintain operational documentation, procedures, and runbooks.

• 5+ years of network operations, network administration, or infrastructure support experience in enterprise environments.
• Experience supporting enterprise network technologies in a 24x7 operational setting.
• Hands-on troubleshooting of complex network incidents, including break-fix and service request fulfillment.
• Palo Alto Firewalls
• Cisco ACI
• Solar Winds
• Cisco Catalyst Center
• Nexus Insights

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

• 8+ years of experience in large-scale, highly available enterprise infrastructure/network environments.
• Experience leading major incident response and driving operational improvements.
• Ansible
• Git Hub
• Thousand Eyes
• F5 Load Balancers
• CCNA (or actively pursuing)

This is a hands-on, enterprise NOC opportunity with meaningful ownership of network availability and incident response in a hybrid environment.

As a trusted technology partner, CEI delivers solutions that help our customers transform their business and achieve meaningful results. From strategy and custom application development through application management - our technology and digital experience services are tailored to meet each unique need of our customers. Our staffing solutions bring specialized skills to complement our customers' workforce and project requirements.