Senior Network Administrator

In this role you will support AFRICOM’s global WAN/LAN network, ensuring high availability, performance, and security. You will work with cross-functional teams to design, deploy, and operate mission-critical network infrastructure, integrating modern automation and DevOps practices. Your contributions will help maintain secure, scalable networks and drive continuous improvement in network reliability. This position offers impact on national security missions within a collaborative, integrity-driven culture.

• flexible time off
• robust learning resources
• competitive compensation and benefits
• opportunity to work on high-impact national security missions

• Deploy and maintain DoD enterprise and data center networks with high availability
• Design and operate reliable, scalable network systems
• Manage complex routing and switching (DMVPN, MPLS, Segment-Routing)
• Oversee datacenter fabrics (Cisco ACI, Nexus) and security devices (Palo Alto, Cisco Firepower)
• Administer ISE for secure access and Zero Trust support
• Provision and manage KG encryptors (TACLANE) for classified traffic
• Develop automation via Ansible, Python, REST APIs to enable SDA
• Maintain core services (F5, Infoblox DNS/DHCP/IPAM)
• Identify bottlenecks and single points of failure; drive performance improvements
• Create DevOps maturation roadmap and promote Infrastructure as Code
• Analyze metrics for performance, fault detection, and post-action reporting
• Collaborate with ops teams to automate use-cases and improve release processes

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technical discipline
• Active Secret clearance (ability to obtain Top Secret)
• 5–10+ years of practical network engineering experience in large or military environments
• Strong programming/scripting ability in Python, Go, or PowerShell
• Hands-on automation/orchestration experience (Ansible, VMware Aria Suite, ServiceNow)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Ansible)
• DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II baseline certification (e.g., Security+ CE)
• Current U.S. Citizenship
• Desired certifications such as CCNA/CCNP/CASP preferred
• Basic understanding of Routing Protocols (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP) and MPLS/IPSEC

• collaborative
• innovative
• proactive problem-solving
• Cisco ACI
• Cisco Nexus
• Palo Alto Firewalls