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Network Administrator
4222 Westmont Drive Charlotte, NC 28217 US
Posted: 08/30/2024
2024-08-30
2024-10-26
Industry: Infrastructure
Job Number: 38838
Work Location: Onsite
Job Description
Job Title: Network Administrator
Type of Engagement: 12-month contract (Not open to 3rd party C2C consultants. Visa sponsorship is not available)
Work Location: Onsite position located in Charlotte, NC
Candidates must reside in the Charlotte, NC area.
Required Skills & Experience:
Big Bonus Points if you Have:
Our client is seeking a Network Administrator that is responsible for the Industrial Control System (ICS) network infrastructure and associated applications that support their plant and field control systems.
As a member of ICS Technology, this position will work in conjunction with Water Maintenance Division to provide 7x24 operational and life cycle technology support for their ICS network related infrastructure.
Responsible for configuring, maintaining, patching, administering and troubleshooting network switches, routers, media converters, cabling systems. Other essential activities include network planning, procurement, and management of network infrastructure related costs. Under direction, the ICS Network Administrator analyzes, plans, manages, coordinates, maintains, and reviews the ICS network infrastructure to ensure integrity and reliability.
Additional responsibilities may include complex implementation projects and training or reviewing the work of lower levels in the career family. This position is on-call 7x24x365 as needed to respond to service-impacting conditions.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
A reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role is $54.00 - $59.00 per hour. The disclosed pay range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case, such as skills and experience levels.
Meet APC
APC is a professional staffing and services organization focused on engaging people and positively impacting lives. As “Professionals serving Professionals”®, we take pride in providing our employees and contractors with the highest level of customer service and support.
APC is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status. #LI-LB1
Type of Engagement: 12-month contract (Not open to 3rd party C2C consultants. Visa sponsorship is not available)
Work Location: Onsite position located in Charlotte, NC
Candidates must reside in the Charlotte, NC area.
Required Skills & Experience:
- High School Diploma & 7 years of experience OR associate degree & 5 years of experience OR Bachelor’s degree & 3 years of experience OR any equivalent combination of education, and experience that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities.
- Meet schedules and deadlines of the work
- Understand and carry out oral and written directions
- Accurately organize and maintain paper documents and electronic files
- Maintain the confidentiality of information and professional boundaries
- Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
- Interpret application requirements
- Engineer, build and test network solutions for optimal function and reliability
- Mitigate security risks and ensure network compliance with policies and procedures
- Work on installations, upgrades, and root cause analysis of service outages
- Provide strategic planning, network design, and technical oversight of ICS network
Big Bonus Points if you Have:
- Intermediate to expert with 802.1q VLANs and routing tables
- Experience building, testing and troubleshooting fiber optic networks
- Hands on experience in layer-3 protocols
- WAN connectivity such as Metro Ethernet
- General knowledge of water and wastewater operations
- English grammar, spelling, and punctuation
- Principles and practices of basic bookkeeping
- Modern office procedures, methods and computer equipment
- Understanding of Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) convergence
- Information security principles
- Router management
- Networking fundamentals
- Networking components such as routers, cell modems, switches, and servers
- Principles and practices of the design, installation, and maintenance of data and communications networks and applications
Our client is seeking a Network Administrator that is responsible for the Industrial Control System (ICS) network infrastructure and associated applications that support their plant and field control systems.
As a member of ICS Technology, this position will work in conjunction with Water Maintenance Division to provide 7x24 operational and life cycle technology support for their ICS network related infrastructure.
Responsible for configuring, maintaining, patching, administering and troubleshooting network switches, routers, media converters, cabling systems. Other essential activities include network planning, procurement, and management of network infrastructure related costs. Under direction, the ICS Network Administrator analyzes, plans, manages, coordinates, maintains, and reviews the ICS network infrastructure to ensure integrity and reliability.
Additional responsibilities may include complex implementation projects and training or reviewing the work of lower levels in the career family. This position is on-call 7x24x365 as needed to respond to service-impacting conditions.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Plans, designs, implements, and administers the ICS network and related support systems.
- Creates and maintains technical documentation to include technical specifications, system or network drawings, scopes of work, user procedures and processes, and user training materials.
- Administers network systems such as routers, switches, network logging, change control, and network alert mechanisms.
- Administers and utilizes software related to configuration of network devices, hardware, and firmware, and reviews/administers appropriate upgrades, patches, etc. and maintains corresponding documentation.
- Assists in establishing and implementing short and long-term goals related to ICS technology, providing recommendation and cost estimates regarding upgrades.
- Reviews all proposed upgrades and designs of system components for applicability and compatibility with existing systems and standards.
- Manages the security, maintenance, repair, and improvement of the ICS telemetry and inter-plant communication systems for Water Operational Technology (OT) to ensure ICS reliability and security; directs the installation, configuration, and modification of new and upgraded software and hardware for the ICS environment; manages the development and application of new technologies to achieve higher reliability and resiliency.
- Adheres to I&T Department standards and processes, where practicable, when installing and configuring network devices and software solutions.
- Develops data communications strategies for ICS, and provides cost, reliability, and security impact metrics for all available communication mediums.
- Creates, maintains and executes procedures to collect, monitor, and assess ICS performance data as part of a preventive maintenance program.
- Acts as liaison between the I&T Department and Water Maintenance and ICS Technology in matters related to ICS and networks. Works with I&T to ensure compliance with standards and represents Water ICS needs.
- Assists in developing and administering the fiscal year budget pertaining to ICS Network operations.
- Develops and oversees all disaster recovery aspects for all elements of ICS networks.
- Reviews plans and specifications for all new facilities that include ICS network equipment to ensure proper design and installation criteria are met.
- Analyzes, extracts, combines, interprets, and summarizes data from various sources to generate analytical reports in tabular and/or graphical form for operational, management, or executive ICS network related decisions.
- Maintains expertise in ICS and standard hardware and software products and awareness of current advances in technology as they relate to needs and objectives.
- May exercise technical and functional supervision over lower level in the career family.
- Performs other related duties that may be reasonably expected as part of this classification.
- Monitors and responds to any ICS network issues. Resolves trouble tickets, responds to alerts for switches and replaces failed devices.
- Implements and manages monitoring and alerting solutions for ICS networks.
A reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role is $54.00 - $59.00 per hour. The disclosed pay range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case, such as skills and experience levels.
Meet APC
APC is a professional staffing and services organization focused on engaging people and positively impacting lives. As “Professionals serving Professionals”®, we take pride in providing our employees and contractors with the highest level of customer service and support.
APC is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status. #LI-LB1
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