Job Title: Network Administrator
Location: Palo Alto, California 94304
Duration: 06 Months contract (Potential Temp to Perm)
Payrate: $50/hr. - $55/hr.
Shift: 1st Shift
This is what you'll do:
- Responsible for designing, organizing, modifying, installing, and supporting network hardware and software at a single location in Palo Alto, CA Manage network security with knowledge of: FortiGate, access points.
- Being capable of troubleshooting, analyzing, and diagnosing issues as needed
- Collaborate with remote IT team members to build and maintain positive, productive team relationships.
- Develop positive relationships with the business and other functions involved in downstream technical processes.
This is what you'll need:
- At least 5 years (or relative) in a Systems or Desktop support role, where you learned the nuances of IT Administration. Bachelor's is preferred for this position.
- Experience with: LAN/WAN, Firewalls, Dell Switches, Access Points, Cisco (Preferred) Strong written and verbal communication skills are a must.
- Tech Savvy- Ability and passion for learning new technology and tools.
- Passion for Customer Support - A drive to help end users get what they need to do their jobs the best they can. A sense of satisfaction from helping end users get what they need in a timely manner.
- Prioritization Skills - The ability to analyze support requests and prioritize them based on impact.
- Discipline - The discipline to actively manage help desk tickets and internal IT tasks, without getting distracted by email, chat or other adhoc communication.
- A Teacher - Able to teach end users about IT technologies or solutions to their issues in an easy-to-understand way.
- Self-Starter - The ability to actively look for effective tasks to complete in times of low tickets.
- Work with end users to troubleshoot Network issues at the office.
- Be able to determine if the problem is on the Physical, Network, or Application Layer.
- You enjoy monitoring and administering switches, firewalls, access points, and Internet circuits.
- Ability to communicate with other team members for requirements for any changes and approvals in the network.
Must Have:
- Active technical liaison
- Advanced customer service
- Cisco Switch Configuration
- Fortinet FortiGate Firewall
- Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)
Nice to have:
- Amazon AWS Cloud Services
- Enterprise Network Security
- IPSec
- Wireshark
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