Senior Network Administrator (Remote Opportunity)

• Administer and maintain the VistA network infrastructure in compliance with VA and federal government IT standards.

• Provide ongoing network operational support and maintenance of the VAEC AWS cloud environment and the VA WAN, following VA security standards and best practices.

• Review, plan, and implement requests for additional network connectivity to cloud resources in the VAEC AWS environment.

• Work with multiple teams of administrators and technical engineers across diverse enterprise and local networks to troubleshoot, resolve, and document network issues.

• Create plans to ensure the effective management, operations, and maintenance of networks and systems.

• Develop, update, and maintain detailed network diagrams and associated documentation.

• Monitor network and infrastructure performance, identify trends, and recommend improvements.

• Apply agency policies for computer access, firewall, and network protection technologies, and create the plans to implement them.

• Monitor and maintain network security compliance, and recommend and implement corrective actions.

• Plan and execute network-related tasks within a SAFe/Agile environment, including participation in agile ceremonies.

• Respond to and resolve network incidents and outages quickly, lead troubleshooting to restore service with minimal downtime, and document root causes and corrective actions.

• Present network configurations, updates, status, and performance reports to the client and stakeholders as required.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, electronics engineering, or another engineering or technical discipline. Eight (8) years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for the degree.

• 5+ years of experience.

• Experience managing, monitoring, and configuring the operations and maintenance of computer systems across a variety of networks, including high-volume/high-availability systems and wide area networks, for government IT systems.

• Experience with AWS cloud networking, including providing and managing connectivity to cloud resources.

• Experience working with multiple teams of administrators supporting diverse networks at both the enterprise and local level.

• Knowledge of agency policies for computer access and of firewall and network protection technologies, with experience implementing firewalls and creating plans to implement network protection.

• Strong ability to develop and maintain network diagrams and documentation using industry-standard tools.

• Familiarity with SAFe/Agile methodologies and participation in agile ceremonies.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to share network status with technical and non-technical audiences.

• Experience supporting VistA networks.

• Experience supporting the VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) and the VA WAN.

• An active Public Trust clearance or higher.

• Relevant certifications such as CompTIA Network+ or CCNA.

• Experience using AI-assisted tools (for example, GitHub Copilot or Microsoft 365 Copilot) to draft network configurations, automation scripts, and documentation, including reviewing and validating AI-generated configurations in a test environment before deployment.

• Experience using AI-driven monitoring and analysis capabilities to detect anomalies, analyze logs and traffic data, and speed root cause analysis, with the administrator confirming findings before acting on them.

• Familiarity with secure and responsible AI use in federal environments, including using only agency-approved AI tools, never entering network configurations, credentials, or sensitive VA data into unapproved tools, and following VA and federal AI guidance.

• Experience supporting VA or other federal healthcare IT environments.