Immediate opportunity in downtown Dallas TX for a Cisco Network Administrator to support our client with optimizing, hardening, securing, expanding, and managing the current network infrastructure and design. The selected candidate will analyze, monitor, track and defend the network infrastructure from internal and external malicious attacks. There are roughly 100 locations, 4000 devices on the network to monitor and maintain, and multiple network appliances including TACACS, wireless controllers, voice servers, firewalls, DNS that will need to be monitored and reported upon to management. Other responsibilities include:

- Track, prioritize, respond to, and document requests for troubleshooting or installation of network equipment using an IT support Helpdesk system
- Install, configure, maintain, and perform regular updates on network equipment
- Maintain up-to-date network documentation
- Monitor network for malware and vulnerabilities and assist in keeping the company systems/information safe and secure
- Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation to assist staff with IT related problems when called upon. Every other week to start (Evenings & Weekends)
- Travel to remote offices for installation and troubleshooting as needed
- Assist management with creating network polices

This position is a 6 month contract to permanent opportunity with our customer in downtown Dallas TX. Our customer is offering a generous salary and benefits package, along with the ability to work from home on Wednesdays and Fridays. Please contact Elite Technical to learn more about this exciting opportunity!

Required Skills

- Associates Degree in Information Technology or related field is required
- 3 plus years Cisco Network Administration experience REQUIRED
- Certifications: CCNA (any specialty), CCNP (any specialty)
o Voice is a plus
o Networking is a must
o Wireless is a plus
o Security is a plus
- Strong communication skills, fluency in English
- Ability to interact with end-users at all levels of the organization
- Microsoft Office, Visio
- Understand of the following technologies;
o Windows Server
o Windows 7 or 10
o VMWare
o Exchange is a plus
o Active Directory
o iSCSI Networking
o Solarwinds
o DNS