Network Administrator (Richmond)

Job title: Network Administrator

Location: Richmond Virginia

Rate: $50/hr on W2

Type: Contract (No sponsorship or No C2C)

Must: CCNA Certification

Network Operations & WAN Engineering

• Implement and maintain WAN/LAN infrastructure across core and distributed sites using Cisco IOS and NX-OS platforms.
• Configure and optimize L2/L3 features including VLANs, trunks, STP, EtherChannel, QoS, OSPF, BGP, and EIGRP.
• Manage and troubleshoot Cisco SD-WAN (vManage/vSmart/vEdge) including templates, policies, device onboarding, software upgrades, and HA cluster operations.

Secure Access & Zero-Trust Technologies

• Maintain and administer Cisco ISE (802.1X NAC, profiling, guest access), Duo MFA, and Cloudflare Zero Trust (ZTNA/SWG) configurations.
• Operate Cisco Secure Firewalls (ASA/FTD) including rule creation, NAT, VPN (IPsec) policies, and change-controlled deployments.
• Monitoring, Telemetry & Visibility

Qualifications:

• Approximately 5 years of network/WAN administration experience in multi-site enterprise environments.
• Strong Cisco hands-on experience (IOS, NX-OS).
• Core L2/L3 protocol proficiency: VLANs, trunks, STP, EtherChannel, QoS, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP.
• Daily-operations experience with Cisco SD-WAN (vManage/vSmart/vEdge).
• Experience with cloud-managed networking (preferably Meraki).
• Secure access stack familiarity: Cisco ISE, Duo MFA, Cloudflare Zero Trust.
• Monitoring tools: ThousandEyes, SolarWinds/PRTG, Splunk.
• Scripting ability (PowerShell, Python, or Bash).
• Excellent troubleshooting & documentation skills.
• Ability to travel throughout Virginia for site visits and support after-hours operations.