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Responsibilities
- 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.
Requirements
- 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.
Additional Qualifications
- 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.
Benefits
- Medical/Dental/Vision
- 401k with Matching
- Corporate Laptop
- PTO + Federal Holidays
- Training opportunities
- Remote opportunity
- Note: Selected candidates will be required to complete fingerprinting at a government facility and undergo a background check as part of the hiring process.
- Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.
- Sorry, we are unable to offer sponsorship at this time.
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