Network Administrator

Network Administrator

ISPN has been a proud employer providing stable job opportunities for individuals throughout the Kansas City and surrounding areas for over 25 years. In these challenging times, ISPN is fortunate to be able to continue our operations, which are critical to assisting customers who provide telecommunications to users around the U.S. ISPN provides technical support for internet, phone and connectivity issues, and ensures customers around the U.S. remain connected.

ISPN is looking to expand its current team by filling a position for a Network Adminstrator. Please see additional specifications about the position below:

Employment Type: Full-time

Timing: Immediate

Location: Lenexa, KS (flexibility to work from home on a temporary basis + optional scheduled WFH days)

Job Summary

In this role, you will collaborate with other administrators and be responsible for supporting complex network projects internally and for our partners. Our partners are telco and broadband service providers. The position involves remote diagnosis, troubleshooting, and day-to-day administration of equipment from Cisco, Juniper, Adtran, Calix, and various vendors as directed by clients. You will also provide technical guidance on key projects and initiatives and propose and implement changes to network equipment.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with partners via telephone, video conference, and email
• Support complex projects and provide advanced level technical network planning, implementation, configuration, support, and troubleshooting services with network design, monitoring, and administration
• Replacing faulty network hardware components when required.
• Monitoring network performance to determine if adjustments need to be made.
• Performing disaster recovery and rerouting operations as required.
• Available on-call support as necessary

Requirements and Qualifications

• A strong understanding of networking fundamentals, routers, managed switches, and client software
• One or more industry-standard certifications are a strong plus (CCNA, CCNP

CCIE, CCDP, JNCIA, JNCIP, etc.)

• Comfortable working on a CLI
• Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) and 4+ years of professional work

experience in a technical support or systems/network administration role

• Outstanding diagnostic, problem-solving, and analytical skills
• Excellent oral and written communication
• Strong understanding of network infrastructure and network hardware.
• Ability to implement, administer, and troubleshoot network infrastructure devices, including wireless access points, firewall, routers, switches, controllers.
• Passionate about new and existing technologies
• Ability to work on projects that are complex in nature and where considerable judgment and initiative are required in implementation and problem resolution

The position is full-time salaried, and work will include coordination with clients or peers to perform some tasks during planned overnight or early morning maintenance windows and being on-call to assist, if needed, during unplanned outages.

Expected Salary:

· $50,000 – $70,000 (based on experience)

· Eligible Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401K)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $50,000.00 – $70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location