Strategic Business Systems is looking for a Network/Systems Administrator to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Arlington, VA but may require travel to sites in the greater DC metro area (if needed). Required Security Clearance: Active Top Secret (ability to obtain SCI) Required Certifications: Must meet DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification requirements - one Level II certification AND one Computing Environment (CE) certification (IE, CCNA or CCNP) JOB DESCRIPTION: * Perform engineering troubleshooting/problem solving at the system and component levels. * Provide overall enterprise level LAN and WAN IP-based infrastructure systems planning, operations and maintenance, and management. * Manage infrastructures for operational networks, of multiple security classification levels. * Serve as a technical point of contact for all matters related to network infrastructure efforts. * Perform analyses on networks to discover and document the baseline. * Support planning and execution of network installations and hardware upgrades. * Conduct LAN (Ethernet, HSRP, EIGRP, BGP, etc) and WAN (ISDN, ATM, SONET, etc) preventive and corrective maintenance and troubleshooting/problem resolution. * Use network analysis tools (CISCO Works, CISCO Network Analysis Modules, etc). * Perform enterprise traffic analysis (eg, link utilization, flows, latency, and other relevant metrics) to detect/determine network inefficiencies and make recommendations to relieve network congestion/optimize the networks. * Monitor performance to identify and optimize the system infrastructure and conduct transaction monitoring for bandwidth utilization and application performance. * Provide advanced technical analyses of network infrastructure challenges and problems; develop/identify technical solutions responsive to customer needs. * Engineer, install, test, and maintain wiring (copper and fiber) infrastructures. * Support an improved infrastructure information security vulnerability posture through the performance of vulnerability assessments and analyses. * Support customer computer technical support efforts on personal computers, thin clients, laptops, and peripherals. DESIRED SKILLS * Expertise in infrastructure design and architecture, deployment, operations and maintenance, and upgrades. * Solid working knowledge in the planning, design, integration, optimization, operations, security, and support of enterprise network infrastructures. * Superior problem solving and troubleshooting skills at the system engineer level. * LAN (Ethernet, HSRP, EIGRP, BGP, etc) and WAN (ISDN, ATM, SONET, etc) troubleshooting/problem determination skills. * Working knowledge of: Network analysis tools (CISCO Works, CISCO Network Analysis Modules, etc), CISCO firewall/VPN equipment (Adaptive Security Appliance, etc) and IP services (IP, Multicast, QOS, SNMP, etc). * Working knowledge with Network Access Control List (ACL) * Ability to envision, develop, coordinate, prioritize, lead, and motivate individual and team efforts to produce required and timely customer solutions. * Solid overall communications skills. * Passion for the customer which is demonstrated through professionalism and striving for excellence in all aspects of the customer experience. * Experience with Juniper, Arista, Aruba About SBS: Strategic Business Systems, Inc. (SBS) is a National Information Technology Services company headquartered in the Washington DC Metro area. SBS provides IT infrastructure design, integration, and operation services. Our expertise encompasses the full spectrum of infrastructure technologies, including the latest network, server, data storage, disaster recovery, security, and Internet technologies. Security Requirements: The candidate selected for hire must possess an active Top Secret security clearance, per client security requirements. Applicants who do not meet the security clearance requirement will not be contacted for this position. Due to the nature of the government contract requirements and/or clearance requirements, US citizenship is required. We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position, however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. No unsolicited agency referrals please. If interested in learning more about this opportunity, please send your resume to recruiting@sbsplanet.com .#06022021