Perrygo is a small, rapidly growing company; we are passionate about our employees as well as supporting our customers and their mission. We are excited for the opportunity to bring aboard highly motivated and energetic individuals to join our teams. Currently, we are seeking a Network Administrator. This role supports our Navy customer in Lexington Park, MD.

The customer's mission provides a persistent capability for linking distributed facilities, enabling DoD customers to develop and test warfighting capabilities in a Joint Context. This initiative offers a test infrastructure composed of the necessary components for conducting Joint distributed test events. Cost-effective integration of live, virtual, and constructive (LVC) test resources is undertaken to configure support according to users' needs.

Job Description and Responsibilities:

• Oversee the administration of the customers environment consisting of various types of technology and vendors.
• Engage directly with the customer, ensuring their specific requirements are met within the lab environment while being responsible for clear communication, troubleshooting efforts
• Work with Information Security to perform routine security analysis to initiate firewall changes, security updates or implement infrastructure changes
• Assist other Network Administrators in firewall management and intrusion prevention and detection of external gateways.
• Network administration including user account management, firewall, office systems and applications.
• Provide Tier 2 and Tier 3 support for small enterprise network.
• Monitors Jira system and email reflector daily and responds rapidly to userbase questions or requests.
• Creates and maintains Jira tickets for all supported systems and capabilities.
• Monitor network performance and troubleshoot issues as they arise.  Solarwinds / Whats Up Gold experience a plus.
• Assists in design of network architectures and implementation of network devices.
• Assist with Standardization of network infrastructure by deploying Juniper Firewalls and Cisco Routers/Switches
• Installation of various equipment including Firewalls, Switches and Routers. 

Basic Requirements:

• Clearance Required: DoD Secret Security Clearance. Top Secret/SCI preferred
• Available to work onsite at Patuxent River NAS 5 days/week
• Must be DoD 8570 IAT Level II certified. Some examples (CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC. Security+ CE. CND and SSCP)

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Experience working in a DoD environment preferably within a DoD helpdesk.
• 3 years Network Administration experience.
• Cisco (CCNA/CCNP) or Juniper (JNCIA/JNCIS) certification.
• Experience with implementation of VMWare NSX is a plus.
• Experience with security hardening on Firewalls, routers and switches to mitigate susceptibility to threats.
• Knowledge of Maintaining and administering Juniper Firewalls and Cisco Routers/Switches.  Proficiency with various OS (JUNOS, Cisco IOS, etc)
• Ability to Install and configure Cisco routers and switches, VLANs, VPNs, security.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelors degree is preferred with 3+ years of applicable experience
  • OR Associates degree and 7+ years, OR HS diploma or equivalent and 9+ years of experience

Security Clearance: Secret (must be a US Citizen). Top Secret preferred.

Telework and Travel: TBD

Contract: This position is supporting an active, funded contract. 

Perrygo Consulting Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, for all individuals, including protected veterans and those with disabilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Perrygo Consulting Group, LLC participates in E-Verify.

If being a part of a small, growing company while having the opportunity to work on exciting projects with challenging tasks excites you – then please apply today!

Compensation Package - We offer an excellent compensation package with competitive salaries and meaningful benefits, including:

• Paid Time Off (PTO)/Sick Leave
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Flexible Work Schedules (offering a healthy work-life balance whenever possible)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Fitness facility access
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• LTD/STD, AD&D, and Life-Employer Paid
• Supplemental Life and Accident options
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
• 401K Plan with employer Safe Harbor contribution
• Profit Sharing Plan