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LAN Administrator

Trillium Professional is seeking an experienced LAN Administrator to support our long-term client in Richmond VA.

We’re looking for a Mid-Level Cisco WAN/Network Administrator (with room for senior-level stretch responsibilities) to support enterprise network services across all facilities. This role combines WAN engineering, SD-WAN operations, secure access, and cloud-managed networking, with significant hands-on field responsibilities—including emergency site visits, device installations/configurations, inventory management, documentation, and change-control execution. Candidates should be able to perform network administrator duties with minimal oversight required and perform some network engineering duties with guidance from senior staff. This role reports to the Network manager but will frequently take directions from Network Engineers. 
The environment includes Cisco routing/switching (IOS/NX-OS), Cisco SD-WAN(vManage/vSmart/vEdge), Meraki, Cisco Secure Firewall, Cisco ISE, Duo MFA, and Cloudflare Zero Trust. Visibility and monitoring leverage ThousandEyes, SolarWinds/PRTG, and Splunk. The pay rate is $54/hour.

Responsibilities:
-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
—Use ThousandEyes, SolarWinds/PRTG, and Splunk to proactively detect issues, analyze performance, and produce incident reports + root-cause analysis.
—Maintain dashboard alerts, baselines, and thresholds for consistent network observability.
-Vulnerability Management & Security Hygiene
—Perform vulnerability scans (Qualys/Tenable), validate findings, and track remediation with security teams.
—Work to remediate identified vulnerabilities once disclosed by the vendor or identified by security operations personnel. 
—Document closure, risk acceptance, or change-management paths for identified vulnerabilities.
-Field Service, Site Visits & Physical Network Work
—Travel to other locations statewide for: 
—Emergency network repair
—Circuit turn-ups /demarc testing
—Hardware installation (routers, switches, APs, firewalls)
—Onsite configuration and carrier/vendor coordination
-Inventory, Documentation & Change Management
—Maintain accurate inventory of network devices, serial numbers, license assignments, locations, and lifecycle status.
—Produce and update network diagrams, runbooks, SOPs, and configuration repositories.
—Execute changes through formal change-management processes including scheduling, rollback planning, and after-hours maintenance windows.
—Maintain detailed incident, change, and troubleshooting documentation.
-Cross-Team Collaboration
—Work with cloud, security, Microsoft infrastructure (AD, GPO, PKI), and application teams to support enterprise initiatives.
—Provide occasional support for AD, GPO, ADFS, PKI, and Windows Certificate Services where network integration is required.

Work Environment & Operational Expectations
-Travel to statewide facilities for emergency network repairs, hardware installation, onsite diagnostics, ISP/carrier coordination, and project-based deployments.
-Work inside wiring closets, secure data rooms, and other restricted physical environments as required by court facility infrastructure.
-Participate in an on-call rotation to support critical incidents, outages, and after-hours maintenance windows essential to judicial system uptime.
-Perform physical tasks such as racking/stacking equipment, cabling, labeling, and environmental checks.
-Follow all court security, access-control, and background-screening requirements when entering sensitive facilities.

Qualifications:
-Minimum qualifications are the essential, non-negotiable requirements a candidate must meet to be considered for the position.
—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. 
—CCNA Certification.
-Preferred qualifications are desirable but non-mandatory job skills, experience, or education that make an applicant an ideal candidate, helping them stand out among other applicants who meet the minimum qualifications.
—Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, Cybersecurity, or related field. 
—8+ years of Network/Wan administration experience in multi-site enterprise environments.
—Advanced experience with Cisco SD-WAN templates/policies, Cisco ISE policy design, Meraki full-stack, Cloudflare Zero Trust, Splunk analysis. 
—Familiarity with Cisco ACI or VXLAN (datacenter networking). 
—Experience with Cisco Intersight lifecycle management. 
—Understanding of Zero-Trust architecture and NAC best practices. 
—Familiarity with public-sector frameworks including NIST NICE Work Role 441.
CCNP (Achieved or in progress).

Trillium has been recruiting and placing clerical and office professionals for over 30 years. From Fortune 100 companies to small businesses, our philosophy remains the same: to achieve excellence by providing quality employees with an uncompromising level of service. We believe in honesty, integrity, and a simple philosophy of providing value to our customers and our employees. We strive to be unsurpassed in the recruitment and placement of professionals. Trillium is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Trillium offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes the ability to participate in health insurance and retirement plans, paid holidays, state required leave, and other leave, if applicable. Trillium’s offerings are dependent on the state in which the assignment is located, length of time worked, and may change depending on assignment. Benefit packages for direct hire placements vary based on the client company.

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