Network / Systems Administrator Team Lead

Network / Systems Administrator Team Lead needed for a Direct Hire position onsite in Mount Laurel, NJ!
**Work Hours: Onsite Thurs Mon 3PM 12AM EST**
Our client is seeking a highly skilled and versatile, Swiss Army Knife Network / Systems Administrator Team lead to support enterprise-class data centers and ensure seamless network operations. This role focuses on ensuring high availability and performance of network infrastructure as well as supporting a team and providing guidance and leadership.

The ideal candidate will be a proactive and adaptable professional with a passion for innovation, an ability to multitask and reprioritize in real-time and a commitment to delivering excellence in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment. This candidate will be proficient in networking and network security but should also have experience working on servers and cloud as this team will be supporting a wide array of technologies to support the company infrastructure. This candidate should have experience leading a team in a technical role to provide guidance, direction and help develop the next wave of talent.

If you thrive under pressure and excel at managing complex technical challenges, this is your opportunity to make an impact. Working for client at its customer, you'll operate in a high-pressure, high-reward environment, directly impacting customers' success.
Key Responsibilities

• Network Operations: Monitor, triage, and resolve network incidents involving circuits, fiber optics, and broadcast environments.
• Broadcast Network Troubleshooting: Support and troubleshoot multicast networking, video streaming, and fiber optic lighting in broadcast systems.
• Infrastructure Management: Configure, manage, and maintain network devices including routers, switches, and firewalls.
• System Monitoring: Leverage platforms such as SolarWinds and DataDog to ensure network reliability and performance.
• Incident Management: Lead network-related incident resolution, ensuring SLAs are met and escalating issues when necessary.
• Security Best Practices: Implement and support secure networking solutions, ensuring robust protection in on-premise and cloud environments.
• Documentation: Create and maintain detailed network documentation, including topology maps and procedures for troubleshooting.

Required Skills

• Technical leadership
• Strong experience in NOC operations and network troubleshooting in data center environments.
• Experience configuring and managing monitoring platforms like SolarWinds.
• Proficiency in managing and troubleshooting broadcast network systems, including video streaming technologies and fiber optics.
• Hands-on experience with firewalls, routing protocols, and network monitoring tools like SolarWinds.
• Familiarity with automation tools and scripting for network management.
• Understanding of multicast networking and video encoding technologies.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to adapt to dynamic priorities.

Preferred Skills

• Support and troubleshoot virtualization, containerization, Rubrik backups.
• Familiarity with cloud-based networking solutions in AWS, Azure, or O365 environments.
• Knowledge of infrastructure capacity planning and performance tuning.
• Scripting Experience (Python, PowerShell) to automate network operations.
• Experience with advanced video streaming technologies and CDNs.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration for managing distributed applications.

Qualifications

• Schedule Candidate must be willing to work second shift and span weekends and provide support on major holidays when needed.
• Experience - 3 or more years of technical team leadership
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Certifications: CCNA, CCNP (or equivalent) ITIL and technical certifications in, servers and/ or cloud (preferred).
• Experience: Demonstrated expertise in a complex, multi-site environment.