Network Administrator – Level 2 (NETOPS Administrator)

Bison Group – Mission First. People Always.

At Bison Group LLC, we’re more than a defense contractor — we’re a people-focused small business with a strong culture built on trust, respect, and impact. We value every member of the team, foster open communication without the layers of a big corporation, and stand firmly behind our commitment to the veteran community through real, tangible action.

When you join Bison Group, you’re not just filling a role — you’re stepping into a mission-critical environment where your work directly supports the Department of Defense, and national security objectives. Here, your skills are recognized, your growth is encouraged, and your contributions have a clear purpose.

Why Candidates Choose Bison Group:

• A small business culture with transparency, flexibility, and leadership that listens.
• A proven commitment to veterans and professionals who have served. 
• The opportunity to grow your skills in multi-source intelligence, biometrics, and identity intelligence. 
• Work that directly impacts national defense, homeland security, and operational success. 
• A team environment where every individual matters, and the mission comes first.

In this role, the Network Administrator will be responsible for: 

• Perform System patching and IAVA patches to network routers and switches.
• Conduct approved minor network changes (vlan, ACL and port assignment)
• You will perform IOS and Software upgrades
• You will perform switch and router installs, upgrades to ensure smooth operations of the enterprise.
• Draft Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for network operations.
• Troubleshoot systems failures and accessibility problems within the network to our services.
• Support site survey and engineering designs data calls.
• Support new/enhanced network implementation, installation, and technical refresh projects within a site or locale.
• Works independently with some supervision. 
  • In remote locations must function as independent engineering, maintenance, and network problem solving with minimal or intermittent input from other Tiers/locations. 
• Problems faced are difficult, will require detailed information gathering, analysis, and investigation to understand problems.      You will employ creativity and ingenuity for new technical solutions applicable across the enterprise, drawing heavily on prior experience.
• Preform Network ticket resolution.
  • Support Network ticket closure across Network OPS staff to include:
    • Completes initial categorization of Service Requests (type, sub-type, location device, priority, etc.) 
  • Use administrative access to the network to provision new switches, router, VLANs and Crypto.
  • Uses administrative access to network components to research errors, incidents, problems and to perform incident analysis and identify potential problems. 
  • Routing Service Requests to the appropriate organization required for incident resolution. 
  • Performs root cause analyses.
  • Completes problem resolutions associated with incident ticket(s) 
• May configure, deploy, manage, and maintain UC monitoring systems used by the technicians to ensure availability and overall      performance of system and services. 
• Review and implementation of Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).

You’ll Bring These Qualifications: 

• IAT II
• Familiarity with both Cisco and Juniper network devices
• Strong working knowledge of the various routing protocols (ex:  BGP, OSPF, VRF, MPLS, 802.1x).
• In-depth knowledge of KG-175 Series TACLANES to include configuration, fault isolation, and firmware upgrade procedures.

Minimum Years of Experience and Education:

One of the following:

• High School/GED + 9 Yrs
• Associates + 7 Yrs
• Bachelors + 5 Yrs
• Masters + 3 Yrs
• PhD + 1 Yrs 

Security Clearance:

• TS/SCI and ability to obtain a CI Poly

Bison Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.