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# Platform Network Administrator - McLean, VA - Active TS/SCI CI p

- **Company:** SOC
- **Location:** McLean, VA, United States
- **Salary:** $145,600.0 - $208,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Border Gateway Protocol, Network Operating System (NOS), Linux, Network Troubleshooting, Network Architecture, Networking Basics, Routing, Simple Network Management Protocols, TCP/IP, Virtual Local Area Networks, High Performance Computing, Data Center Networking
- **Published:** October 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9214248/platform-network-administrator-mclean-va-active-tssci-ci-p

## About the Role

* Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph (Counter Intelligence Polygraph)
 * Strong network troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
 * Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership, accountability, and follow-through.
 * Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
 * Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment where technology is continuously evolving.
 * Willingness and enthusiasm to continuously learn and develop new technical skills.
 * Ability to travel up to 20% (domestic and international).

Preferred Qualifications:

 * Familiarity with networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs, SNMP, and basic network troubleshooting.
 * Experience with monitoring, telemetry, observability, alerting, or performance management tools.
 * Exposure to Linux systems or Linux-based Network Operating Systems (NOS).

Employment Prerequisites
The following requirements must be met to be eligible for this position: successful completion of a background investigation and drug urinalysis.

## Description

Platform Network Administrator with active TS/SCI Clearance with CI Polygraph needed for a Long Term Contract opportunity with SOC's direct client for an onsite role based McLean, VA .

**Due to federal requirements, candidates must hold an Active TS/SCI Clearance with CI Polygraph to be considered for this role.**

As a Platform Network Administrator you will join a team of experienced network, platform, and software engineers responsible for building and operating next-generation data center networks that support Artificial Intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing workloads. This is an opportunity to gain hands-on experience with industry-leading technologies while developing expertise in large-scale, mission-critical networking environments., * Assist in documentation, monitoring, maintaining, and troubleshooting high-performance data center networking infrastructure.

 * Learn, support, and progressively develop expertise with advanced networking technologies, including BGP, ECMP, VXLAN, Spine-Leaf architectures, MCLAG, RoCEv2, and related technologies.
 * Assist in identifying performance trends, capacity constraints, and emerging issues before they impact services or customers.
 * Partner with experienced engineers to deploy, optimize, and scale network infrastructure supporting AI and other demanding workloads.
 * Investigate incidents, perform root cause analysis, and drive issues to resolution.
 * Participate in network upgrades, implementations, testing, and operational improvement initiatives.
 * Continuously expand technical expertise through hands-on experience, self-directed learning, mentorship, and training opportunities.
 * Travel up to 20% as needed to support deployments, installations, maintenance activities, and operational support.