Network Administrator (Part Time Contract)
Location: Remote
Hours: 20-30 hours per week
Type: Contract, staff augmentation
About The Company
This company is a global legal and compliance services company that brings together people, process and technology. It supports law firms, corporate legal departments and organizations in financial services, healthcare, insurance, pharma, energy and tech. Its work covers eDiscovery and litigation support, class action and mass tort administration, bankruptcy and restructuring, contracts management, regulatory and cyber services, and AI driven legal technology.
It operates internationally and handles large volumes of highly sensitive client data, so a stable and secure network is critical to the business.
About the Role The company's network operations team is small and is leading a major network transformation project. They need an experienced Network Administrator to own the day to day so the core team can stay focused on the bigger build.
You’ll keep the current environment healthy, secure and running while the transformation moves forward around you.
What You’ll Do
Take ownership of daily network administration and operational support
Manage and maintain Palo Alto Networks firewalls, including policy updates, rule changes and troubleshooting
Administer pfSense firewalls across the environment
Support and configure F5 load balancers and HAProxy
Maintain and troubleshoot Cumulus Linux network switches
Handle tickets, incidents, change requests and routine maintenance
Monitor network performance and availability and flag issues early
Keep documentation current and hand off cleanly to the core team when work touches the transformation
What You Bring
5+ years of hands on network administration in an enterprise environment
Strong working knowledge of Palo Alto Networks firewalls
Experience with pfSense
Experience with F5 load balancers (LTM) and HAProxy
Experience with Cumulus Linux or other Linux based network operating systems
Solid grasp of routing, switching, VLANs, VPNs, NAT and core TCP/IP
Comfortable working on your own with little oversight on a part time schedule
Clear communicator who can work alongside a busy internal team
Nice to Have
PCNSE, F5 CTS, CCNP or similar certifications
Experience supporting legal tech, eDiscovery, financial services or other regulated environments
Familiarity with security and compliance expectations around sensitive client data
Exposure to network automation (Ansible, Python)
Background supporting an environment in the middle of a transformation or migration
Why This Role
Flexible part time hours, remote friendly, and a varied multi vendor environment at a global company in the middle of a major network modernization.