The Center for Advanced Transportation Technology CATT Laboratory is the industry leader for transportation information analysis visualization and user interface design We provide cutting edge analytics products and an integrated suite of situational awareness tools for transportation practitioners These products and services are rapidly changing the way governments operate and make decisions We receive hundreds of gigabytes of transportation data daily making our petabytes of archived data likely the largest collection of traffic data in the world Our clients use our software to monitor real time operations and analyze that data to generate valuable insights Our work saves taxpayer money improves the environment and saves lives Were as passionate about transportation as we are about building great software We care about building usable stable and secure software to analyze massive amounts of data We use cutting edge tech to build and maintain our software We have a mature development process and use industry best practices to build the best software possible Our team is composed of researchers application developers analysts UX designers data scientists IT quality assurance specialists and customer support operating in an Agile environment Our office is in College Park near the University of Maryland easily accessible by DC Metro MARC train bus car and bike Local employees are welcome to work from the office or other locations with a flexible schedule around our core hours Candidates must reside in the US We believe varied perspectives build better products are proud to have a diverse team and encourage people of all backgrounds to apply When you join our research team as a Specialty Research Network Administrator you will work with a team of network and infrastructure researchers to architect innovative approaches for network topology design and implementation Duties include evaluation of network requirements and systems and development of innovative network designs and concepts that maximize thruput improve reliability and maintain secure communications supporting specialty research initiatives at the CATT Lab Essential duties and responsibilities Perform innovative network topology design and implementation research Develop networking and data security plans in support of research grant requirements Operate and maintain existing networks across multiple on premises data centers and development environments 200 physical servers across 20 racks of hardware supporting specialty research Install configure and manage various network devices including servers switches and firewalls Design and implement networking solutions to improve performance in a 247 production environment with minimal downtime Provide network troubleshooting and technical support to the Lab staff Develop and maintain documentation including network requirements designs configurations and diagrams Evaluate and update network configurations to minimize security vulnerabilities in collaboration with Cybersecurity staff Take initiative to find and implement improvements in the network infrastructure