NETWORK/SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR - 77221

Executive Service

Our employees may be eligible for hybrid work after six months of employment.

Background Check: This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

Who we are and what we do:

The Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter represents all State executives, officials, departments, boards, agencies, and commissions in matters arising from their public duties. Such representation includes participation in litigation, transactional matters, and giving day-to-day legal advice to a wide variety of State entities. The Attorney General's Office employs approximately 200 attorneys organized into 22 regular divisions within 5 sections.

How you make a difference in this role:

The Tennessee Attorney Generals Office has an immediate opportunity for a Network / Systems Administrator fluent in Networking to join our team responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the organizations core network, computer, and security infrastructure. This role focuses heavily on Cisco UCS server systems, enterprise storage arrays, Palo Alto firewalls/VPN technologies, Cisco switching platforms and VMWare vSphere virtualization platform. The ideal candidate will ensure high availability, strong security posture, and optimal performance across all networked environments.

Job Overview:

Job Description:

• Cisco UCS & Server Infrastructure

• Administer and maintain Cisco UCS environments, including service profiles, firmware, blade chassis, and fabric interconnects

• Monitor UCS performance and capacity; plan and execute upgrades and expansions

• Troubleshoot hardware, connectivity, and virtualization integration issues

• Storage Array Administration

• Manage enterprise storage arrays (Pure Storage Flash Arrays)

• Perform storage provisioning, volume management, replication, snapshots, and backup integration

• Monitor storage health, capacity, performance, and forecast future needs for vSphere data stores as well as file services volumes

• Support SAN/NAS environments and fabric zoning as needed

• Palo Alto Firewalls & VPN

• Configure, manage, and optimize Palo Alto next generation firewalls

• Maintain GlobalProtect VPN environments, authentication, and security policies

• Monitor threat logs, security alerts, and respond to incidents

• Implement firewall rules, NAT policies, and security profiles following best practices

Key Responsibilities:

1. Cisco Switches & Network

   Infrastructure

2. Administer Cisco Nexus switches, VLANs, routing, and STP architecture

3. Troubleshoot network issues across LAN/WAN environments

4. Implement QoS, port security, and network segmentation strategies

5. Monitor network performance and perform lifecycle hardware/IOS upgrades

6. General Network Operations

7. Maintain network documentation including diagrams, IP schemas, device inventories, and SOPs

8. Monitor infrastructure via centralized monitoring tools; respond to alerts and outages

9. Participate in DR planning, testing, and high availability design initiatives

10. Collaborate with security, server, and application teams to support enterprise services

Minimum Qualifications:

Required Experience:

1. 3-5+ years of hands on network/system administration experience

2. Strong experience with Cisco UCS server infrastructure

3. Proven experience administering storage arrays (SAN/NAS)

4. Deep knowledge of firewalls and VPN technologies

5. Strong proficiency with Cisco networking (switching, routing, VLANs, ACLs)

6. Experience with virtualization platforms (VMware and Hyper-V preferred)

7. Understanding of network security principles, best practices, and compliance

Preferred Experience:

1. 3+ years of Pure Storage experience

2. 3+ years of Palo Alto

3. 5+ years of VMware vSphere administration in an Enterprise environment.

4. 3+ years of Cisco UCS administration

5. 3+ years of configuring Cisco Nexus and MDS switches

6. Experience managing a Hyper-V Environment

7. Experience supporting over ~300 users

Preferred Education and Certification: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's or Associate degree in Information Technology or Information Systems with 4 years of experience.

OR

1 year of experience can substitute for a year of education on a year-to-year basis plus an additional 4 years of Enterprise experience.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.