System Administrator

Akkodis is seeking a System Administrator for a Contract with a client in Atlanta, GA
. This role ensures the design, security, and high availability of complex data‑center networks, requiring deep expertise in Cisco networking along with F5, Palo Alto, and ACI technologies.

Rate Range: $53/hour to $60/hour;
The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.

• Design, configure, and maintain F5 LTM/GTM/ASM/APM load‑balancing environments, including virtual servers, iRules, SSL certificates, and health monitoring.
• Configure, secure, and troubleshoot Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama, including NAT, security policies, threat prevention, URL filtering, and HA setups.
• Manage and optimize Cisco ACI fabrics, including APIC policies, tenants, EPGs, contracts, multipod infrastructures, VMM integrations, and service chaining.
• Administer Cisco Nexus data center switches (7K/5K/3K/9K) with expertise in VPC, VXLAN EVPN, BGP, OSPF, and network segmentation.
• Perform network upgrades, migrations, backups, and root‑cause analysis to maintain reliability, compliance, and operational standards.
• Support incident response by analyzing logs, resolving complex connectivity issues, and ensuring high availability across all network components.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of hands‑on experience in enterprise networking across Cisco, F5, Palo Alto, and ACI environments.
• Strong expertise in designing, configuring, and troubleshooting F5 LTM/GTM/ASM/APM, load‑balancing architectures, and SSL/TLS management.
• Proven experience managing Palo Alto NGFWs, Panorama, Cisco ACI fabrics, and Nexus routing/switching within large‑scale data center infrastructures.

Pay Details: $53.00 to $60.00 per hour

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

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