Network Administrator
Base Power · Austin, TX
About this role
## About Base Base is America’s next-generation power company. We’re rebuilding the foundation of modern civilization—electricity—by deploying a vast network of distributed batteries that is transforming today’s fragile, centralized grid into a resilient and abundant system. We’re engineers, operators, and creatives solving complex, interdisciplinary challenges. ## About the Role — Network Administrator Base is looking for a **Network Administrator** to support and maintain our networks across **offices, warehouses, and factory locations**. This role has a strong **manufacturing OT (Operational Technology)** component. You’ll work directly with the **servers, network equipment, and systems** that support manufacturing—not just traditional office/warehouse networking. You’ll design and support network implementations at new Base locations and also help with day-to-day infrastructure support across the organization. ## What You’ll Do - **Design, deploy, and maintain** the network at all Base locations, including day-to-day management of **VLANs, routing, and VPN** - **Monitor network performance** and proactively **install, configure, and improve** network equipment - **Maintain firewalls**, keeping rules and policies current, and maintain **network documentation** (topology, standards, procedures) - Support the **infrastructure behind manufacturing**, including servers, network equipment, and related systems on the factory floor—keeping it **reliable and secure** - **Respond to and remediate** network-related incidents across both **IT and OT**, escalating as needed - Collaborate with the **IT team** and the company on **outages and upgrades**, and work with **security** to support compliance with security frameworks and best practices - Be willing to do **any type of IT task**, including **help desk support** ## What You’ll Bring - **5+ years** of network administration experience in an enterprise environment - Proficiency with **OT infrastructure, networking, and systems** in a manufacturing/industrial environment (a plus) - Production line connectivity, industrial network segmentation, uptime-critical systems - Experience with **UniFi** networking equipment and supporting physical network infrastructure in an enterprise setting - Experience administering **Palo Alto firewalls** - Experience with **network monitoring** solutions and alerting configuration - Experience maintaining a **server room / network closet**, including physical installation and cable management - Experience with **wireless deployments and troubleshooting** - Familiarity with **Linux and Windows** systems, primarily with **BASH** and **PowerShell** CLIs ## About the Team Base’s IT team is building infrastructure for a company growing fast, with new locations launching multiple times a year. You’ll help set the standards Base uses as we scale. This is a small team with broad ownership across **security, networking, OT, and site IT**, so the impact of getting it right (or wrong) is immediate and visible. If you want to own **network and OT infrastructure end to end**—from design to seeing it run on a live factory floor—this is the team for you. *Note: Base is a startup, so priorities shift quickly. Responsibilities may expand or change based on business needs.* ## Our Values - **First Principles Thinking**: Question assumptions. Principles > rules. - **Operate at Base Pace**: Focus on what matters, act quickly, learn by doing. - **Give & Get Feedback**:
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