Network Administrator

Overview Position : Network Administrator Salary Range : $80,000 to $105,000 annually (DOE) Location : Century City and Gardena, California; with regular travel between properties and periodic travel to retail sites across the US. Schedule:  Full-time with every other Friday off (three-day weekend); on-call availability to support 24/7 casino operations. Benefits : Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(K), vacation and sick time, paid holidays. Responsibilities Position Overview FMG is hiring a Network Administrator to own the surveillance camera systems and the network infrastructure across the company: two casino properties in Gardena, California, and retail locations throughout the United States. The role sits at the intersection of surveillance technology and enterprise networking. You will keep the cameras recording without gaps, keep the networks that carry that video reliable at every site, and keep the servers, switches, and firewalls behind both healthy in a 24/7 gaming environment and across retail stores that depend on remote support. This is a hands-on position. At the casinos you will terminate and test cable, dress and label patch panels, mount cameras and switches, and do the physical infrastructure work that keeps a gaming floor covered. Across the retail portfolio you will own the same systems largely from a distance: standardizing camera and network builds, supporting store staff and field technicians remotely, and traveling when a site needs someone on the ground. Candidates who want a purely remote or purely console-based role will not enjoy this job; candidates who like owning a system end to end, from the camera mount to the firewall rule, will. Key Objectives Keep the surveillance camera and NVR systems recording continuously at both casinos and at every retail location, with retention periods that meet gaming regulatory, loss prevention, and internal audit requirements. Maintain and optimize the network at the casino properties and across the retail footprint so that video, gaming, point-of-sale, and back-office traffic all move without contention or packet loss. Deliver cabling and physical infrastructure work in-house, from new camera drops to switch and patch panel build-outs, on a schedule that works around casino operations. Lead infrastructure projects across a multi-site, multi-state footprint that improve security, performance, and reliability, and resolve incidents quickly enough to prevent disruption to the gaming floor or to store operations. Casino Surveillance and NVR Systems Surveillance is the core of this role. You will be the technical owner of the camera systems at both properties and will work closely with the Surveillance department to keep coverage complete and evidence retrievable. Administer, monitor, and maintain the IP camera and NVR/DVR environment at both casinos, including recording servers, storage arrays, video management software, and client viewing stations. Verify daily that every camera is online, recording, in focus, correctly framed, and time-synchronized, and correct gaps in coverage or retention before they become audit findings. Install, mount, aim, and configure new cameras; replace failed units; and manage firmware, IP addressing, and licensing across the camera fleet. Manage NVR storage capacity and retention schedules, monitor drive and RAID health, and plan expansions before recording days are lost. Support Surveillance and Compliance staff with video retrieval, exports, and archiving for investigations, gaming regulator requests, and law enforcement, following documented chain-of-custody procedures. Maintain the dedicated surveillance network segment, including PoE switch capacity, VLAN separation from gaming and corporate traffic, bandwidth planning for video, and uninterruptible power for recording equipment. Coordinate camera coverage changes with Surveillance management when the floor layout, table games, or slot placement change. Cabling and Physical Infrastructure Much of this work is done with your own hands and tools rather than through a contractor, so comfort on a ladder and in a wiring closet matters as much as comfort in a CLI. Pull, terminate, and test copper and fiber runs for cameras, access points, workstations, kiosks, and gaming devices, including work above ceilings, in confined spaces, and on the casino floor. Punch down and patch panels, dress and label cabling, and keep racks, closets, and the data center organized to a standard that a stranger could troubleshoot at 3 a.m. Certify and document new runs with a cable tester, maintain accurate port maps and labeling schemes, and update as-built records after every change. Rack, power, and cable network and server hardware, including switches, firewalls, servers, NVRs, and UPS units. Schedule disruptive cabling and infrastructure work during low-traffic hours and coordinate with Operations and Surveillance before any work that affects the floor. Network Infrastructure and Administration Design, deploy, and maintain the network infrastructure for both Gardena properties, including Cisco routers and switches, SonicWall firewalls, and Meraki switches and firewalls. Configure and manage VLANs, VPNs, routing, QoS, PoE, and wireless coverage so that surveillance, gaming, and administrative traffic stay properly segmented and consistently available. Monitor network devices and circuits, tune performance, and manage firmware and configuration backups for all network equipment. Administer Windows Server environments, VMware (ESXi and vSAN), Dell hardware, and Veeam Backup and Replication, including routine maintenance, upgrades, and patching. Maintain and test backups and restores for both server and surveillance data, and keep recovery procedures current for the systems the casinos cannot operate without. Security, Compliance, and Support Enforce security controls across both properties, includi