Title: Network Architect SME Location: Herndon, VA *Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview: Cornerstone Defense, in partnership with our military, intelligence, and civil government customers, supports U.S. operations worldwide through the use of many different types of intelligence, satellite, and cyber technologies. Cornerstone’s Intelligence Sector provides solutions to the United States Government for information collection, operations, exploitation and dissemination, and research activities. Our Team specializes in software development, cloud architecture, systems and network engineering, systems integration, agile management, as well as targeting operations and intelligence analysis. Our support to our mission customers includes cyber network operations, exploitation and defense, signals intelligence, human intelligence, and critical missions and networks.
Enterprise Network Architect SME We are seeking a SME Architect with a minimum of 16 years' experience designing, implementing, and supporting Cloud, Enterprise, and Service provider Networks, Network Hardening, Cloud Migration, and Ansible Automation.
Required Education, Experience, and Skills including the following:
B.S., Computer Engineering, or related field CCNP Certification
Deep knowledge of MPLS, TCIP/IP, VPM and IP telephony
Developing IP/MBLS network architecture
Developing and executing MPLS VPN Service Standards for global network
Linux Systems Engineering experience, including: AWS Deployment, Apache/Ngnix, PostgreSQL, Linux, KVM virtualization, Bash and Pearl Scripting
Red Hat Ansible AutomationEnterprise Architecture frameworks and principles
Preferred Experience and Skill include the following:
Radio frequency and spectrum engineering
Juniper Knowledge
Optical networking technology and engineering
JNCIE Certification- both written and lab
Cisco IOS- including switching, routing, segment routing, and other technologies
Satellite communications engineering
Cloud design, implementation, and configuration
Other automation tools (e.g. Chef, Puppet, Terraform, etc.)Identification of INFOSEC and COMSEC security requirements for the network
Providing technical guidance and direction for TCP/IP transport network design and engineering, networking routing protocols, advanced virtual networking technologies
Analyzing the optimization of network system performance
Overseeing the strategic interface of network systems configuration
Assessing network engineering technologies, computing systems hardware and software protocols
Providing high-level technical advice and guidance to manager and technical resources on networking technologies to meet current and future organizational needs
Overseeing the strategic interface of network systems configuration
Assessing network engineering technologies, computing systems hardware and software protocols
Providing high-level technical advice and guidance to managers and technical resources on networking technologies to meet current and future organizational needs
Establishing overall strategic network standards and priorities
Identification of technical trends in information technology, awareness of on-going IT projects, and business unit requirements
Model Based System Engineering (MBBSE) principles
Knowledge of Security Development Operations (SecDevOps) on iterative development projects
Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code
Knowledge of Agile development principles
Knowledge of modern software languages (e.g. Java, C, C++, C#, Python, Perl, etc.)Knowledge of state-of-the-art systems engineering principles and network design concepts
Knowledge of OSI model, routing protocols, and their application to router configurations
Experience in multi-vendor network security environment
Experience with routing design, techniques, and protocols such as BGPIn-depth understanding of peering, QoS, and traffic engineering
Security best practices for firewalls and perimeter security measures including VPN technologies
Continuous integration, test automation and/or SecDevOps on iterative development projects
