Network Architect SME - Herndon, United States - Cornerstone Defense

    Cornerstone Defense
    Cornerstone Defense Herndon, United States

    1 month ago

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    Location:
    Herndon, Virginia


    Type:
    Contract

    Job #2537

    Title:
    Network Architect SME


    Location:
    Herndon, VA

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    • 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
    Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC) Support

    Cloud experience (AWS, VPC, transit gateway, private link, ELB, ELB, etc.); Azure (connectivity services - Vnet, Virtural WAN, VPN gateway, application protection, application delivery and network monitoring, etc.)



    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

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