Network Architect

Location: Herndon, Virginia Type: Contract Job #2802

Title: Network Architect Location: Herndon, VA *Clearance:

*Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply * Company Overview: Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission. Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation's toughest and most secure problems. If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don't look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills : 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

CCIE Certification- both written and lab

JNCIE Certification- both written and lab

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 Automation

Enterprise Architecture frameworks and principles

Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC) Support

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