Network Engineer III with Security Clearance

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Job description

Network Engineer III Colorado Springs, CO Active Top Secret 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. The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program is the integrating element of the Missile Defense System. It is a vital operational system that enables the U.S. president, secretary of defense and combatant commanders at strategic, regional and operational levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, to collectively see the battle develop, and to dynamically manage designated networked sensors and weapons systems to achieve global and regional mission objectives. C2BMC supports a layered missile defense capability that enables an optimized response to threats of all ranges in all phases of flight. C2BMC is the force multiplier that globally and regionally networks, integrates and synchronizes autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations to optimize performance. C2BMC is an integral part of all system ground and flight tests which verify and exercise all current and future missile defense system capabilities. Job Responsibilities: Candidate will be a primary Network Engineer supporting the C2BMC Program. Candidate will be responsible for learning the planning, deploying, integrating, and testing upgrades to the C2BMC network to operational sites and help where needed. Candidate will be responsible for traveling to remote locations to perform network installations, perform troubleshooting, and provide status updates to Program personnel. The position is based at a facility in Colorado Springs, CO in the long-term, however, this role must be able to travel to alternate work locations, such as Schriever Space Force Base, Alaska, Guam, Europe, etc., to execute job duties such as deployments. Educational/Certification Requirements: The position requires a Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline (i.e. EE, CIS, CPE, MIS, IT), or equivalent experience/combined education, with 5+ years of professional experience; or 3+ years of professional experience with a related Masters degree. The position requires an IAT Level II 8570 Compliant Certification such as Security+, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, CISSP, CISA, GSE, SCNA, etc. Required Skills: Knowledge of network design, development and testing methodologies. Must understand the OSI Model, TCP/IP, routing protocols BGP and OSPF. Network traffic analysis, diagnostic and troubleshooting skills. Firewall knowledge in Juniper, Fortinet, and Palo Alto Knowledge of UDP multicast, SONET, MSPP, VLANs, GRE Tunnels, and TCP/IP network designs. Knowledge of multi-vendor switching routing (Juniper, Cisco), WAN optimizer, TACLANEs, and optical transport equipment. Must be an effective communicator with excellent writing and presentation skills using Microsoft Office products, especially PowerPoint and Visio. Must thrive and do your best work in a collaborative and agile environment.

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