Network Engineer

• Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland
• Type: Contract
• Job #3647

Title: Network Engineer
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
Compensation Range: $180 - $200K
*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.

Benefits Overview:
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *

Core Tasks:

• Implement specific network solutions to support server requirements to include load balancing, VPN's, firewall contexts, and network address translation (NAT) where appropriate
• Minimize network latency and maximize data throughput through design analysis and network performance monitoring tools
• Optimize end to end system performance and dataflow management
• Coordinate with the system engineering and dataflow efforts to ensure proper mission operations to minimize down time
• Design solutions, integrate, configure, deploy, test and provide ongoing maintenance for numerous types of network devises, interfaces and methodologies
• Configure and optimize the network to connect various front-end and back-end components.
• Facilitate the implementation of high speed, scalable, fault-to-tolerant network topologies as applicable to WAN and LAN design
• Provide assistance in all aspects of network management rom network design through implementation, maintenance and upgrading of existing networks.
• Analyzes design, specification, and related documents and implements communication system requirements to support the distributed functionality of a software engineering environment
• Analyze network characteristics (traffic connect time, transmission speeds, packet sizes and throughput), troubleshoots problems and recommends procurement of, and/or modifications to network components.

Requirements:

• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Communications Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or Information Systems required
• 8 years' experience as a Network Engineer in programs that encompass system architecture, requirements analysis, process execution and evaluation.
• 3 years of direct experience with IC or SIGINT activity
• Experience with Cisco IOS or JunOS
• Experience in developing networks from design through implementation
• Experience with Ethernet Trunking and configuring Ethernet VLANs
• Experience in configuring multi-vendor network equipment; Experience with network test gear and testing network equipment; Experience in configuring NAT and Routing Protocols.
• Ability to demonstrate cyber/IT related experience with attention to detail, customer service, oral and written communication, and problem solving.

• Active DoD IAT Level II certification
• Active Cisco certification

Preferred:

• Understanding of project design within the scope of security (RMF) requirements