General Summary

The broadly experienced and skilled network engineer will support, design, and deploy network equipment.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Selected candidate will:

• Perform root cause analysis and remediation on system issues.
• Investigate and resolve user reported issues.
• Design, implement, and support multiple networks.
• Occasionally lead less experienced teammates in work tasks
• Collaborate with system users to define problem areas and recommend paths forward.
• Create and update documentation such as, but not limited to, HW and SW baselines, inventories, and reports.
• Maintain secure host configuration and patching based on policies, procedures, and vulnerability announcements.
• Research current and emerging technical solution and provide summary presentations with courses of action.

At COLSA, people are our most valuable resource and centered at our core value. We invite you to unite your talents with opportunity and be a part of our “Family of Professionals!” Learn about our employee-centric culture and benefits here .

Required Skills

Required Experience

**Required Qualifications **

• Bachelors Degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 2 to 8 years of related experience
• Active DoD Top Secret Clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information Access (TS//SCI)
• Must successfully complete DIA Counterintelligence (CI) Scope Polygraph within 180 days of hire.
• Ability to gain and maintain a CompTIA Security+ CE, ISC2 SSCP, or equivalent DoD 8570.01 Baseline Certification satisfying IAT Level II requirements within 90 days of hire.
• Proficiency with productivity applications including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Visio), Adobe Acrobat, and other similar applications.
• Ability to lift fifty pounds with or without an accomodation
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Ability to work a flexible schedule based on customer requirements.
• Ability to show mid-level or higher experience with and mastery of at least 6 of the following:
  • Cable plant installation and troubleshooting experience (Termination, Splicing, and Testing of Fiber Optic Cabling; Termination and Testing of Copper Cabling including, but not limited to Cat5E and Cat6)
  • Cryptographic Device integration, configuration and management (TACLANE, Network Encryptors, Key Managers, Thales/Vormetric)
  • Data center management (LAN, WAN, Rack Mounting Equipment, Facility Power Connections, Rack and Room Layout Diagrams, Inventory, Equipment Excess, Environmental Monitoring)
  • Data center virtualization (VMware Horizon, vCenter, ESXi, Hyper-V, Nutanix)
  • Enterprise and data center storage management (DDN, NetApp, Quantum, Spectra Logic, NAS, SAN, GPFS, NFS, CIFS, Lustre)
  • Hardware troubleshooting (Power, Mainboard, CPUs, PCIe, RAM, Local Storage, Network)
  • Network administration and management (InfiniBand, Ethernet, Virtualized, Cisco, Cisco ACI, Nvidia, Mellanox, TCP/IP, Route/Switch, VLANS, VXLAN)
  • Network protocols, services, and infrastructure (DNS, DHCP, FTP, TFTP, NTP, SNMP)
  • Security Engineering (Access Control, End Point Protection, HBSS, Firewalls)
  • Vulnerability Management (Patching, Remediation, Hardening, STIG)
• U.S. Citizenship required
• This position is located in Huntsville, AL

**Preferred Qualifications **

• Active DoD Top Secret Clearance with Sensitive Compartmentalized Information Access (TS/SCI) and Counterintelligence (CI) Scope Polygraph
• Current, verifiable CompTIA Security+ CE, ISC2 SSCP, or equivalent DoD 8570.01 Baseline Certification satisfying IAT Level II requirements.
• Experience with programming/scripting in high-level languages (C, C++, Perl, Python, Bash, PowerShell)
• Current, verifiable Cisco CCNA certification.
• Ability to show mid-level or hire experience with and mastery in more than 6 of the skill areas listed above.

Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. COLSA Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.