<div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Providing key design, installation, and research support to facilitate a successful implementation of a multilevel security (MLS) system meant to allow greater collaboration between various government networks. This project is on the forefront of new technologies and concepts, and Customer will design, build, and test systems meant to challenge the existing paradigm of the enterprise network architecture. The Network Engineer position will act as a short-term research and experimentation role to test out different MLS and Zero Trust (ZT) technologies, tools, and architectures as alternatives to the customer’s chosen designs. This position will be part of a highly technical team in order to research, experiment, and report on commercially available MLS and ZT alternatives. Key Duties/Responsibilities:• Explore, analyze and report on applications, alternative MLS solutions or other areas for improvement to the customer’s baseline.• Demonstrate suitability of the customer’s IT environment by exploring specific improvements.• Capture best practices to develop software including development of MLS capable/aware applications.• Compare current system capabilities to proposed ZT enablers and create a technical suitability matrix to highlight the potential benefits of adoption of new methodologies, architectural changes, and software security tools to enable ZT architectures.&nbsp;• Examine existing ZT tools/technologies/architectures and recommend enhancements.• Assess ZT implementation in an objective network, and assess ZT components.• Using the DoD Cybersecurity Architecture Review (DoDCAR) process, NIST SP 800-207, MITRE ATT&amp;CK framework, and industry best practices, analyze and identify the thread gaps and the resulting changes to explore enhancements to the customer’s MLS and ZTA solution.• Explore, analyze, and report on applications as well as complementary and alternative MLS and ZT solutions, and identify other areas for improvement in the customer’s baseline.• Perform gap and trade-off analyses to weigh the potential benefits of integrating the proposed changes and outline relative risk and benefit to community of interest operations.• Develop a test schedule and test criteria for viable MLS and ZT alternatives.• Execute testing on MLS and ZT alternatives IAW the developed test plan and criteria.• Analyzes system designs for risks to data confidentiality, integrity, and availability. </div><div class="job-listing-header" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-weight: bold; padding: 10px 0px 0px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Requirements</div><div class="job-listing-header" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-weight: bold; padding: 10px 0px 0px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </div><div data-bind="html: Job.Requirements" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Required Qualifications:<ul><li>Must have Active DoD Top Secret clearance or higher</li><li>Must be a U.S. Citizen to apply</li><li>Bachelors and two (2) years or more experience; Masters and 0 years related experience&nbsp;</li><li>Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification is required.</li><li>2 years of experience of network engineering experience</li><li>Strong understanding of network infrastructure and network infrastructure protocols</li><li>Solid understanding of ZT tenets as detailed in NIST SP 800-207.</li><li>Able to rapidly research and experiment on relevant commercial solutions in a lab environment.</li><li>Strong interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).</li><li>Responsive and reliable</li><li>Some travel is required</li></ul>Preferred Experience, Education, and Certifications:<ul><li>Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification</li><li>Experience and familiarity in available commercial solutions enabling MLS and/or incorporating ZT tenets.</li><li>Familiarity with DoDCAR process and MITRE ATT&amp;CK framework.</li></ul></div>

Providing key design, installation, and research support to facilitate a
successful implementation of a multilevel security (MLS) system meant to allow
greater collaboration between various government networks. This project is on
the forefront of new technologies and concepts, and Customer will design,
build, and test systems meant to challenge the existing paradigm of the
enterprise network architecture.

  

The Network Engineer position will act as a short-term research and
experimentation role to test out different MLS and Zero Trust (ZT)
technologies, tools, and architectures as alternatives to the customer’s
chosen designs. This position will be part of a highly technical team in order
to research, experiment, and report on commercially available MLS and ZT
alternatives.

  

 **Key Duties/Responsibilities:**

• Explore, analyze and report on applications, alternative MLS solutions or
other areas for improvement to the customer’s baseline.

• Demonstrate suitability of the customer’s IT environment by exploring
specific improvements.

• Capture best practices to develop software including development of MLS
capable/aware applications.

• Compare current system capabilities to proposed ZT enablers and create a
technical suitability matrix to highlight the potential benefits of adoption
of new methodologies, architectural changes, and software security tools to
enable ZT architectures.

• Examine existing ZT tools/technologies/architectures and recommend
enhancements.

• Assess ZT implementation in an objective network, and assess ZT components.

• Using the DoD Cybersecurity Architecture Review (DoDCAR) process, NIST SP
800-207, MITRE ATT&CK framework, and industry best practices, analyze and
identify the thread gaps and the resulting changes to explore enhancements to
the customer’s MLS and ZTA solution.

• Explore, analyze, and report on applications as well as complementary and
alternative MLS and ZT solutions, and identify other areas for improvement in
the customer’s baseline.

• Perform gap and trade-off analyses to weigh the potential benefits of
integrating the proposed changes and outline relative risk and benefit to
community of interest operations.

• Develop a test schedule and test criteria for viable MLS and ZT
alternatives.

• Execute testing on MLS and ZT alternatives IAW the developed test plan and
criteria.

• Analyzes system designs for risks to data confidentiality, integrity, and
availability.

  

Requirements

  

Required Qualifications:

  * Must have Active DoD Top Secret clearance or higher
  * Must be a U.S. Citizen to apply
  * Bachelors and two (2) years or more experience; Masters and 0 years related experience 
  * Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification is required.
  * 2 years of experience of network engineering experience
  * Strong understanding of network infrastructure and network infrastructure protocols
  * Solid understanding of ZT tenets as detailed in NIST SP 800-207.
  * Able to rapidly research and experiment on relevant commercial solutions in a lab environment.
  * Strong interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).
  * Responsive and reliable
  * Some travel is required

Preferred Experience, Education, and Certifications:

  * Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification
  * Experience and familiarity in available commercial solutions enabling MLS and/or incorporating ZT tenets.
  * Familiarity with DoDCAR process and MITRE ATT&CK framework.

