Cloud & Network Engineer – AWS, Security, Infra

George Mason University; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

George Mason University’s Continuing and Professional Education department seeks a Network and Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, secure, and operate the network and cloud infrastructure supporting PIA facilities and mission activities.

You will coordinate with Mason ITS, cybersecurity offices, vendors, and sponsors to ensure reliable internet access, segmented networks, and AWS environments for unclassified/IL2 workloads. U.S. citizenship is required for this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, engineering, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education, certifications, training, and experience.
• Substantial professional experience supporting enterprise networks, cloud platforms, or hybrid infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience configuring and troubleshooting network devices, firewalls, wireless networks, VPNs, and cloud resources.
• Experience documenting technical architectures, configurations, operating procedures, and incident or change activity.
• Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, VPNs, wireless networking, firewalls, and network segmentation.
• Working knowledge of AWS architecture and administration, including VPCs, IAM, EC2, S3, CloudWatch/CloudTrail, backup, encryption, and cost management.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity principles, least privilege, zero-trust concepts, secure configuration, logging, vulnerability management, and incident response.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex network, cloud, endpoint-connectivity, and performance issues across multiple vendors and locations.
• Ability to translate operational and sponsor requirements into documented technical designs and practical implementation plans.
• Strong project coordination, documentation, customer service, and communication skills, including the ability to work with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in an evolving, mission-oriented environment and exercise sound judgment with sensitive information.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with cybersecurity, infrastructure, facilities, vendors, and end users; and
• U.S. citizenship is required due to the nature of the supported federal and defense activities. Employment is contingent upon completion of applicable background screening. The employee must be eligible to obtain and maintain sponsor-required facility, system, or security access. The position may require occasional travel, after-hours maintenance, and response to service interruptions. The employee must comply with George Mason University, Commonwealth of Virginia, sponsor, export-control, cybersecurity, acceptable-use, and data-handling requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, configure, and maintain site network infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls, wireless access points, VPNs, network segmentation, guest/partner access, and resilient internet connectivity;
• Architect and administer AWS cloud environments for approved unclassified/IL2 workloads, including accounts, virtual networks, compute, storage, logging, backup, identity and access management, cost controls, and infrastructure-as-code practices where appropriate;
• Operate security and reliability controls, including configuration baselines, vulnerability and patch management, monitoring, alerting, log review, access review, incident response coordination, disaster recovery, and continuity planning;
• Coordinate technical work with Mason ITS and cybersecurity offices, Mason’s Cyber Lab, internet and telecommunications carriers, facilities teams, cloud vendors, and sponsor-designated technical or security personnel; manage approved changes and service escalations; and
• Maintain network diagrams, asset and configuration inventories, standard operating procedures, access records, runbooks, service metrics, and technical recommendations; provide technical guidance and mentorship to interns and end users.

Skills

Network engineering

Cloud engineering

AWS (IL2/workloads)

TCP/IP expertise

Security practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, engineering, or related field

Job description

George Mason University’s Continuing and Professional Education department seeks a Network and Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, secure, and operate the network and cloud infrastructure supporting PIA facilities and mission activities.

You will coordinate with Mason ITS, cybersecurity offices, vendors, and sponsors to ensure reliable internet access, segmented networks, and AWS environments for unclassified/IL2 workloads. U.S. citizenship is required for this role.