Department: Academic Affairs
Classification: Info Technology Spec 3
Job Category: Classified Staff
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Workplace Type: On Site Required
Sponsorship Eligibility: Not eligible for visa sponsorship
Pay Band: 06
Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience
Restricted: Yes
Criminal Background Check: Yes
Security Clearance Check: Yes
About the Department:
Continuing and Professional Education (CPE) at George Mason University serves as the university’s central hub for workforce development, executive education, and applied professional learning. CPE partners with federal agencies, industry, and academic units across Mason to design and deliver high impact training programs that strengthen the region’s talent pipeline.
CPE supports strategic university initiatives by offering flexible, mission aligned programs—including short courses, certificate programs, customized federal training, and large scale workforce skilling efforts—that advance organizational performance and address emerging national security, defense, and technology needs. As part of George Mason University's research and innovation ecosystem, CPE collaborates closely with Mason Defense, academic colleges, and research centers to ensure programs are responsive, experiential, and aligned with federal workforce priorities.
Mason Defense leads George Mason University’s efforts to expand and deliver impactful defense and national security programs through applied research, federal partnerships, workforce development, and strategic initiatives. The department collaborates closely with academic units, research centers, and federal agencies.
About the Position:
The Network and Cloud Engineer designs, deploys, secures, operates, and documents the network and cloud infrastructure supporting PIA facilities and mission activities. This position serves as the primary technical integrator across local internet service providers, campus information technology and cybersecurity teams, external support partners, and cloud service providers. The Network and Cloud Engineer will support reliable internet access, segmented wired and wireless networks, secure remote connectivity, AWS-based environments appropriate for unclassified/IL2 workloads, identity and access controls, monitoring, backup, and continuity of operations. This position does not independently authorize classified systems or bypass Mason or sponsor security requirements.
Responsibilities:
Classification: Info Technology Spec 3
Job Category: Classified Staff
Job Type: Full-Time
Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Workplace Type: On Site Required
Sponsorship Eligibility: Not eligible for visa sponsorship
Pay Band: 06
Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience
Restricted: Yes
Criminal Background Check: Yes
Security Clearance Check: Yes
About the Department:
Continuing and Professional Education (CPE) at George Mason University serves as the university’s central hub for workforce development, executive education, and applied professional learning. CPE partners with federal agencies, industry, and academic units across Mason to design and deliver high impact training programs that strengthen the region’s talent pipeline.
CPE supports strategic university initiatives by offering flexible, mission aligned programs—including short courses, certificate programs, customized federal training, and large scale workforce skilling efforts—that advance organizational performance and address emerging national security, defense, and technology needs. As part of George Mason University's research and innovation ecosystem, CPE collaborates closely with Mason Defense, academic colleges, and research centers to ensure programs are responsive, experiential, and aligned with federal workforce priorities.
Mason Defense leads George Mason University’s efforts to expand and deliver impactful defense and national security programs through applied research, federal partnerships, workforce development, and strategic initiatives. The department collaborates closely with academic units, research centers, and federal agencies.
About the Position:
The Network and Cloud Engineer designs, deploys, secures, operates, and documents the network and cloud infrastructure supporting PIA facilities and mission activities. This position serves as the primary technical integrator across local internet service providers, campus information technology and cybersecurity teams, external support partners, and cloud service providers. The Network and Cloud Engineer will support reliable internet access, segmented wired and wireless networks, secure remote connectivity, AWS-based environments appropriate for unclassified/IL2 workloads, identity and access controls, monitoring, backup, and continuity of operations. This position does not independently authorize classified systems or bypass Mason or sponsor security 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;