Senior Systems Administrator
Chantilly, VA
*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.
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Preferred Qualifications:
Senior Systems Administrator
Chantilly, VA
*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.
Responsibilities:
Basic Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Systems Administrator – Full Performance (Windows + Linux)
*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.
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Title: Cloud Developer
Location: Reston, VA
*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.
| Demonstrated experience with Python. |
| Demonstrated experience with geo-spatial software and programming packages and data formats. |
| Demonstrated experience creating and managing AWS resources, including provisioning EC2 instances, writing and deploying Lambda functions, creating and writing to S3, and managing authorization appropriately across resources with IAM policies. |
| Demonstrated experience using GitHub.
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| Demonstrated experience deploying AWS applications with AWS’s Cloud Development Kit (CDK). Ansible and Terraform are NOT a substitute for CDK. |
| Demonstrated experience building and deploying containerized applications. |
| Demonstrated experience building, programmatically working with and maintaining search engines such as ElasticSeach, Lucene, or AWS’s OpenSearch. |
| Demonstrated experience creating, programmatically working with and maintaining SQL and NO-SQL databases. |
| Demonstrated experience with other non-AWS cloud services such as, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure. |
| Certification(s) o AWS DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect, or SysOps Administrator.
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Title: PeopleSoft ELM Consultant:
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
*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.
Seeking consultants with Oracle PeopleSoft application functional, development and/or administration experience to support a customer’s Education and Learning Management (ELM) PeopleSoft installation. The role provides PeopleSoft software/system functional and development consulting services at client location. Those who excel in this role are motivated self-starters who love to solve challenging problems and are comfortable working directly with customers and executive leadership. This role requires a strong functional knowledge of PeopleSoft ELM and its as well as the following diverse skill sets:
· Excellent interpersonal skills to interact with customers, executive leaders, and team members.
· Ability to assess the high-level architectural design, research potential implementation road maps, and conduct feasibility assessments.
· Excellent analytical and creative problem-solving skills for design, creation and testing of software.
· Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
· Deep functional knowledge across HCM, Financials and Education applications. Specifically with the PeopleSoft ecosystem with strong experience to make recommendations for low cost and long-term maintenance.
· Deep reporting background and expertise with understanding of various technologies spanning vendors. Understanding of data warehouse theory and concepts. Work with end users to generate reporting artifacts, as well as explain concepts and help users with little or no technical background.
Qualifications:
Required to be considered: Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph
Required Qualifications:
Minimum 8 years of technical experience relevant to this position
Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience preferred
Product or technical expertise in PeopleSoft ELM, HR and Financials
Ability to communicate effectively and build rapport with team members and clients
Project Management background managing small to medium size projects and project teams.
Experience with entire software development life cycle.
Passion for technology, the curiosity and willingness to constantly learn new skills, work with new tools and discover new and innovative approaches to solving complex technical challenges.
The ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical audiences and, vice versa, translate functional needs to technical solutions.
Desired Qualifications:
Strong in programming fundamentals and have good understanding of database concepts.
Strong experience in SQL.
Strong troubleshooting skills.
Exposure to Agile/SCRUM methodologies.
AWS experience.
Title: Sr. Database Admin / Engineer – Exadata:
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
*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.
Description:
Sr. Oracle Database Administrator with 10+ years Oracle database administration experience supporting large scale or enterprise level database services.
Required Skills:
TS/SCI w/ FSP required.
Qualifications:
Title: Data Engineer
Location: Chantilly, VA
*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.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Data Engineer will manipulate data and data flows for both existing and new systems. Additionally, they will provide support in the areas of data extraction, transformation and load (ETL), data mapping, data extraction, analytical support, operational support, database support, and maintenance support of data and associated systems. As a member of the team, candidates will work in a multi-tasking, quick-paced, dynamic, process-improvement environment that requires experience with the principles of large-scale (terabytes) database development, large-scale file manipulation, data modeling, data mapping, data testing, data quality, and documentation preparation.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS
DESIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Title: Forensics Specialist
Location: Herndon, VA
*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.
We are looking for a driven candidate, who is passionate about the security of our country. This candidate will support the Cyber Forensics team as a Computer Forensics Specialist. The Computer Forensics Specialist will provide expertise in computer forensics, mobile device forensics, data and media recovery, reverse engineering, intrusion analysis and methodologies, and vulnerability assessments.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
* Conduct imaging of a variety of devices (i.e. – HDDs, mobile devices, etc.)
* Conduct forensic examinations to identify the root cause of cyber incidents
* Responsible for assessing and filling forensic gaps
* Interact with and establish relationships with customers
* Provide technical reporting in order to explain complex forensic examinations to a wide audience
* Perform risk analysis of software and provide mitigations for any identified risks
* Perform data recovery to maximize the amount of useable data
* Identify IOCs, TTPs and recommend appropriate counter measures
* Provide recommended remediation steps in the aftermath of a cyber incident
* Bachelor's Degree or 3 or more years of related experience
* Strong organizational, communications, and critical-thinking skills
* Knowledge of concepts and practices of processing digital forensics data
* Skill in preserving evidence integrity according to industry best practices
* Skill in using forensic tools (i.e. – Xways, Axiom, FTK, Autopsy, Zimmerman tools, etc.)
* Skill in conducting forensics analysis of multiple operating systems (i.e. – Windows, Linux/Unix, Android, MAC, iOS, etc.)
* Knowledge of data carving tools/techniques
* Skill in analyzing volatile data
* Experience in acquiring volatile data
* The ability to develop forensic tools in Python, C#, C++ or C
* Experience with analyzing malicious data
* Experience with analyzing software to identify risks/vulnerabilities
Title: Cybersecurity Systems Engineer
Location: Herndon, VA
*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.
We are seeking a driven and highly technical Cybersecurity Engineer in Herndon, VA. The Cybersecurity Engineer will support the Cyber Investigations team as a reverse engineer/software engineer.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
* Automation of data acquisition, processing and scanning.
* Develop and maintain malware sandboxes and software plugins to enable malware investigations.
* Ability to reverse code to determine malicious behavior or uncover IOCs for detection.
* Automation/Scripting for cloud investigations (investigative methodology for response and opensource tooling)
* Isolate, review, analyze and reverse-engineer malicious binaries to determine functionality and capability.
* Analyze samples and provide written technical reports related to the scope, nature, and characteristics of the malicious code.
* 4+ years of experience in malware analysis, reverse engineering, digital forensics or related position
* Experience with Python
* Experience with Intel x86/x64 assembly
* Experience with Windows operating system & architecture
* Experience with static analysis tools such as IDA Pro, Ghidra and Binary Ninja
* Experience with debugging tools such as x64Dbg and WinDbg
* Experience with virtualization, sandboxing, and emulation tools like VMware, KVM, QEMU and others
* Experience with programming languages such as C, C++, .NET, Java, etc.
* Active/Current TS/SCI with polygraph clearance
* Experience with additional operating systems such as Linux, macOS, Android, iOS, etc.
* Working knowledge of Computer Network Exploitation (CNE), Computer Network Attack (CNA) and Computer Network Defense (CND) tools and techniques
* Knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework
* Knowledge of common digital forensic techniques and practices
* Experience with additional architectures such as ARM/ARM32 and MIPS
* Experience with other operating system file formats, such as ELF
* Experience with development and/or scripting utilizing Python and/or other programming languages
* Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity or similar technical field of study, or 6 additional years of experience in lieu of degre
Title: Graphic Designer
Location: McLean, VA
*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.
Introduction:
The Sponsor creates and releases innovative technology products that drive analytic rigor and insight. The Sponsor requires Contractors that support the visualization and creation of flyers, posters, logos, templates, and complex visuals for marketing and branding materials to release these technology products to the Sponsor’s analytic cadre to support their mission needs. The Sponsor also requires multi-media support in video production, animation, story-boarding, illustrations, web design, and installations to further its IT projects. Graphic design and multi-media support will enable the Sponsor to meet these critical requirements. Design support may also include the creation of business products, such as awards, invites, engravings, web design and posters, which promote the Sponsor’s brand and reputation for creating revolutionary technology products. Contractors will support Sponsor’s interdisciplinary team, and be responsible for executing multiple design projects under minimal supervision. Work Requirements: The Contractor shall work closely with all marketing and branding efforts across the Sponsor’s organization to design a wide-range of routine-to-complex projects such as charts and graphs, flow diagrams, infographics, presentation visuals, illustrations, publication design, cover designs, brochures, posters, logos, and exhibit design. The Contractor shall develop, design, produce, and deliver visual products for print, presentation, installation, and web or other digital display for the Sponsor's officers. The Contractor shall assess client objectives and expectations, and advise client on project design, format, and dissemination. The Contractor shall assess available resources and, if necessary, develop a production schedule. The Contractor shall facilitate virtual and in-person visualization and design concept meetings with customers. The Contractor shall use professional industry standards of sound design, color, and typography. The Contractor shall use the Sponsor's standard software, as well as adhere to the Sponsor's standards for design, production, and product handling. The Contractor shall develop and maintain their skills commensurate with industry-wide best practices. The Contractor shall support event coordination. The Contractor shall ensure its personnel stay up-to-date on the latest versions of Adobe applications as they become available in the Sponsor's environment. The Contractor shall explore innovative uses of Adobe applications that might benefit the Sponsor, such as using Adobe Animate or Cinema 4D.
| Required Skills: |
1. Demonstrated experience working in graphic design or in a similar field.
2. Demonstrated experience applying color theory, typography, and visualization and design concepts.
3. Demonstrated experience using Adobe Creative Cloud applications such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After-Effects, Media Encoder, Audition, Premiere Pro, and Acrobat Pro.
4. Demonstrated experience using Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
| Desired Skills: |
1. Demonstrated experience in web design, web development, and/or web publishing.
2. Demonstrated experience facilitating visualization or design concept meetings.
3. Demonstrated experience with computer animation and 3D modeling.
4. Demonstrated experience in branding and market identity.
5. Demonstrated experience in photography and audio, and visual editing and dubbing.
6. Demonstrated experience of robust creative and technical skills.
7. Demonstrated experience with customer service and project management skills.
8. Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or equivalent arts major.
Title; SOFTWARE DEVELOPER (GEO-SPATIAL TECH)
Location: Tysons, VA
*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.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Software Developer (Geospatial Tech) will leverage geospatial and reference datasets to assist geospatial targeters with answering complex operational questions and improving data triage efficiency. The ideal candidate is hands-on python developer with experience in analytics, data science, and data products. The candidate must be at ease working with little supervision and embody a passion for continuous improvement and innovation.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
LINUX Engineer
TS/SCI w/ POLYGRAPH
Chantilly, VA
| Position Description: | (Strong Linux Engineer designing systems in a Linux environment) (Required Skills/Demonstrated experience) Demonstrated experience deploying and administering Linux systems. Demonstrated experience with Linux networking, to include iptables, firewall, and Linux-as-a-Router. Demonstrated hands-on experience with networking hardware, to include Cisco and Juniper. Demonstrated experience with networking fundamentals, operations, and maintenance. Demonstrated experience with Linux system administration, to include scripting and automation technologies. Demonstrated experience with network monitoring, including the use of Packet-Capture and log review. Demonstrated experience developing, testing, analyzing, and using bespoke technical solutions. Demonstrated experience with virtualization technologies, including oVirt and Open vSwitch. Demonstrated experience with a multitude of shielded and unshielded cryptocurrencies. Demonstrated experience with ICD 503 process and obtaining Approval-To-Operate. Demonstrated experience building, operating and maintaining, “Zero Trust” Architectures and Networks. Demonstrated experience with Bespoke Operational Procurement. Demonstrated experience with User enrollment and training. Task 2 (Desired Skills/Demonstrated experience) Demonstrated experience with denied area technical operations. Demonstrated experience with configuration and operation of different VOIP technologies. Demonstrated experience with networking, especially concerning Linux systems and VPN technologies. Demonstrated experience applying knowledge from emerging technologies research for immediate gain. | ||
Title: Cyber Security Architect
Location: Chantilly, VA
*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.
Mandatory Skills
Optional Skills
Title: ServiceNow Developer
Location: Reston, VA
*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.
Position Summary
We are looking for an experienced ServiceNow developer with Agile project management expertise.
Job Description
The Sponsor’s office collects, exploits, and disseminates publicly available information in a timely, mission-impactful way. The Sponsor’s office environment is fast paced and requires specialized skills in cloud-based IT management, workflow automation, IT project management, innovative software development and integration of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS)/Government Off-the-Shelf (GOTS) based applications. The Systems Engineer (SE) should have ServiceNow development skills including Service Portal, Service Catalog, Widget development, Record Producers, Scripting in the Portal space and UI16, Flow Designer, UI Policy, Client Script, UI Actions, Script Includes, importing data sources, etc. The SE will design, develop, and modify software systems; document and track vendor software roadmaps for software and patch version updates; unit test their software and perform code reviews; and modify and integrate commercial software into cloud environment. They should understand multi-cloud environments, such as AWS, Azure, Google, and others and will provide the Sponsor estimated costs of deploying system components to the target environment. They will coordinate and collaborate across the appropriate groups within security, operations, testing and other teams to provide system information and technical support; create, manage, and update work tickets; ensure that applications and services that fall under their purview are running up to date software versions to include code libraries; and provide weekly status updates regarding schedule deliverables, risks, and dependencies. The Systems Engineer will also work with and follow change and configuration management process and tools, manage the progress of COTS product integration and development efforts, comply with the existing programmatic methodologies, and coordinate appropriately for problem resolution, task scheduling, new resource requirements, and task clarification. They will also coordinate IT program management activities including scheduling of meetings and preparation of briefings and presentations; create, maintain, and brief Project Management Review (PMR) slides for projects; and work in partnership with an integrated team of Sponsor staff and contractors.
Title: Cyber Security Project Manager
Location: Herndon, VA
*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.
Seeking an ISSM to support one other ISSM to help with INT accreditations, specifically for Salesforce/ServiceNow and another enterprise platform. Ideally, the ISSM would partner with technical directors, PMs, ISSEs, and project leads to advance accreditation. This is supporting a very senior level office so the person would have to be polished, willing to dive in to assist process, advise, etc.
Seeking candidate with previous technical security experience; knowledge of encryption, networking and transport; familiarity with developing or modifying system security plans and working through risk management framework body of evidence documentation.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE
• Demonstrated experience with encryption technologies.
• Demonstrated experience with operating systems.
• Demonstrated experience with database technologies.
• Demonstrated experience with networking including Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model, TCP/IP, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Synchronous optical networking (SONET), Ethernet.
• Demonstrated experience with routing, switching, firewalls, data protection.
• Demonstrated experience with cloud computing.
• Demonstrated experience with information storage.
• Demonstrated experience with virtual machine technology.
• Demonstrated experience with cyber risks, exploits, vulnerabilities and associated mitigations.
• Demonstrated experience with technical guidance and oversight both to technical and non-technical, and senior level personnel.
• Demonstrated experience conducting security reviews and assessments.
• Demonstrated experience with information technology and a practical understanding of application, system, and network security best practices.
• Demonstrated experience with information security policies.
• Demonstrated experience in identifying and managing information security risks in an enterprise environment.
• Demonstrated experience making reasoned, timely, and fact based decisions and conveying reason to customers and team members.
HIGHLY DESIRED SKILLS AND DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE
• Bachelors in computer science, management information systems, cyber security, information assurance, computer engineering or other technical field, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience with the Sponsor’s Authorization and Accreditation (A&A) process and the Project Management Framework.
• Demonstrated experience with the Sponsor’s diverse information technology infrastructure including operating systems, major application systems, and network architecture.
• Demonstrated experience with the Sponsor's Authorization and Accreditation (A&A) process and the Risk Management Framework.
• Demonstrated experience and understanding of Sponsor’s cloud computing environment
• Certifications: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
Title: S/W Q.A. Spec./App Tester – Expert
Location: Herndon, VA
*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.
Opening for an Automated tester who will work as part of a small test team supporting multiple software applications in varying stages of deployment (from emerging technologies to legacy systems). This position requires knowledge of modern automated testing methodologies and technologies. The person in this role will be responsible for manual testing when the coding of an automated solution is impractical or not desirable. As the technology stack expands and grows, our team of testers may be required to work with the application developers to support performance/load testing to fully evaluate the application capabilities.
This position requires a TS/SCI with Polygraph on day one and is located in the Herndon area.
Minimum of 11 Years of relevant experience or 8 years with a Bachelors Degree – this is a MANDATORY REQUIREMENT and is not optional.
*Experience with API testing through Swagger
*Experience with SQL queries for data validation (Oracle, Postgres)
*Expert in Selenium WebDriver as well as other automated testing technologies such as Katalon Studio and Cucumber
*Emphasis of experience must be in the area of writing automated code (Java) as opposed to simply click and record
*Must be able to evaluate developer assignments, independently understand requirements, and engineer tests to evaluate best path scenario as well as probe for possible failure conditions
*Must know to use an IDE to code (ex – IntelliJ, Eclipse, NetBeans)
*Experience with interacting in a Linux environment (ex – Bash scripting, VI)
*Expertise in writing test plans, cases, procedures, scripts, and scenarios
*Demonstrated history with manual and automated test processes
*Ability to work well in a constantly evolving work environment
*Ensure the QA and testing approach references all known vulnerabilities and best practices
*Conduct and report testing using a repeatable process based on industry best practices
*Maintain and update the test environment
*Must have development skills, as automated testing is a lot of writing code.
* Solid hands-on experience testing experience with testing tools such as JMeter, Cypress, and /or Selenium.
Nice to have:
• Experience testing complex systems with external integration points
• Experience with unit test frameworks such as Junit, Mockito, Swagger, and Postman
• Must work well in a group environment and collaborate with team members
• Familiarity with Source code management and integration (ex – GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins)
• Experience in an Agile environment
This position requires a TS/SCI with Polygraph on day one and is located in the Herndon area.
Title: Application Express (APEX) Developer
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
*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.
Preferred Qualifications:
Qualifications:
Title: IT Training Specialist
Location: Dulles, VA
*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.
REQUIRED SKILLS and demonstrated experience the candidate shall have the following required skills, certifications and demonstrated experience:
• Demonstrated experience in adult learning and classroom instructions
• Demonstrated experience with managing training priorities, programs, and issues in order to adapt training programs to reflect changes in structure, regulations, or processes
• Demonstrated experience with varied training schedules and the ability to be adaptable and flexible when it comes to the timing
• Demonstrated experience working with back-end computer developer team
• Demonstrated experience managing group processes and eliciting student participation
• Demonstrated experience applying structured analysis methods to various types of data to establish trends, determine variability, and diagnose the effect on training curricula
• Bachelor’s degree in subject-matter field relevant to the Sponsor or advanced degree in education-related field
• Demonstrated experience with project management concepts and principles
Highly DESIRED SKILLS and demonstrated experience other skills and demonstrated experiences that are highly desired but not mandatory to perform the work, include:
• Demonstrated experience with SQL/ICQL programming
• Demonstrated experience with Boolean Logic and other computer programming
• Demonstrated experience with oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Demonstrated experience working independently
• Certifications: SharePoint Administrator & SharePoint Application Developer
Title: Test Engineer – Level 3
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
*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.
Position Description
The Test Engineer shall be responsible for the testing and software integration of support services, including the testing and evaluation of the software performance and feature capability of next-generation HPCs and SPDs.
Position Required Skills
Position Desired Skills
Title: COLLECTION MANAGEMENT OFFICER
Location: Chantilly, VA
*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.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The individual will serve as a Collection Management Officer (CMO) and review, draft, coordinate, and disseminate reports from the exploitation of information consistent with reporting criteria. This position is functional rather than geographic, serving as a focal point for executing Collection Management Officer responsibilities related to data exploitation, data acquisitions, and tracking of new information.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Position Senior Data Steward/Engineer
Work Location – Bethesda, MD
Security Clearance TS/SCI with CI Polygraph
*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.
Position Description
Seeking a Data Engineer to join our team and leverage their technical expertise to perform
operational data curation to address data management and ensure proper data entry of ODNI mission
data into the IC Data Catalogue for improved data sharing and discovery.
Your responsibilities will include the following:
• Interfacing with data stewards, data managers, and advance data librarian support across all the
ODNI DCOs to support data access, availability, and provenance
• In collaboration with the ODNI CDO / DIG, providing long term iterative improvement of a data
quality framework to monitor and improve data reliability and quality
• Assisting in defining ODNI data assets
• Developing and implementing data processes for verification, acquisition, mining, and modeling
• Identifying, designing, and implementing internal process improvements such as automating
manual processes, optimizing data delivery, and re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability
• Performing data analysis required to troubleshoot data related issues and assisting in the
resolution of data issues
• Assisting stakeholders with data related technical issues and supporting their data infrastructure
needs
Qualifications – Required
• Active TS/SCI with Poly
• Education and relevant experience:
o High School Diploma/GED and 12 Years
o Associate Degree and 10 Years
o Bachelor’s Degree and 8 Years
o Master’s Degree and 6 Years
o PhD and 4 Years
• Fluency in SQL, Python, and/or R
• Familiarity with Tidyverse open source packages (e.g., ggplot2, dplyr, tidyr, readr, etc.) and
GitHub to develop and maintain methodologies for data cleaning, processing, and analysis
• Ability to accurately query datasets, extract data, and validate the data and results
• Abiltiy to synthesize various datasets and write descriptive intelligence products for executive[1]level audiences
• Familiarity with Jira for project management purposes
• Proactive self-starter and solution-oriented team player that works well with others
Qualifications – Desired
• IC and/or ODNI experience is highly desired
Title: AI Policy Engineer
Location: Bethesda, MD
*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.
Education:
High School Diploma/GED + 12 Years
Associate Degree + 10 Years
Bachelor's Degree + 8 Years
Master's Degree + 6 Years
PhD + 4 Years
Description:
1. Working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment supporting the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) engineering and capabilities.
2. Serving as a subject matter expert (SME), creating and translating trend analyses, and facilitating stakeholder decision-making, policy, and governance pertaining to current and emerging AI technology.
3. Knowledgeable in the field of AI with strong technical writing skills.
4. Experience with the IC, including experience with non-DoD IC elements.
5. Expertise in one or more or the following subfields:
• Ethics
• Policy
• Law pertaining to AI and emerging technology.
Desired Skills:
1. Experience with Power BI or other BI tools.
2. Experience with Python development.
3. Experience with R, Tableau, or other data visualization/analytical software.
Web Developer/Graphic Designer
Chantilly, VA
TS/SCI w/Polygraph
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.
Looking for a developer with proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, illustrator, pdf, bridge) powerpoint, ms word, ms onenote, jira, accessing and using images/graphics from envato and shutterstock, and other subscription platforms.
Network Engineer
Chantilly, VA
*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.
Desired Technologies/Tools
VMWare Systems Administrator
TS/SCI w/Polygraph
Laurel MD
*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.
(U) The Sponsor provides the design, analysis, development, implementation and integration of secure and reliable computer applications and services that are essential to the Sponsor mission. The work may be performed independently or within a team environment. The Sponsor needs skills in concept development (JIRA, Bitbucket, Bamboo) and execution while managing a moderate to heavy workload. The Sponsor maintains a virtual machine infrastructure comprised of several virtual environments and virtual machines. This includes installing, upgrading, patching, and maintenance on hosts (hypervisors) that contain virtual machines, and any virtualization hardware and software necessary to operate and maintain the virtual infrastructure.
Ideal candidate is a VMWare SME level Systems Administrator, ready to hit the ground running on day one.
Location: Laurel, MD
| Candidate Name | |
| Labor Category | Systems Administrator |
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| Years of Experience in IC | |
| Required Skills and Demonstrated Experience | # of Years of Experience |
| Demonstrated experience with VMware vSphere (vCenter and ESXi) experience support multi-site environments | |
| Demonstrated experience with VMware Horizon VDI experience supporting a geographically disperse enterprise with a mix of persistent and instant clone desktops | |
| Demonstrated experience in creating Microsoft Windows golden images | |
| Demonstrated experience with HP thin clients and HP Device Manager (HPDM) | |
| Demonstrated experience VMware App Volume experience to include application capturing and trouble shooting | |
| Demonstrated experience with VMware Unified Access Gateway | |
| Demonstrated experience in capacity planning for geographically distributed enterprise level systems | |
| Demonstrated experience in converting customer requirements into a technical plan | |
| Demonstrated experience with the full life cycle of system development | |
| Demonstrated experience working with PKI certificates and keys | |
| Demonstrated experience with understanding features and administrative responsibilities for maintaining the health, scalability, manageability, and security for the Atlassian applications and plugins using Data Center | |
| Demonstrated experience knowing all aspects of project workflows, security, permission, fields, and notifications | |
Demonstrated experience with administering the following applications/plugins
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Demonstrated experience with administering the following applications/plugins
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| Demonstrated experience to gather and translate business requirements into Jira projects and dashboards | |
| Demonstrated experience to adapt to new situations and priorities | |
| Demonstrated experience with effective communication skills | |
| Demonstrated experience with agile software development processes | |
| Demonstrated experience to use Linux for application upgrades and troubleshoot service disruptions | |
| Demonstrated experience to use JavaScript to enhance automation of Jira projects | |
| Demonstrated experience with general troubleshooting skills in Linux, and Puppet | |
| Desired Skills and Demonstrated Experience | # of Years of Experience |
| Demonstrated experience with basic understanding of network communications | |
| Demonstrated experience with basic understanding of enterprise storage technology, specifically Network Attached Storage (NAS) via Network File System (NFS) | |
| Demonstrated experience maintaining a VMware or Hyper-V infrastructure | |
| Demonstrated experience with basic understanding of Linux commands | |
| Demonstrated experience of basic understanding of Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policy Objects (GPO) | |
| Demonstrated experience with VMware PowerCLI using Microsoft PowerShell | |
| Demonstrated experience understanding basics of project management to include understanding resource planning for technical projects | |
| Demonstrated experience creating end user, admin, and system documentation | |
Certifications:
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Title: Target Digital Network Analyst
Location: Linthicum, MD
*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.
Responsibilities
Title: Project Integrator/Executive Admin
Location: Herndon, VA
*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.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Provide administrative support to 3-4 Executive Front Office personnel.
Book domestic and international travel.
Manage multiple calendars, and create and track agendas.
Manage communications inside and outside of the customer organizations for event confirmations, travel itineraries, and other needs.
Communicate effectively with executive level staff, using excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Using superior time management skills, manage multiple tasks and competing priorities for the Front Office team.
Maintain professionalism, productively and poise in a fast-paced environment.
Leverage a deep understanding of the customer space and proper interactions with multiple stakeholders across the organization.
4+ years of experience supporting an administrative front office team at customer agency
Experience booking travel both domestic and international
Experience using a Corporate Action Tracker
Ability to work an 8am to 4:30pm shift
Active/current TS/SCI with polygraph clearance
Title: Systems Integrator
Location: Chantilly, VA
*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.
is seeking an experienced Systems Integrator to support the establishment and sustainment of a technology engagement and technology requirements program for the Customer. The team is charged with creating a framework that promotes a broader corporate understanding of internal Customer R&D work and builds sustained relationships with R&D partners throughout government, military, academia, and industry. Key duties for the successful candidate include, but are not limited to, the following:
· Operate independently and be reliable, trustworthy, and committed to program an team success.
· Possess strong interpersonal skills with the ability to establish professional rapport in a small team environment and in exchanges with senior Customers and partners.
· Design and orchestrate workflows, business rules, processes, and SOPs.
· Support creation of review products such as guides, handbooks, and job aids.
· Create effective data handling processes, and be able to communicate processes effectively with team and Customers.
· Parse data and create visualizations to identify trends and report impact of projects.
· Collect and analyze R&D portfolio and project inventory information.
· Identify and track long-term mission needs and challenges.
· Engage and build relationships with R&D internal and external partners.
· Create content for R&D portfolio marketing and leadership briefings.
· Manage internal team meetings and daily operational activities.
· Implement information management and knowledge management.
· Ability to attend in-person and virtual meetings as needed.
Qualifications:
· Must have current TS/SCI clearance with full-scope polygraph.
· Bachelor’s Degree (four years of relevant experience may substitute in lieu of a degree) and (14) years or more of related experience. Masters and (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and (9) years or more experience.
· Established record of processing data and creating visualizations of presentations to communicate concepts to senior levels of the Customer.
· Record of accomplishment supporting the Customer on planning, implementing, and tracking team initiatives and deliverables.
· Outstanding coordination skills and ability to build strong customer relationships, along with a high comfort level managing multiple requirements.
· Ability to use MS Office applications and other tools, including virtual platforms, to track initiatives and actions. Tableau experience highly desirable.
· Strong executive presence with successful experience supporting customer of all levels, including providing regular status updates and briefings.
Title: Project Integrator
Location: Herndon, VA
*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.
The Project Integrator will support the government customer organization responsible for establishing and improving data management services. This includes identifying business processes and assisting the organization to optimize its data management strategy, as it pertains to data compliance, data protection, and data sharing. The Project Integrator will act as a liaison between the customer's and partner's staff and contractor teams to ensure accurate information flow between groups.
• Prior experience in government customer or federal records and information management and applicable regulations and guidelines, with demonstrated experience supporting front offices and/or senior leaders.
• A strong background in the CFR and regulations is a must for this position
• Practical knowledge of project management methodologies and strong critical thinking skills.
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• 16 years of relevant experience is required for this position. A Bachelor's Degree in Management of Information Systems, Computer Science, and Information Systems, Engineering, Business or related field may be substituted for three years of experience; A total of five years may be substituted with an Advanced Degree.
• Demonstrated proficiency and extensive experience with Microsoft Project, SharePoint, and Office applications.
Optional Skills:
• Correlate and analyze business and technical data to understand performance and identify improvement opportunities by conducting analysis, monitoring compliance, and capturing lessons learned
• Translate strategic initiatives and business requirements into functional information technology requirements and corresponding capabilities
• Coordinate project schedules, facilitate meetings, document minutes, and trace action items for successful completion
• Assist with development of a communication strategy and materials for organization
Title: Software Engineer
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
*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.
Required Skills:
Desired Skills:
Title: Lead DevOps Engineer
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
*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.
1 day/week remote
• Evolve Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) pipelines of structured and unstructured data from a verity of disparate sources to meet the needs of an advanced Insider Threat program.
• Design analytical visualizations via custom dashboards through a collaborative process with Data Science and Analysis staff.
• Participate in all steps of the continuous development lifecycle – including design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Provide support and presentations of the visualization platform to internal customers and senior leadership.
• Work with the design team and product management to implement innovative analytic and visualization approaches to solve real-world threat problems.
Required Skills:
Desired Skills:
Title: Software Engineer (ETL)
Location: Herndon, VA
*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.
Description:
We’re delivering full-spectrum cyber capabilities and cyber-resilient systems to our defense, intelligence community and global security customers. Cornerstone Defense is inspired by their missions, and we’re dedicated to helping governments and militaries around the world protect their platforms, systems, networks, and data.
In this role you will work as a full stack software engineer to create application programming interfaces (APIs) to package and disseminate data to our national security mission partners. You will define access and control methods and work with a team of dedicated engineers to evolve and adapt. You will also assist in building data models and analytics support using advance data methods. Use your knowledge of RESTful API to communicate across data management components to include user interface, data flow, data ingestion, monitoring, and dissemination.
Basic Qualifications:
Desired Skills:
Title: DevOps Engineer
Location: Chantilly, VA
*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.
Must have:
Title: Technical Targeting Officer
Location: McLean, VA
*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.
Required Skills:
Desired Skills:
Title: AI/ML Engineer – SME
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS
DESIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS
KEY RESPONSIBILITES
The ideal candidate will work closely with data scientists, analysts, and customer stakeholders to create and deploy new product features. The AI/ML Engineer will establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for data analyses, model development, validation and implementation.
Title: Software Engineer
QUALIFICATIONS:
Title: Storage Engineer
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
*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.
Required Skills:
– proven skills in performing in-depth support, administrative functions, and performance management for NetApp data storage controllers running the ONTAP operating system in NFS and Windows (CIFS) multiprotocol environments Or proven skills in any Data storage administration in general.
– understand how to implement high-availability controller configurations, and have detailed knowledge of technologies used to manage and protect mission-critical data.
– Working experience with Brocade Switches and Brocade Network Advisor software
– Backup storage solutions architecture design, installation, configuration and administration in mission critical production environments
– Experience in CommVault Backup technologies design, implementation and administration and Management.
– Or excellent knowledge on any of the following backup storage solution: TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager) Netbackup and EMC Avamar backup technologies.
– Experience with Quantum Tape libraries or any LTO Libraries
– Working experience with VMware vSphere/vCenter
– Working experience with SQL cluster servers
– Working experience with Windows/Linux servers
Desired Skills:
– Strong Interpersonal, analytical and investigation skills, with a structured approach to problem solving.
– Able to grasp new concepts quickly and efficiently
DoD 8570 Compliance with IAT level 1 is required
Title: Data Scientist
Location: Chantilly, VA
*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.
| Required Skills and Demonstrated Experience | # of Years of Experience |
| Demonstrated experience assessing risk, impacts and developing contingencies to mitigate those issues related to the Internet | |
| Demonstrated experience analyzing structure and unstructured data and streamlining business process; making customized algorithms and data modeling | |
| Demonstrated experience working with risk frameworks | |
| Demonstrated experience with data visualization and link analysis | |
| Demonstrated experience with graph database technologies | |
| Demonstrated experience with building tools for management of technical signatures | |
| Demonstrated experience with Cloud Infrastructure within a high security environment | |
| Demonstrated experience performing strategic systems planning | |
| Demonstrated experience developing and implementing logical workflows for complex decision matrices | |
| Demonstrated experience completing various forms of communications for executive, technical and mission audiences. | |
| Demonstrated experience in making logical, fact-based informed decisions about mission internet technology solutions and their usage | |
| Demonstrated experience identifying technology opportunities and gaps in technical capabilities and process | |
| Demonstrated experience with time management and working on multiple initiatives. | |
| Demonstrated experience evaluating and developing strategies to solve complex system engineering challenges in cross-organizational environment | |
| Desired Skills and Demonstrated Experience | # of Years of Experience |
| Demonstrated experience with Agile frameworks | |
| Demonstrated hands-on experience with Tableau | |
| Demonstrated experience with the Sponsor regulations governing, or related to, the management of sub-compartmented dissemination programs | |
| Demonstrated experience processing and integrating large amounts of information in an organized and comprehensible manner. | |
| Demonstrated experience identifying and validating requirements from user stories and engagement. | |
| Demonstrated experience collaborating with sponsor staff, IT customers and other technical and non-technical staff and contractors at all levels. |
Title: Test Engineer
Location: Chantilly, VA
*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.
Responsibilities:
| Required Skills | Number of Years of Experience |
| Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. | |
| 4+ years of experience in software testing, with a focus on both manual and automated testing. | |
| Strong understanding of software testing principles, methodologies, and best practices. | |
| Proficiency in writing and executing manual test cases and test scenarios. | |
| Experience with test automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium or Win App | |
| Hands-on experience with programming/scripting languages such as Java, Node, or JavaScript. | |
| Familiarity with version control systems such as Git. | |
| Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail. | |
| Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment. | |
| Desired Skills | Number of Years of Experience |
| Certification in software testing (e.g., ISTQB Certified Tester). | |
| Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and tools such as Jenkins or Git CI/CD. | |
| Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure. | |
| Understanding of web technologies (HTML, Java, JavaScript) and web application architectures. | |
| Experience with Agile methodologies and tools such as Jira and Confluence. |
Title: Software Developer
Location: Chantilly, VA
*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.
Responsibilities:
| Required Skills | Number of Years of Experience |
| Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. | |
| 4+ years of professional experience in JavaScript/Java development, with experience in modern reactive frameworks such as: VueJS, ReactJS, and similar | |
| Solid understanding of various cloud platforms and technologies, such as AWS and Azure. | |
| Experience working with version control systems, such as Git. | |
| Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail. | |
| Excellent communication and collaboration abilities. | |
| Experience in both Linux and Windows environments | |
| Desired Skills | Number of Years of Experience |
| Experience with serverless architectures and microservices. | |
| Familiarity with RESTful APIs and web services. | |
| Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and tools such as Jenkins or Git CI/CD. | |
| Experience with Agile methodologies and tools such as Jira and Confluence |