Computing System Administrator
Colorado Springs, CO
Active TS/SCI
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 Consultant will work entirely at the direction of the customer to assist in Compute System Administration support while serving as a member of the STARCOM team at the Customer’s location.
Job Responsibilities:
• The consultant shall support the Government Risk Management Framework (RMF) Process jointly with the Government-provided Platform-as-a-service and host application capabilities of other directed contractors. Working together the contractors shall jointly obtain an ATO for the CUI HPC that emulates the environment of TS, or TS+ capabilities.
• Consultant shall provide dedicated SME/System Administrator to support optimization tuning and administration of the HPC capability.
• Consultant services include hardware patching and system protection and ensuring no end-of-life (EOL) capabilities.
• Supporting STARCOM HPC system administrators for HPC Superdome System Optimization, Tuning and Administration activities as defined below for CUI & TS/SCI classification levels:
• Optimization, Tuning and Administration of hardware layer for workloads and tasks
• Change management support for UEFI, BIOS, OS and network performance tuning
• Review of software stack components (compilers, configurations, operating systems & partitions)
• Support for resource planning during system expansion activities
• Review of system and software integration requirements
• Transfer of knowledge, continuity and data
• Primary point of contact for incidents & troubleshooting
Required Skills:
• Consultant to hold a Master’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Computer systems, Information Technology Systems, or closely related degree from an appropriately accredited institution with 10-15 years of experience working in classified environments; or a Bachelor’s degree in the above fields, from an appropriately accredited institution and 10-15 years of experience in operations analysis and design, systems programming in classified environments.
• Experience working with applications that are AI enabled, require high amount of graphical processing units and visualization that can operate in a secure software defined environment.
• Expertise in Secure LINUX implementations and familiar with use of containers in cloud environments and HPC Hardware operations and configurations
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
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
JOB DESCRIPTION
We are looking for an experienced Systems Software Engineer to join our team, interested in designing, developing and maintaining essential software systems. The optimal candidate will have demonstrated experience integrating solutions with graph databases, such as JanusGraph. They will also have a strong background in systems software development, experience with 3rd party system integration, expertise in ElasticSearch, and a solid understanding of data modeling concepts. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on a challenging project that requires innovative solutions and collaborative problem-solving.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Business Intelligence/Data Reporting Analyst
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Location: Reston, Virginia
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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Seeking a Business Intelligence/Data Reporting Analyst responsible for working closely with Client Customer Engagement project teams to provide the customer with business analysis expertise, report creation, and dashboard design in a tactical capacity, evaluate internal and external client requirements, and implement effective solutions in a timely manner.
The selected candidate will gather, analyze, and document functional/reporting requirements (e.g., user stories using interviews, documentation analysis, site visits, use cases, and scenarios) and design, assemble, and deliver reports and dashboards for Client’s AEON Business Process Management platform in a manner consistent with client expectations.
Job Requirements:
Experience and Skills
Required Experience.
Desired Experience:
Systems Administrator
Chantilly, VA
The Sponsor designs, develops, tests, integrates and deploys solutions for critical requirements. The current solution is at the end-of-life stage, therefore new solutions need to be developed and incorporated; new and innovative technologies utilized to successfully meet the user requirements. The goal of the Sponsor is to design and deliver an enterprise-level system with a modular, segmented architecture that can support both large scale and small-scale solutions to meet the requirements across a broad range of applicable use cases. To support the technical requirements, the Sponsor requires Information Technology (IT) activities to achieve the goal of designing, developing, testing, integrating and deploying the solutions. The Systems Administrator will create, test, and maintain test, development and production environments; implement established technical and workflow procedures, troubleshoot network and application issues, and providing guidance and technical assistance as needed. They will update technical configuration documents, manage the system lifecycle, support technical review boards as needed, and participate in technical design reviews as needed. The Administrator will also prepare and deliver required documentation to include both program and user level documentation, interact with members of the technical team leads; to understand the current system, subsystems, and component specifications and be able to use experience to recommend changes to facilitate efficient and effective development, communicate and share expertise within and across the Sponsor’s organizational boundaries and work both independently and in small groups.
Technologies/Tools
Title: Application Express (APEX) Developer
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Compensation Range; $190k – $210k
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:
Benefits Overview:
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *
Title: Test Engineer – Level 3
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Compensation Range: $175k – $195k
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
Benefits Overview:
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *
AWS CLOUD ENGINEER
JOB DESCRIPTION
The AWS Cloud Engineer will build, deploy, manage, and administer cloud infrastructure designed to deliver complex software products in a production environment. The ideal candidate is a hands-on Cloud engineering professional with significant experience in developing and deploying repeatable processes, tools, and cloud infrastructure that enable the delivery of software in and on-demand cadence. They must have strong, firsthand technical expertise in a variety of configuration automation, deployment, and continuous integration technologies and the proven ability to fashion robust solutions that can keep pace with software development. They must be at ease working in an agile environment with cross functional team. This person should embody a passion for continuous improvement and innovation.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Title: Technical Writer
Location : Annapolis Junction, MD
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Salary Range: $160,000-$170,000
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.
Ready to be part of a cutting edge growing Cyber Security project that is making a huge impact on the DOD/Intel community? This role includes performing within a team of Systems Engineers, Software Engineers, and Intel Analysts supporting DCO (Defensive Cyber Operations) activities and providing technical writing expertise. Teams are performing end to end vulnerability assessments of weapons systems and providing mitigation strategies and technical recommendations to protect systems from cyber threats!
Qualifications:
Desired
Software Engineer
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.
Benefits Overview:
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *
Description: Create, update, and maintain a federated search and discovery software system to integrate data related to financial information from a variety of data providers within a cloud environment. The developer will utilize an Agile Scrum development methodology throughout this process.
Responsibilities include:
Required Skills:
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.
Benefits Overview:
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *
Title: Target Digital Network Analyst
Location: Linthicum, MD
Salary Range: $200,000-$205,000
*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
Benefits Overview:
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *
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 3
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
Clearance: TS/SCI w/ Polygraph
Compensation Range: $215k – $240k
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:
The Software Engineer develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems (e.g., processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems) based upon documented requirements. Works individually or as part of a team. Reviews and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results. Resolves software problem reports. Utilizes software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment. Provides specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of Commercial Off-the-shelf (COTS)/Government Off-the-shelf (GOTS) in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components.
The Level 3 Software Engineer (SWE) shall possess the following capabilities:
Qualifications:
Company Benefits:
Cornerstone Defense offers a comprehensive list of benefits, designed to give employees and their families several options to choose from when selecting benefits that best fit their needs. These offerings include not only a full suite of the traditional Medical/Dental/Vision insurances, but also a number of other benefits and perks to include, but not limited to: A 401(K) plan with a company match, tuition and training assistances, paid vacation/leave, a fitness reimbursement program, college savings plan, commuter benefits, financial advisory services, flex spending accounts, health savings accounts, STD/LTD coverage, life and AD&D insurance, employee assistance programs, life financial planning assistance, and legal resources
Title: Lead DevOps Engineer
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Compensation Range: $190k – $210k
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:
Benefits Overview:
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *
Supports software and data engineering with DevOps tools, culture, and process changes to enable rapid and stable delivery of applications and technologies. Identifies, prototypes, engineers, and deploys emerging software engineering and DevOps tools into existing baseline. Operates and supports a suite of enterprise DevOps services. Establishes, manages, automates, and enhances DevOps pipelines. Defines and promotes enterprise software engineering and DevOps standards, practices, and behaviors. Supports project teams as they integrate into the DevOps environment. May work in hybrid environments (multi-cloud, multi-domain, private/public). Writes and maintains infrastructure and configuration files, DevOps tool configuration scripts, and application run-time configuration scripts. Facilitates technical exchange meetings to identify, collect, and establish coordinated requirements with key stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
Required Skills:
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:
AI/ML ENGINEER – SME
JOB DESCRIPTION
The AI/ML Engineer will be a member of a small team tasked with initiating an AI/ML initiative for the customer. The ideal candidate will have a background in AI/ML Engineer that can develop algorithms, write scripts, build predictive analytics, use automation, apply machine learning, and use the right combination of tools and frameworks to turn a set of data points into objective answers to help senior leadership make informed decisions. The candidate will apply data mining techniques perform statistical analysis, and build high-quality prediction models. The candidate’s ability to obtain data through advanced computerized models and extrapolation of data patterns through advanced algorithms to explain how the information will influence the specific project will be an essential function to providing customers a better comprehension of the data.
The candidate will work closely with customer management, other project managers, system architects, data scientists, data engineers, and machine learning engineers to formulate recommendations for enhancements and improvements geared towards utilizing innovative engineering solutions.
KEY RESPONSIBILITES
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
REQUIRED QULIFICATIONS
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
QUALIFICATIONS:
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:
DESIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
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 |
Title: Information Systems Architect
Location: Ft. Meade, MD
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Compensation Range: $175k – $195k
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:
· Architect custom solutions of program and enterprise or operational scope.
· Architect reusable solutions of program and enterprise or operational scope.
· Customize reusable solutions of program and enterprise or operational scope.
· Define and implement architectural governance at the program and enterprise or operational scope.
· Develop for client technically or operationally feasible long-term IT strategies and plans .
· Assess business impact of multiple technologies/strategies .
· Identify and address technical or operational risks .
· Provide review/input on project activities for large enterprise or global level projects .
Education and Experience Required:
Industry experience – minimum 10 to 15 years Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience.
Knowledge and Skills:
Architecting:
· Ability to understand the customer's business problem, need, or opportunity and to design an IS solution that completely and correctly addresses the business problem, need, or opportunity without unnecessary enhancements.
· Ability to lead the architectural design, development, deployment, and technical quality of large enterprise or global solutions that span multiple technologies and disciplines.
· Be able to provide architectural direction for multiple medium to large sized projects concurrently in various stages of their lifecycle or a large project full time.
· Understands and applies one or more industry acknowledged architectural modeling methods and tools.
· Can validate/evaluate if an information systems or operational architecture meets business needs .
· Be able to evaluate the effect of external factors on designed solution .
Business Acumen:
· Develops Architecture Specification deliverables that map customer business requirements into complete information systems (technologies, processes and people) or operational solutions.
· Ability to apply knowledge of how the industry uses IT to address business challenges using, for example, technical standards and infrastructure, cross-industry trends that impact IT investment, industry-specific roadmaps, and IT enablers.
Technical:
· Broad IT industry knowledge with depth in multiple areas.
· Has pulse on future technology or operational trends as they relate to and support customer business directions (“trusted advisor” role).
· Broad knowledge of IT and business standards and best practices and how to apply them appropriately in solutions .
· Expert or Master level of knowledge of multiple technologies or IT disciplines .
· Able to design planning for accessibility, scalability, and availability.
Consulting:
· Ability to strategically consider all sides of an issue within the contexts of time, breadth, and range of options.
· Ability to prepare clear, concise, and persuasive communications for multiple audiences, including demonstrating effective writing and presentation skills, listening actively, and projecting a credible image.
· Ability to articulate technical or operational problems into understandable business terms appropriate for the audience.
Communication:
· Able to design and present high-impact messages to customer's Executive level management.
· Able to use a wide variety of presentation tools to persuasively communicate complex messages to multiple audience levels, including Executive level management.
· Ability to use prepared and create complete original materials to communicate with the customer. Communicates mostly strategic information and some Tactical information.
· Has Excellent speaking and writing skills with proven capability to represent the company at external customer and industry events.
Benefits Overview:
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *
Title: Senior Red Hat Consultant
Location: Ft. Meade, MD
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Compensation Range: $180k – $200k
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:
Usually responsible for providing a detailed technical design for enterprise solutions.
Is usually the Principal Consultant who analyzes and develops enterprise technology solutions.
Provides the technical direction required to resolve complex issues to ensure the on-time delivery of solutions that meet customer expectations. May need to develop new methods to apply to situations.
Provides advanced technical consulting and advice to proposal efforts, solution design.
Provides consulting advice to customer senior IT leadership and sets strategic direction for customers based on the company's solutions and products.
Works with peers outside immediate organization to define and characterize complex technology or process problems and/or develops new solutions, yet works independently to drive technical problems to a solution.
Education and Experience Required:
12+ years of professional experience and a Master of Arts/Science or equivalent degree in computer science or related area of study; without a Masters degree, three additional years of relevant professional experience (15+ years in total).
Knowledge and Skills:
Demonstrates ability to develop solutions that can be used at multiple customer sites to enhance the availability, performance, maintainability and agility of their enterprise.
Develops reusable solutions and workarounds that are innovative and demonstrate a deep technical knowledge of the affected products, processes, and the customer environment.
Breadth of knowledge covers additional business units, third parties, competitors, and business drivers.
Recognized as an advanced subject matter expert of IT products, applied technologies and processes, combining vendor interoperability knowledge pertaining to complex IT infrastructures. May define interoperability issues between vendors' products and is a recognized expert in one or more technologies across the region. Holds a vendor or industry certification in more than one discipline area. Regularly represents business at industry recognized technical events.
Has performed troubleshooting across a number of significant multi-vendor products.
Has demonstrated innovation and ability to communicate new offerings across multiple business units. Has led a cross functional team in the delivery of multiple solutions across multiple technologies.
Ability to operate and present at all levels, and in public forums, to facilitate business discussions, and controls and leads those discussions.
Ability to relate risks and challenges with other client efforts.
Ability to develop detailed project plans and work breakdown structures. Ability to develop Architecture Specification deliverables that map customer business requirements to technologies.
Benefits Overview:
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *
Applications Developer
Assist with maintenance of existing legacy applications and support the transition to a new system architecture.
Mandatory Skills
– Significant years of Full Stack development experience; Java Preferred
– Demonstrated experience with Java and JavaScript
– Experience working on an application built on client/server based architecture
– Experience developing, implementing and maintaining complex functions, scripts, stored procedures and triggers in support of applications
– Experience working in an Agile development environment
– Proficiency in GitHub
– Proficiency with Jenkins
– Proficiency with JIRA
Optional Skills
– Familiarity with ElasticSearch and ELK stack
– Familiarity with the Sponsor's A&A process
– Familiarity with DevOps
– Demonstrated experience using C# software language
– Design and deploy bug fixes written in the C# software language to support an existing legacy system
– B.S. Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Computer Systems Engineering OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
Title: NetDef Analyst
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 malicious code detection, intrusion detection, and information security tool development and integration.
Utilize forensic analysis to identify malware, misuse, and/or unauthorized activity.
Investigate and report on virus and malware alerts or incidents to determine root cause, entry point of code and damage risk.
Analyze all data sources, including Internet, Intelligence Community (IC) reporting, security events, firewall logs, and other data sources to identify malware, misuse, unauthorized activity or other cyber security related concerns.
Track intelligence using open source and classified sources to identify malicious code threats and provide solutions to counteract that threat.
Create, edit, and manage signatures, custom rules and filters for specialized network defense systems including but not limited to, Network and host-based IDS, IPS, firewalls and web application firewalls, Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR), Proxy, and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems
Manage and administer the tuning of rules, signatures, and custom content for CND applications and systems.
Identify potential conflicts with implementation of any CND tools within the enterprise and develop recommendations to remediate these conflicts
Provide logical use case development.
Provide and track requirements to engineering partners.
Identify gaps in visibility or coverage of cyber defense systems.
Prepare data analytics and reporting.
Required Qualifications:
2+ years of experience in Network Defense, Network Operations, Cybersecurity, Network Engineering, Security Engineering, Information Security, Systems Architecture or Data Analysis
Experience writing script in programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, Yara or Snort
Experience using SIEM tools for case development and application
Experience with network security applications, protocols, and associated hardware
Knowledge of enterprise cyber defense technologies such as SIEM systems, SysMon, network and host based IDS and IPS, network and host-based malware detection and prevention, Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) and Network Detection & Response (NDR), Network and Host malware detection and prevention (EDR/NDR) tools, forensics tools and applications, Web/Email gateway security technologies, Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) and cloud based platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google
Active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with MITRE ATT&CK
Experience with Splunk or Splunk Enterprise Security
Ability to demonstrate interpersonal, organizational, writing, communications, and briefing skills
Ability to effectively use analytical and problem-solving skills
Benefits Overview:
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *
Title: Applications Developer
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 AND DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE:
•Work closely with Sponsor and PM to gather requirements and contribute to the development of network-related features.
•Demonstrated experience designing and implementing cloud-based solutions including Compute, Storage, Networking, Security, and Monitoring.
•Demonstrated experience working across multi-cloud network environments.
•Apply your solid foundation of cloud networking using VNET, VPC, VPNs, firewalls, routing tables, ExpressRoutes, Direct Connects, networking protocols, and peering.
•Demonstrated experience with traffic engineering (AWS – VPC, transit gateway, CloudWatch and ELB) and (Azure – VNET, VPN gateway, Firewall, and Front Door).
•Have an understanding of cloud security principles and best practices, including identity and access management, encryption, firewall configurations, and network security groups.
•Participate in capacity planning, disaster recovery planning, and security audits.
•Create detailed documentation of network designs and configurations.
•Continuously monitor and analyze network performance metrics.
•Stay abreast on latest cloud services, features, trends, and best practices and provide recommendations on their adoption.
•Demonstrated experience with A&A workflows and tools.
•Demonstrated experience with Sponsor's security requirements and systems.
•Demonstrated experience monitoring system performance and recommending corrective action.
| HIGH PRIORITY This has been rescoped to a Cloud Engineering role. This team is standing up a new network, so they need someone who has worked from ground zero standing up new network. Experience designing and implementing cloud-based solutions; cloud networking VNET, VPC, VPNs, firewalls; experience with A&A workflows and tools; cloud security best practices and system security principles for access management, encryption and networks. |
Title: Systems Administrator (Help Desk)
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 a System Administrator /Help Desk Specialist Senior to provide Tier 1-3 level support in the Herndon, VA area. The successful candidate will be a self-motivated, independent worker who can also work in, and contribute to, a team environment. The candidate will be part of a team that supports the hardware and software infrastructure for an enterprise minded organization. This position requires a broad knowledge of hardware maintenance and care, system administration, knowledge of automation technologies, and scripting. This position also requires a knowledge of security and accreditation practices and procedures and the ability to work with several enterprise resources and teams in the operation of an enterprise digitization infrastructure. Candidate must be willing to take on other duties as assigned, within the scope of the position, based on program requirements. • Provide support to Customer automated systems via support requests
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Title: Scanning Technician
Location: Warrenton, 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 Intelligence Technical Specialist to provide document scanning support to the declassification program in the Warrenton, VA area. This positions primary responsibility is to support the digitization effort to convert paper documents to image, performing quality control of images and indexing various fields pulled from the scanned documents. In this position every individual will be cross-trained so that the entire life-cycle of digitization can be performed by each member of the team. This ensures quality assurance in scanning, indexing, and editing.
The successful candidate will be a self-motivated, independent worker who can also work in and contribute to a team environment. The candidate will be part of a team that maintains data entry production, scanning; prepares work to be processed; and inputs data in a classified environment. This position requires extreme attention to detail and the ability to adapt to changing work requirements and priorities. Must work 8 hours a day – and cover time to 4:30pm.
| 1. • Review and prepare files and documents based on conversion requirements to include but not limited to: arranging records in date order, removing duplicate copies, removing staples and clipping multipage documents. 2. • Determine which scanning device will properly perform the operations depending on the type of quality of documents to be imaged 3. • Perform and monitor all activities required to scan the documents 4. • Receive boxes check in to database and track from start to finish 5. • Schedule and coordinate meetings and coordinate transportation 6. • Maintain inventory of workstations and all equipment 7. • Responsible for taking care of walk in customers 8. • Provide daily preventative maintenance (care and cleaning) of all scanning equipment as recommended by the manufacturer or as needed 9. • Review the scanned document images electronically to verify that all pages within the document were scanned accurately and completely. The review shall include a 100% verification of each scanned page image to ascertain the image quality. Rescanning of documents will be required if the scanned images are deemed poor quality. 10. • Perform hardcopy scanning, microform, scanning, oversized scanning (e.g. maps, charts, and drawings) and image formatting/conversion. 11. • Deliver scanned pages in electronic format and meet scanning targets and deadlines. 12. • Lift cartons weighing up to 35 pounds, as required 13. • Previous scanning experience is required 14. • Must have strong attention to detail with focus in QC and Indexing 15. • Ability to use various scanning and viewing equipment and tools to ensure accuracy and quality while meeting goals and requirements 16. • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively 17. • Effective interpersonal skills and the ability to work well as a team member 18. • Must have an understanding of security requirements and be able to adhere to them 19. • Exceptional Customer service skills 20. • Ability to work independently or with minimal supervision 21. • Ability to adapt to changing work requirements and priorities 22. • Extensive knowledge in the use of MS Office, the Internet, and other internal applications necessary to complete routine and moderately complex tasks. 23. • Excellent working knowledge of computer software to include search capabilities.
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Title: Knowledge Management 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.
Seeking a motivated Knowledge Management candidate in the Herndon, VA area. This person will be independent, a problem-solver, and an expert communicator. The ideal Candidate will be responsible for developing, monitoring, and maintaining applications that can extract and compute data from the Customer’s database repositories used to declassify, review, and release documents. The Candidate will be proficient in developing dashboards and tables in Tableau and other applications to effectively and efficiently produce business analytics and metrics for information review and release of documents. The ideal Candidate shall be proficient in, but not limited to: capturing metrics in various formats, producing facts and figures using data points; extracting, correlating, analyzing, and synthesizing disparate data and metadata. The ideal Candidate will be familiar with evaluating and applying Customer compliance policies and licenses related to the development of the Customer’s programs and business analytics. The Contractor shall maintain a Business Analytics program for information review and release guidance development, quality assurance review and the capturing (documentation) of the guidance formulated into a production workflow improvement(s), designed to improve review efficiency, quality, and reduce or eliminate rework.
1. The Successful Candidate will possess the following skills and capabilities:
2. Essential:
3. • Demonstrated ability to lead by example, be decision-oriented and accountable, walk the talk, and engender trust and respect across stakeholders.
4. • Have the ability to think in terms of ‘today’ and ‘tomorrow’, influence and optimize desired outcomes, and possess the internal fortitude to recognize success through others.
5. • Strong communicative, collaborative and negotiation skills are essential.
6. • Must be a self-aware individual who is approachable, responsive, open to perspectives, and leverages the collective strengths of the Teams he/she supports.
7. • Possesses strong analytic and problem solving skills, has the ability to make informed/educated decisions, and possess a continuous improvement mindset.
8. • Through understanding of Information Security principles and Risk Assessment techniques.
9. • Experience working with Sponsor and providing input to A&A process activities and related documentation such as systems concept of operations, system security design, implementation plans, operational procedures, and maintenance training materials.
10. • Demonstrated experience conducting assessments of existing and proposed security architectures and designs for compliance (e.g. ICD 503).
11. • Bachelor's degree (preferably in STEM field) and 3 years technical experience. Experience will be considered in lieu of education.
Title: Information Systems Security 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.
| Seeking an Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE). The role of the ISSE is to bridge the gap between high level security policies/requirements and technical/operational implementation of those requirements. Candidates should have in-depth understanding of the cybersecurity policies and procedures for government sector information systems and sufficient technical knowledge and experience to implement them. The ISSE will work closely and effectively with the ISSM and Sponsor IT managers on all aspects of their development and implementation programs as they progress through their Agile management processes. The ISSE will provide guidance, standards, and oversight to the development teams as they work towards accreditation and then to keep accredited. The candidate will provide input to A&A process activities and related documentation such as systems concept of operations, system security design, implementation plans, operational procedures, and maintenance training materials. Bachelor's degree (preferably in STEM field) and 10 years technical experience. Additional technical experience may be substituted in lieu of education.
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Title: Information Review & Release Analyst
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 Information Review and Release Analyst in the Herndon, VA area to support a dynamic Intelligence Community-customer, in a fast-paced environment. The position is full-time and offers a flexible work schedule. The ideal candidate will primarily be responsible for managing an array of cases and will be involved in reviewing and thoroughly researching the content of documents, according to of one or more of the following: Executive Order (EO) 13526, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and/or Privacy Act (PA). The selected candidate in this position will server as the case manager and reviewer for the various case types to include, but not limited to FOIA, Litigation, and Appeals. The selected candidate will formulate responses to the requester and will be amenable to working with a dynamic team that may, from time to time, provide additional information that pertains to the request. The selected candidate will be responsible for managing and creating response letters, request for information (RFI) letters, creating initial response letters, and researching prior requests. This work also includes collaborating with other government agency (OGA) counterparts, prior to the final response and release decision. The ideal candidate must successfully apply critical-thinking skills when evaluating each unique case and have experience using customer proprietary systems and tools, which assist in the review and release process. Due to the complexity of most requests, time management and the ability to collaborate with other team members is a must. The selected candidate must be able to consistently deliver high-quality, accurate work, and be willing to perform ad hoc duties as needed. Candidate is able to explore their creative side for identifying process improvement ideas. Education/Skill Experience: Requires a minimum of 6 full years of experience specific to skill must be reflected. General professional years of experience may be submitted for specialized years of experience at a ratio of three (3) years of general experience for one (1) year of specialized experience. Associates, Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business or a scientific or technical discipline is equivalent to 2, 3, or 5 years of relative experience, respectively.
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Title: Configuration 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.
| You will have the opportunity to try new things and make a bigger difference across a broader end-to-end solution, a richer technology and product set, an expanded range of disciplines, a growing global footprint and a more diverse team of colleagues and customers. A large, multifaceted program located in the Herndon area is searching for a Software Configuration Manager (SWCM) to follow the basic principles of Configuration Management. S/He will establish and maintain integrity for all digital products throughout the entire life cycle. The individual will provide support the development team in providing innovative solutions through automation, continuous improvement, and common architecture. The person in this role will be part of a skilled workforce providing support for all digital computing products, legacy and emerging. The SWCM department is looking for a full-time and on-site Expert- Software Configuration Management Engineer, located on-site in Herndon, VA. Responsibilities to Anticipate |
| 1. Qualifications You Must Have: 2. • Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of relevant experience OR in absence of a degree, 11 years of relevant experience is required. 3. • Experience with version control and change management tool(s) 4. • Software Configuration Management technology, Information Technology (IT), and/or development experience 5. • Solid proficiency in JIRA, Confluence, and MS Office 6. • The ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance prior to the start date. U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance 7. Qualifications We Value: 8. • Typically requires Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of prior relevant experience OR an Advanced degree and 5 years of relevant experience OR In absence of a degree, 11 years of relevant experience is required 9. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills 10. • Capable of solving complex problems, sharing knowledge and documenting work 11. • Experience with SWCM tools 12. • Experience with scripting programming languages (i.e., Perl, Kshell, batch, Python, Ruby, Jenkins, or Chef) 13. • Experience with Continuous Improvement, Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) concepts 14. • Database / SWCM tool administration experience 15. • Proven experience with configuration management concepts and implementation 16. • Experience with software industry best practices such as Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) 17. • Work effectively with individuals from diverse communities and cultures |
Title: Applications Developer
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 a Full Stack DevOps Applications Developer to support applications development and operations and maintenance of a variety of systems and initiatives focused on streamlining operations, automating processes, and aligning customer solutions to the overarching digital architecture. The ideal candidate will help promote state-of-the-art IT solutions, collaborating with IT mission partners to share technology and lessons learned and ensure records management processes and requirements are included in the early design stages of IT solutions across the Intelligence Community. Additionally, this individual will work in concert with the customer technical interfaces to ensure future plans for technology are in line with the plans for the overall customer architecture.
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Title: Research and Operations 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.
Seeking a professional Research Specialist that has a solid grasp of industry research techniques and understanding of the Intelligence Community. The mission of the Search Team is to run queries and complete intense research to uncover responsive copies document(s) requested by the customer. Collections can include a variety of forms including, but not limited to: electronic, hardcopy, microfilm2. This position is the focal point for providing intelligence reporting and reference services to the entire organization. The right candidate must have significant prior customer knowledge and relatable experience that they are able to utilize in order to perform the research. He or she will then analyze the results requiring the constant exercise of discretion and to determine applicability of the documents to the tasking, providing results in accordance with customer guidelines.
Typical Duties include, but are not limited to:
• Crafting queries based on system requirements, in order to uncover relevant documents;
• Reviewing hit lists for responsive documents while identifying duplicate documents, in order to provide on the cleanest copy of each document;
• Scanning documents to provide customers with an electronic response when necessary.
1. • Significant experience of searching/querying databases with ability to quickly adjust to new systems.
2. • Driven self-starter who is preemptive in seeking clarification when needed and the capability to adapt to new processes.
3. • Must be a team player willing to collaborate and develop robust relationships with clients, colleagues and technical teams.
4. • Skilled in time management with the ability to prioritize competing tasks and multitask in order to meet tight deadlines.
5. • Goal oriented individual who is able to apply critical thinking and provide out of the box solutions.
6. • Experience with data calls and quick reaction tasks
7. • Ability to communicate effectively with peers and various management levels delivering a proactive experience and approach to high quality services for all stake holders.
Title: Waveform Analyst – Expert
Location: Chantilly, VA/ McLean, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense, in partnership with our military, intelligence, and civil government customers, supports U.S. operations worldwide through the use of many different types of intelligence, satellite, and cyber technologies. Cornerstone’s Intelligence Sector provides solutions to the United States Government for information collection, operations, exploitation and dissemination, and research activities. Our Team specializes in software development, cloud architecture, systems and network engineering, systems integration, agile management, as well as targeting operations and intelligence analysis. Our support to our mission customers includes cyber network operations, exploitation and defense, signals intelligence, human intelligence, and critical missions and networks.
Waveform Analyst – Expert
Chantilly, VA/McLean,VA
Description:
This individual will provide hands-on advanced waveform analysis including the identification, demodulation, and characterization of unknown signals. The individual will assess the implication of changes in the signals environment and coordinate their assessment with mission and collection management counterparts. They should have recent experience using signals analysis tools, such as WVT, DVT, X-Midas (or similar); candidates should have completed 450, 451, or 452 training (or similar) and applied that expertise within the past 5 years.
An understanding of the planning, setup and use of RF collection equipment in an operational environment would be beneficial. This role may require short-term CONUS/OCONUS TDY travel at the request of the government.
Title: Cyber Security Analyst
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.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Provide strategic and tactical direction to cyber hunters and leadership based on trends and actionable intelligence related to threat capabilities
Coordinate hunt activities between various internal and external hunt groups
Construct and exploit threat intelligence to detect, respond, and defeat advanced persistent threats (APTs)
Fully analyze network and host activity in successful and unsuccessful intrusions by advanced attackers
Build fly-away kits utilizing an agile approach to identify the appropriate tools and technologies necessary to conduct hunt missions
Conduct advanced threat hunt operations using known adversary tactics, techniques and procedures as well as indicators of attack in order to detect adversaries with persistent access to the enterprise
Create and add custom signatures, to mitigate highly dynamic threats to the enterprise using the latest threat information obtained from multiple sources. Perform malware analysis on samples obtained during an investigation or hunt operation to create custom signatures
Develop and produce reports on all activities and incidents to help maintain day to day status, develop and report on trends, and provide focus and situational awareness on all issues
Piece together intrusion campaigns, threat actors, and nation-state organizations
Manage, share, and receive intelligence on APT adversary groups
Generate intelligence from their own data sources and share it accordingly
Identify, extract, and leverage intelligence from APT intrusions
Expand upon existing intelligence to build profiles of adversary groups
Leverage intelligence to better defend against and respond to future intrusions
Correlate data from intrusion detection and prevention systems with data from other sources such as firewall, web server, and DNS logs
Notify the management team of significant changes in the security threat against the government networks in a timely manner and in writing via established reporting methods
Coordinate with appropriate organizations within the intelligence community regarding possible security incidents. Conduct intra-office research to evaluate events as necessary, maintain the current list of coordination points of contact.
Review assembled data with firewall administrators, engineering, system administrators and other appropriate groups to determine the risk of a given event
Maintain knowledge of the current security threat level by monitoring related Internet postings, Intelligence reports, and other related documents as necessary
Required Qualifications:
2+ years of experience in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Security Engineering or Network Engineering, including cyber security issues and operations, computer incident response, systems architecture, data management
Experience with working nation state intrusion sets
Experience with and expert level proficiency in one or more of the following disciplines:
Windows and/or Linux operating systems
Network forensics
Expertise at enterprise scale:
SysMon or EDR solutions for host-based Cyber Threat Hunting, or
Netflow/pcap or NDR solutions for network-oriented Cyber Threat Hunting
Malware analysis/reverse engineering
Exploit development
On-net pursuit/response
Incident response, forensics, or threat hunting in AWS or Azure
Knowledge of the following classes of enterprise cyber defense technologies:
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems
Network Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS)
Host Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS)
Network and Host malware detection and prevention (NDR/EDR)
Network and Host forensic applications
Web/Email gateway security technologies
Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR)
Ability to demonstrate effective interpersonal, organizational, writing, communications, and briefing skills
Ability to use advanced level analytical and problem-solving skills to solve complex issues
Ability to obtain a CISSP or CEH Certification within 6 months of start date
DoD 8570 IAT Level III or CSSP-SPM within 6 months of start date
Active/Current TS/SCI with polygraph clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or other closely related Information Technology field of study
Title: Technical Targeter
Location: McLean, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense, in partnership with our military, intelligence, and civil government customers, supports U.S. operations worldwide through the use of many different types of intelligence, satellite, and cyber technologies. Cornerstone’s Intelligence Sector provides solutions to the United States Government for information collection, operations, exploitation and dissemination, and research activities. Our Team specializes in software development, cloud architecture, systems and network engineering, systems integration, agile management, as well as targeting operations and intelligence analysis. Our support to our mission customers includes cyber network operations, exploitation and defense, signals intelligence, human intelligence, and critical missions and networks.
Technical Targeter
McLean, VA
Description: This individual will provide the Tech Targeting team with innovative solutions to identify and track targets of interest. They will leverage tailored discovery and analytic support to sustained and dynamic requests by leveraging expertise in community-specific tools, databases, and tradecraft.
They will deliver full-circle analysis to optimize mission success while ensuring they are in alignment with organizational priorities.
Prior experience as a targeter within the broader organization is required, with technical targeting expertise desired. The optimal candidate will have an open mind and aptitude for learning from a highly skilled, highly niche cadre of individuals who have significant expertise in technical targeting.
Title: COMINT Analyst – Expert
Location: Chantilly, VA/ McLean, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense, in partnership with our military, intelligence, and civil government customers, supports U.S. operations worldwide through the use of many different types of intelligence, satellite, and cyber technologies. Cornerstone’s Intelligence Sector provides solutions to the United States Government for information collection, operations, exploitation and dissemination, and research activities. Our Team specializes in software development, cloud architecture, systems and network engineering, systems integration, agile management, as well as targeting operations and intelligence analysis. Our support to our mission customers includes cyber network operations, exploitation and defense, signals intelligence, human intelligence, and critical missions and networks.
COMINT Analyst – Expert
Chantilly, VA/McLean,VA
Description: This individual will be focused on providing advanced analysis of specialized signals. The individual will use and should be proficient in multiple cloud database technologies to provide analytic data and information for processing and analysis of large data sets. This individual will evaluate, analyze, and document the signals and protocol environment of assigned accesses. The individual will assess the implication of changes in the environment and coordinate their assessment with mission and collection management counterparts.
This role will require TDY travel at the request of the government.
Full Stack Developer
The Senior Full Stack Developer will be a part of a small dynamic team responsible for the operations and maintenance of multiple mission critical 1,000 VM hosting environments across multiple data centers. The Full Stack Developer will have the ability to have full control of the application from development to deployment. This position will develop and enhance an application using Python in a Linux environment and analyze performance and end-to-end testing. The underlying requirement is writing code (in Python) that manages (create, maintain, destroy) infrastructure as code. This position will require you to maintain hardware and software systems and monitor the virtual infrastructure to ensure availability, reliability, and performance. You will effectively coordinate infrastructure needs driven by developed applications to meet customer mission needs. General tasks include working with customers to define and document requirements, support customer needs by responding to tickets, implement complex permissions to segregate tenants, periodically test recovery operations, create and destroy virtual machines, add/remove/recap hosts, replace failed hardware and other related tasks.
Required Qualifications:
Desired Skills:
Title: Information Systems Security 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.
In this role you will work on the design and implementation of IT services that adhere to required security guidelines and configurations. You will support security taskings for technical security efforts.
Primary Responsibilities
Basic Qualifications