Satellite Systems Engineer with SIGINT Clearance: TS/SCI with Poly Chantilly, VA
We are looking for team-members with creative talent who are ready to take on the challenge of Satellite Systems Engineer with SIGINT to work collaboratively in order to further advance cutting-edge technology, products, and services.
Space and Satellite Systems Engineer with a RF background focusing on asset inheritance, system of systems interoperability, enterprise level test plan/report/procedure execution, mission CONOPS development, analysis and planning, and requirements verification. This individual must be adaptable and flexible enough to fit mission needs with an intrinsic ability to engage, learn, and share knowledge. This position is not daily operations as partner organizations complete the actual day-to-day operations, but a percentage of future time may require satellite mission planning, please keep reading…
Roles and responsibilities potentially include:
The Satellite System Engineer will be part of a small team that supports a larger program. This small team through a keen understanding of mission purpose and system capability monitors and analyzes various overhead sensing platforms as well as associated ground systems and networks. As system capabilities are added or enhanced, the engineer will assist the team to understand if these enhancements continue to support mission requirements. The ability to review software plus system requirements, then plan and execute enterprise level testing may be required with discrepancies and gap analysis fed back into the SAFe development lifecycle. The engineer may also provide technical assistance in the development of next generation programs by creating day-in-the-life scenarios, contributing to overall mission CONOPs, and share lessons learned with the wider organization. The engineer will work directly with the team lead, SETAs, and customer.
This position is within the customer work environment and requires a calm demeanor, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to act with technical precision and speed.
Preferred Experience:
Demonstrated understanding of various SIGINT space systems architectures, basic orbital mechanics, and satellite operations to assist with potential asset inheritance
Demonstrated experience with space mission management and planning activities
Familiarity with satellite mission ground systems including development and functional operation
Strong interpersonal and communication skills to interface on a daily basis with the customer and their technical staff.
Contributes to detailed technical analyses at the System of System (SOS) level
Configuration management of test and team systems engineering artifacts
Ability to understand and communicate satellite network data, packetizing, modulation schemes, command and control sequence, and message flows
Ability to elicit requirements from TEMs then document and provide traceability within JIRA or other requirement tracking tools
Solid academic grounding and experience with methods and tools applying systems engineering concepts, principles, and theories
Ability to document, prioritize, and explain system discrepancies to vendors/customer
Leads requirements analysis, requirements definition, requirements management, functional analysis, performance analysis, system design, detail trade studies, systems integration and test (verification), validation and interface definition studies of system, subsystem or system elements with little or no supervision
Leads detailed technical analyses for a system, subsystem or system elements to include: concept, requirements, design, integration, test, acceptance, delivery, training, operation, maintenance and disposal
Identifies, analyzes and resolves space/ground segment system design weaknesses.
Synthesizes solutions to meet customer expectations and technical performance while staying within schedule and cost constraints.
Nice to have:
Solid understanding of Radio Frequency (RF) Engineering for comms and payload
Knowledge of satellite and ground station calibration approaches
Experience with Pulse Descriptor Words (PDW) and ability to understand explain signal parameters
Space/Satellite operations experience and familiarity with TT&C, TLE, and ephemeris
Demonstrated use and understanding of SE concepts, principles, and theories
Demonstrated proficiency with requirements management, system design & system modeling tools
Proficient written and verbal communications skills to lead staff and small team proposal
Shows initiative on assignments, exercises independent judgment, and professionally executes projects with little direction
Experience with Matlab or Python
Experience working with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and other Agile software development efforts
Proficient ability in communicating issues, impacts, and corrective actions
Understanding of satellite design and subsystems is a plus
May assist with tracking satellite anomalies and resolution
Ability to keep an economic perspective when seeking efficiencies to improve customer value
Required Qualifications:
Requires a Bachelors degree in Software Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field. Also requires 8+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 6 years of job-related experience. Agile experience preferred.
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#2324
CI Analyst
Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Poly
Chantilly, VA
We are looking for team-members with creative talent who are ready to take on the challenge of CI Analyst to work collaboratively in order to further advance cutting-edge technology, products, and services for a large Government agency to detect and mitigate insider threats.
The Insider Threat Detection program is manned by a multi-disciplinary team of system and data engineers, data scientists, software developers, intelligence analysts, and investigators to provide insider threat detection and counterintelligence services. This program provides an opportunity to further advance cutting-edge technology, products, and services for a large Government agency to detect and mitigate insider threats. This program takes data from multiple sources in any format (structured or unstructured), transforms it into interpretable fragments, and allow our engines to categorize, quantify, distill, and display results for human analysts to interpret. Team members work closely with esteemed customers to develop solutions that allow them to carry out high-stakes national security missions. The technology stack is built on cutting edge hardware and software with multiple Windows and Linux environments interfacing with multi-petabyte data processing and analytic platforms – all designed, built, and maintained by our team.
This position will provide a unique opportunity to act as a CI Analyst, providing subject matter expertise and analytical support to a broad array of satellite-related programs, including acquisition, launch, and space and ground operations. The CI Analyst will utilize resources to effectively integrate CI analysis and concepts to produce comprehensive assessments about potential CI threats to systems, technology, acquisitions, operations, locations, personnel, and supply chain risk management (SCRM) as related to mission needs, please keep reading…
Roles and responsibilities potentially include:
CI Analyst analyzes information and intelligence and develop research studies and recommendations pertaining to potential CI threats to the work of our clients.
CI Analyst handles requirements and collection management, as well as the analysis and evaluation of data assessment strategies. Those strategies may include: sampling, statistical analysis, evaluation, flow processing and management assessment. Additional responsibilities require research, development and preparation of briefings and analyses which may include narrative, tabular and graphic materials.
The CI Analyst will work closely with stakeholders to promote information sharing and collaboration. Standard operating procedures, validation criteria for personnel, entities, components, and communities of Interest will also be developed and disseminated by this employee. The position also requires interpretation and understanding of Intelligence Community policies, procedures, standards, guidelines, and objectives, as well as an understanding of U.S. intelligence satellite systems, and long-range program and budget expertise. The employee may also be asked to mine data for unknown linkages in existing information or to maintain integrated database tracking systems for controlled correspondence.
A technical background in aerospace technology and concepts is also desired, but not required.
Qualifications:
Apply analytic, counterintelligence, and technical knowledge and experience to asses intelligence reporting, all-source intelligence analysis, and unstructured data received from a range of DoD and IC sources.
Perform research and correlate all-source intelligence products pertaining to foreign capabilities, development, and trends in the use of space and counterspace systems.
Production in one or more of the following areas: FIS operations, foreign denial and deception, computer network operations, counterespionage and economic/industrial espionage, technology protection and illicit technology transfer, investigations support, operations security, and terrorism.
Extensive knowledge of adversary threat, including but not limited to, foreign intelligence entities, and their targeting TTPs and intent.
Possess strong analytic tradecraft and critical thinking skills with a demonstrated ability to drive a line of analysis, including strong research abilities and familiarity with various targeting and analytical research tools.
Experience/familiarity in one or more of the following disciplines: HUMINT, GEOINT, SIGINT, MASINT, or denial and deception.
Familiarity with analytical tools and methodologies such as link analysis, time lines, casual-loop analysis, and risk management.
Effective oral and written communication skills with an ability to convey complex information to a variety of audiences.
Ability to travel worldwide.
Customer prefers at least 10 years of experience in the intelligence and/or CI communities.
Required Experience and Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in a related specialized area or field or the equivalent is required plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#2285
Counterintelligence Referent Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Poly Chantilly, VA
We are looking for team-members with creative talent who are ready to take on the challenge of CI Referent to work collaboratively in order to further advance cutting-edge technology, products, and services for a large Government agency to detect and mitigate insider threats.
The Insider Threat Detection program is manned by a multi-disciplinary team of system and data engineers, data scientists, software developers, intelligence analysts, and investigators to provide insider threat detection and counterintelligence services. This program provides an opportunity to further advance cutting-edge technology, products, and services for a large Government agency to detect and mitigate insider threats. This program takes data from multiple sources in any format (structured or unstructured), transforms it into interpretable fragments, and allow our engines to categorize, quantify, distill, and display results for human analysts to interpret. Team members work closely with esteemed customers to develop solutions that allow them to carry out high-stakes national security missions. The technology stack is built on cutting edge hardware and software with multiple Windows and Linux environments interfacing with multi-petabyte data processing and analytic platforms – all designed, built, and maintained by our team.
We are looking for a Counterintelligence Referent that is a self-starter with the mindset that stays up to date with the latest tools and techniques. This is a challenging yet rewarding position that provides an opportunity to leverage cutting edge technologies in pursuit of a vital mission that protects people, sensitive information/technologies, and the national security posture of the USIC.
The field of insider threat detection and mitigation is evolving and growing, and our program needs highly innovative individuals, please keep reading…
Roles and responsibilities potentially include:
The CI Referent delivers mission assurance to an Intelligence Community (IC) member by providing dedicated CI support to their agencys overall daily requirements, operations, critical infrastructure, research & development, and major acquisitions. CI Referents are integrated into the critical components of their assigned agency and into separate mission sites to better identify internal/external adversarial threats and communicate with relevant IC partners.
The CI Referent is responsible for maintaining current CI support plans for aerospace/satellite programs as directed by the Government and other IC assets, as assigned. The CI Referent works closely with company and program Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to assist in identifying threats to Critical Program Information. The most valuable aspects of a program and the personnel responsible for those assets are identified and protected. Frequent and productive liaison with law enforcement, IC members, military intelligence agencies, and the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) is imperative.
The CI Referent supports Research, Development, and Acquisition (RDA) programs, CI Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM), Defense and Critical Infrastructure, and the Insider Threat Program. The CI Referent works closely with aerospace/satellite assets to support the transport and launch of space vehicles. The CI Referent is responsible for analysis, collections, and inquiries, which are conducted in accordance with existing legal statutes, IC and DOD policies, procedures and applicable federal, state, and local laws.
The CI Referent coordinates complex CI concerns, with a heavy emphasis on SCRM matters. The CI Referent also coordinates cyber threats, criminal violations such as espionage and terrorism, insider threat, and the compromise of classified material, with their assigned IC agency, and all other appropriate IC, and law enforcement offices. The CI Referent protects the equities of their assigned agency by developing actionable information with federal counterparts. The CI Referent also coordinates and tracks the CI outreach conducted by their agency.
Required Experience and Qualifications:
Comprehensive knowledge of federal laws, Executive Orders, IC guidance, DOD regulations, and procedures concerning CI collections, investigations, interviewing techniques, and operations.
Extensive knowledge of the IC, CI organizations, and law enforcement elements to include their authorities, roles, responsibilities, jurisdictions, functions, and relationships.
Extensive knowledge of the adversary, methods of operations, targeting activities, and intent.
Proficient knowledge of security practices for ensuring the safeguarding of classified information, as well as the knowledge and experience dealing with intelligence oversight issues.
Comprehensive knowledge and experience in conducting CI related research, analysis, and critical thinking, including the judicial process and impacts upon the IC process for delivering finished analytic and investigative products.
Knowledge and experience in providing CI services to support research, development, and acquisition (e.g., SCRM), Committee on the Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), financial management functions, acquisition lifecycle, and contracting functions, as well as CI services for the protection of critical infrastructure and associated critical national assets.
Working knowledge of cyber threats and vulnerability, including the applicable laws, regulations, policies, and ethics related to cybersecurity, privacy, and impacts.
Applies techniques of debriefing, interviewing, or elicitation in a systematic manner through direct and indirect questioning to obtain information of security, counterintelligence and/or intelligence value. Prepares accurate and complete reports that document processes, outcomes, and findings.
Assesses/analyzes potential CI leads generated by internal/external LE and CI partners.
Preferred/bonus skills:
Bachelors degree in a related specialized area or field or the equivalent is required plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
Interviewing, elicitation, and debriefing skills commensurate with the professional experience and education of the prospective job candidate.
Experience interacting with agencies across the IC. Experience with DOD CI Collection requirements.
Completion of a formal state or federal CI training program, such as the FBI, FLETC, AFOSI, NCIS, US Army MI, JCITA, DCITA, etc.
Background and experience in CI SCRM and CI support to RDA.
Ability to travel worldwide.
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#2282
Software Developer Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Poly Chantilly, VA
We are looking for team-members with creative talent who are ready to take on the challenge of Software Developer to work collaboratively in order to further advance cutting-edge technology, products, and services for a large Government agency to detect and mitigate insider threats.
The Insider Threat Detection program is manned by a multi-disciplinary team of system and data engineers, data scientists, software developers, intelligence analysts, and investigators to provide insider threat detection and counterintelligence services. This program provides an opportunity to further advance cutting-edge technology, products, and services for a large Government agency to detect and mitigate insider threats. This program takes data from multiple sources in any format (structured or unstructured), transforms it into interpretable fragments, and allow our engines to categorize, quantify, distill, and display results for human analysts to interpret. Team members work closely with esteemed customers to develop solutions that allow them to carry out high-stakes national security missions. The technology stack is built on cutting edge hardware and software with multiple Windows and Linux environments interfacing with multi-petabyte data processing and analytic platforms – all designed, built, and maintained by our team.
We are looking for a Software Developer that is a self-starter with the mindset that stays up to date with the latest tools and techniques. This is a challenging yet rewarding position that provides an opportunity to leverage cutting edge technologies in pursuit of a vital mission that protects people, sensitive information/technologies, and the national security posture of the USIC.
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The field of insider threat detection and mitigation is evolving and growing, and our program needs highly innovative individuals, please keep reading…
Roles and responsibilities potentially include:
Design, develop, and deploy client facing software
Interact with other software developers, customers, and stakeholders
Solve complex problems and improve processes
Collaborate with team members to ensure code is completed efficiently and effectively
Perform root cause analysis on production systems
Required Experience and Qualifications:
Hands-on experience with one or more of the following software languages: C#/.NET, Java, or Python
Strong knowledge of Microsoft development tools (Visual Studio, SQL Management Studio, etc.)
Solid understanding of object-oriented architecture and design
Experience building customer facing software
Experience designing and developing client-side, server-side, and database components for new application features using C#/.NET, Web API, SQL Server, jQuery, Knockout.js (or similar framework), JavaScript, CSS and HTML5.
Hands on experience with SQL Server
Solid understanding of Git
Practical experience with Agile or Scrum software development methodologies
Preferred/bonus skills::
Bachelors of Science in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) related field, plus 8 yrs or Masters degree plus 6 yrs.
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#2281
Senior Data Engineer Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Poly Chantilly, VA
We are looking for team-members with creative talent who are ready to take on the challenge of Senior Data Engineer to work collaboratively in order to further advance cutting-edge technology, products, and services for a large Government agency to detect and mitigate insider threats.
The Insider Threat Detection program is manned by a multi-disciplinary team of system and data engineers, data scientists, software developers, intelligence analysts, and investigators to provide insider threat detection and counterintelligence services. This program provides an opportunity to further advance cutting-edge technology, products, and services for a large Government agency to detect and mitigate insider threats. This program takes data from multiple sources in any format (structured or unstructured), transforms it into interpretable fragments, and allow our engines to categorize, quantify, distill, and display results for human analysts to interpret. Team members work closely with esteemed customers to develop solutions that allow them to carry out high-stakes national security missions. The technology stack is built on cutting edge hardware and software with multiple Windows and Linux environments interfacing with multi-petabyte data processing and analytic platforms – all designed, built, and maintained by our team.
As a Senior Data Engineer, you will help us expand our insider threat capabilities in automating data integration and collection strategies. The successful candidate will help expand and optimize the data ingestion pipeline architecture, develop strategies for efficient ingestion, processing, storage, structuring, and access. In addition, the Data Engineer will support data analysts, data scientists, and big data engineers in identifying data sources, performing exploratory data analysis, developing data models, ensuring data cleanliness and accuracy to provide new Insider Threat behavioral insights.
The field of insider threat detection and mitigation is evolving and growing, and our program needs highly innovative individuals, please keep reading…
Roles and responsibilities potentially include:
Support data science team by designing, developing and implementing scalable ETL process for disparate datasets into a Hadoop infrastructure
Design, develop, implement, and maintain data ingestion process from various disparate datasets using StreamSets (experience with StreamSets not mandatory)
Develop processes to identify data drift and malformed records
Develop technical documentation and standard operating procedures
Leads technical tasks for small teams or projects
Required Experience:
Working knowledge of entity resolution systems
Experience with Hadoop and Hive/Impala
Experience with messages systems like Kafka
Experience with NoSQL and/or graph databases like MongoDB or ArangoDB
Any of the following databases: SQL, MongoDB, Oracle, Postgres
Working experience with ETL processing and Python
Working experience with data workflow products like StreamSets or NiFi
Working experience with Python RESTful API services, JDBC
Experience with Cloudera Data Science Workbench is a plus
Understanding of pySpark
Leadership experience
Creative thinker
Ability to multi-task
Excellent use and understanding of data engineering concepts, principles, and theories.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelors of Science in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) related field, plus 8 yrs or Masters degree plus 6 yrs.
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#2280
Senior Solutions Architect Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Poly Chantilly, VA
We are looking for team-members with creative talent who are ready to take on the challenge of Senior Solutions Architect to work collaboratively in order to further advance cutting-edge technology, products, and services for a large Government agency to detect and mitigate insider threats.
We are looking for a technologist that understands the wide enterprise IT landscape and can effectively identify and communicate risks and solution enhancements. As Senior Solution Architect you will become an expert in all aspects of the production infrastructure and work closely with onsite engineers, administrators, database admins, and software developers. You will work in a secure, fast paced environment with continuous integrations and leading-edge technologies. You will actively engage with the Government customer leadership members to communicate your strategies through verbal and written presentations. The field of Solutions Architect is evolving and growing, and our program needs highly innovative individuals, please keep reading…
Roles and responsibilities potentially include:
Analyze current IT architecture and propose, design and implement future enhancements
Effectively communicate solutions and issues to wide audience of technical and non-technical members
Conceptualize, develop and implement IT architecture solutions in a secure customer mission space
Form key relationships with all members of the technical service team and act as the bond that integrates the various technical duties together
Identify customer needs and requirement, plan and present future product road maps
Identify all required components for solutions integration including hardware/software procurements, data center power sizing, network design, and deployment strategies
Work closely with System Engineers and Administrators to define and align tasks for solution implementations
Work closely with technology vendors to evaluate products through technical exchange meetings and product evaluations
Develop solutions that are highly available and fault tolerant
Develop project plans and identify risks
Identify legacy solutions and design recap
Required Experience:
Minimum three (3) years experience in designing, developing, building, and implementing Big Data solutions or developing automated solutions to solve complex problems, a thoughtful ability to solve problems could outweigh years of experience.
Experience creating Solution Briefings for customers that provide a solution description, cost/benefit analysis and implementation schedules.
Experience deploying solutions that meet NIST 800-53, ICD503 security requirements
Wide comprehension of how various IT infrastructure components work together, including Servers/Workstations, network equipment, Big Data infrastructure, data storage management, enterprise software application, and on-premise cloud solutions
Expert in Microsoft Enterprise Infrastructure components such as Active Directory, Domains and Trusts, DNS, DHCP, SQL, Exchange, Clusters
Experience with IT workstation environments and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
Comfortable working on site in a secure classified environment
Experience implementing storage technologies to include Fiber Channel SAN and Network Attached Storage
Experience configuring Local Area and Wide Area Networks.
Experience configuring Firewall policies and NAT polies
Experience engaging with vendors to allocate budgets for IT purchases and plan procurements
Experience designing and implementing on premise cloud architecture using VMware vSphere
Experience with developing disaster recovery and COOP plans is a plus
Experience designing and implementing Hadoop (HDFS, Kafka, Impala/Hive)
Experience with UNIX/Linux environments
Experience designing and integrating firewall solutions
Experience with Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) is a plus
Experience integrating hardware solutions into Enterprise Data Centers
Understanding of RESTful service and APIs
Working experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Required Qualifications:
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or IT related field
DoD 8570 Compliant
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#2211
Data Engineer Clearance: TS/SCI with ability to obtain Polygraph within reasonable period of time Location: Chantilly, VA
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.
We are looking for team-members with creative talent who are ready to take on the challenge of Data Engineer to work with collaborative teams to help expand and optimize the data ingestion pipeline architecture, develop strategies for efficient ingestion, processing, storage, structuring, and access. In addition, the Data Engineer will support data analysts, data scientists, and big data engineers in identifying data sources, performing exploratory data analysis, developing data models, ensuring data cleanliness and accuracy to provide new Insider Threat behavioral insights.
Roles and responsibilities potentially include:
Support data science team by designing, developing and implementing scalable ETL process for disparate datasets into a Hadoop infrastructure
Design, develop, implement, and maintain data ingestion process from various disparate datasets using StreamSets (experience with StreamSets not mandatory)
Develop processes to identify data drift and malformed records
Develop technical documentation and standard operating procedures
Leads technical tasks for small teams or projects
Required Experience and Qualifications:
Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field.
5+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 3 years of job-related experience.
Desired Experience and Qualifications:
Working knowledge of entity resolution systems
Experience with Hadoop and Hive/Impala
Experience with messages systems like Kafka
Experience with NoSQL and/or graph databases like MongoDB or ArangoDB
Any of the following databases: SQL, MongoDB, Oracle, Postgres
Working experience with ETL processing and Python
Working experience with data workflow products like StreamSets or NiFi
Working experience with Python RESTful API services, JDBC
Experience with Cloudera Data Science Workbench is a plus
Understanding of pySpark
Leadership experience
Creative thinker
Ability to multi-task
Excellent use and understanding of data engineering concepts, principles, and theories
Data Engineer Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Poly Chantilly, VA
We are looking for team-members with creative talent who are ready to take on the challenge of Data Engineer to work with collaborative teams to help expand and optimize the data ingestion pipeline architecture, develop strategies for efficient ingestion, processing, storage, structuring, and access. In addition, the Data Engineer will support data analysts, data scientists, and big data engineers in identifying data sources, performing exploratory data analysis, developing data models, ensuring data cleanliness and accuracy to provide new Insider Threat behavioral insights.
Roles and responsibilities potentially include:
Support data science team by designing, developing and implementing scalable ETL process for disparate datasets into a Hadoop infrastructure
Design, develop, implement, and maintain data ingestion process from various disparate datasets using StreamSets (experience with StreamSets not mandatory)
Develop processes to identify data drift and malformed records
Develop technical documentation and standard operating procedures
Leads technical tasks for small teams or projects
Required Experience and Qualifications:
Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field.
5+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 3 years of job-related experience.
Desired Experience and Qualifications:
Working knowledge of entity resolution systems
Experience with Hadoop and Hive/Impala
Experience with messages systems like Kafka
Experience with NoSQL and/or graph databases like MongoDB or ArangoDB
Any of the following databases: SQL, MongoDB, Oracle, Postgres
Working experience with ETL processing and Python
Working experience with data workflow products like StreamSets or NiFi
Working experience with Python RESTful API services, JDBC
Experience with Cloudera Data Science Workbench is a plus
Understanding of pySpark
Leadership experience
Creative thinker
Ability to multi-task
Excellent use and understanding of data engineering concepts, principles, and theories
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#2209
Senior Linux Engineer Clearance: TS/SCI with ability to obtain Polygraph within reasonable period of time Location: Chantilly, VA
We are looking for team-members with creative talent who are ready to take on the challenge of Senior Linux Systems Engineer with an agile mindset who is up to date with the latest Linux features and best practices. This is a challenging yet rewarding position that provides an opportunity to leverage cutting edge technologies in pursuit of a vital mission that protects people, sensitive information/technologies, and the national security posture of the USIC, please keep reading…
Roles and responsibilities potentially include:
Setting up and managing Linux systems, applications and environments and ensuring those systems comply with government security standards
Apache web server administration and configuration
Maintains High Availability infrastructure ensuring security compliances and high level performance while minimizing service interruption
Provide network systems securities through policy enforcement and monitoring access
Assists in the design of multi-server environments including IP address schemes, DNS, WINS etc
Troubleshooting network hardware and software applications, OS upgrades, and security systems to resolve operational issues and restore services
Required Experience and Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in a specialized area; or equivalent is required plus a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
Minimum of a IAT Level II (DoD 8570.1M) certification is required: e.g. GIAC Security Essentials – GSEC; CompTIA Security+ CE; Security Certified Network Professional – SCNP; Systems Security Certified Practitioner – SSCP
Desired Experience and Qualifications:
Familiarity with Windows systems, VMWare, Hadoop, and Storage Area Networks, Big Data Analytical environments
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work independently with little supervision
Demonstrated ability to quickly learn, retain, and apply good interpersonal skills, and perform effectively under time pressure
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#2203
Counterintelligence Debriefer *Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply * Chantilly, VA
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.
We are looking for a team-members with creative talent who are ready to take on the challenge of Counterintelligence Debriefer who works with collaborative teams to analyze information and intelligence relevant to threats facing the systems, infrastructure, and resources critical to the nation. The selected candidate will interview individuals in order to collect information pertinent to foreign contact and foreign travel. This information may lead to the creation of intelligence products that will be shared throughout the counterintelligence community. The selected candidate will also present awareness and defensive briefings in order to highlight threats facing the community, please keep reading….
Roles and responsibilities potentially include:
Analyze counterintelligence threat information
Review foreign contact/travel reporting
Conduct interviews to collect additional information
Draft intelligence products
Conduct awareness briefings
Required Experience and Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in a related specialized area or the equivalent is required plus a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree.
Additional Responsibilities
Exercise creative thinking and ideation to advance our business performance.
Deliver innovative, flexible, integrated solutions to meet customers' changing business needs.
Support and engage in programs, projects and practices behind the culture and strategy, and comply with all policies and procedures.
Follow industry and department trends and developments to ensure services are consistent with, and/or superior to, industry best practices.
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#2202
Senior Counterintelligence Operations Analyst Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Poly Chantilly, VA
We are looking for a team-members with creative talent who are ready to take on the challenge of Senior Counterintelligence Operations Analyst who works with collaborative teams to analyze information and intelligence relevant to threats facing the systems, infrastructure, and resources critical to the nation. The selected candidate will interview individuals in order to collect information pertinent to foreign contact and foreign travel. This information may lead to the creation of intelligence products that will be shared throughout the counterintelligence community. The selected candidate will also present awareness and defensive briefings in order to highlight threats facing the community, please keep reading….
Roles and responsibilities potentially include:
Analyze counterintelligence threat information
Review foreign contact/travel reporting
Conduct interviews to collect additional information
Draft intelligence products
Conduct awareness briefings
Required Experience and Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in a related specialized area or field or equivalent is required plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience
Additional Responsibilities
Exercise creative thinking and ideation to advance our business performance.
Deliver innovative, flexible, integrated solutions to meet customers' changing business needs.
Support and engage in programs, projects and practices behind the culture and strategy, and comply with all policies and procedures.
Follow industry and department trends and developments to ensure services are consistent with, and/or superior to, industry best practices.
Location:Chantilly
Type:Contract
Job#2198
Linux Systems Administrator Clearance: TS/SCI with ability to obtain Polygraph within reasonable period of time Location: Chantilly, VA
We are looking for team-members with creative talent who are ready to take on the challenge of Linux Systems Administrator who works with collaborative teams totake data from multiple sources in any format (structured or unstructured), transform it into interpretable fragments, and allow our engines to categorize, quantify, distill, and display results for human analysts to interpret.
Our technology stack is built on cutting edge hardware and software with multiple Windows and Linux environments interfacing with multi-petabyte data processing and analytic platforms – all designed, built, and maintained by our team. The field of insider threat detection and mitigation is evolving and growing, and our program needs highly innovative individuals. As a Linux Systems Administrator, you will help us expand our insider threat infrastructure in a Linux virtualized environment, please keep reading….
Roles and responsibilities potentially include:
Administer and manage Linux and hardware for on-premises systems, engineering, analysis, and test environments
Perform system and user account maintenance
Test and assess security configuration of Linux servers
Monitor, evaluate, and optimize system performance
Troubleshoot and resolve operating system conflicts
Analyze, test and implement security patches and hardening
Perform maintenance data collection on the equipment
Perform preventive and corrective maintenance activities
Document maintenance actions
Installs, configures and maintains multiplatform systems hardware, software and components
Integrates security solutions into information systems
Required Experience and Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent experience is required plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus 3 years of relevant experience.
Desired Experience and Qualifications:
Experience with Linux system administration including testing building/provision large-scale physical and/or virtual environments
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work independently with little supervision
Demonstrated ability to quickly learn, retain, and apply good interpersonal skills, and perform effectively under time pressure
Agile experience
DoD 8570 Compliant
Location:Chantilly
Type:Contract
Job#2197
Title: Senior Linux Systems Engineer Location: Chantilly, VA Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph, obtainable within a reasonable time.
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.
A minimum of a IAT Level II (DoD 8570.1M) certification is required: e.g. GIAC Security Essentials – GSEC; CompTIA Security+ CE; Security Certified Network Professional – SCNP; Systems Security Certified Practitioner – SSCP
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6/7 experience
Experience deploying, operating, monitoring, patching, troubleshooting Linux Hosts
NFS, SAMBA, AD/LDAP integration, Web Servers, Tomcat, LVM, YUM, and Linux security hardening
Able to install Linux servers, troubleshoot hardware/software installation and basic networking issues
Basic familiarity with BASH Scripting, kickstart deployments
Basic familiarity with Red Hat Satellite Server technologies
Basic familiarity with configuring Storage Area Network connectivity over Fiber Channel
Location:Chantilly
Type:Contract
Job#2194
Insider Threat Analyst Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Poly Chantilly, VA
We are looking for team-members with creative talent who are ready to take on the challenge of Insider Threat Analyst who is up to date with the latest Insider Threat detection tools and techniques. This is a challenging yet rewarding position that provides an opportunity to leverage cutting edge technologies in pursuit of a vital mission that protects people, sensitive information/technologies, and the national security posture of the USIC, please keep reading…
Roles and responsibilities potentially include:
Triage data of anomalous events collected by User Activity Monitoring (UAM) Tools, and other data analytics tools and sources to decipher underlying trends or uncover anomalies and discern obscure patterns and attributes
Elevate events of concern, and produce proactive Insider Threat leads that document issues on computer misuse, various violations of policies, counterintelligence concerns, foreign influence, financial stressors, threats to self or others, etc.
Perform Continuous Evaluation (CE), adjudicative and other insider threat concerns.
Provide analytic case support to investigations, administrative or security inquiries, counterintelligence risk assessments, or other adjudicative assessments, OIG misconduct issues, DoD investigations and external agencies. Analysts document all referral activities in written products and reports.
Complete special analytical projects as directed by leadership. Prepare and present analysis, in the form of briefings and/or reports, to leadership.
Assist in the proactive identification of new collection methodologies for the Insider Threat Program
Execute, and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the Insider Threat Program
Create TTPs ((Tactics, Techniques, Procedures) for identifying insider threats and brief team members on emerging threats
Collaborate with Insider Threat Analysts and Advanced Analytics team to develop innovative Insider Threat capabilities to further enhance our proactive and reactive analytical process
Required Experience and Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in a related specialized area or the equivalent is required plus a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 0 years of relevant experience.
Location:Chantilly
Type:Contract
Job#2193
Title: Counterintelligence Debriefer
*Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph, obtainable within a reasonable time
Location:
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.
The position will work with collaborative teams to analyze information and intelligence relevant to threats facing the systems, infrastructure, and resources critical to the nation. The selected candidate will interview individuals in order to collect information pertinent to foreign contact and foreign travel. This information may lead to the creation of intelligence products that will be shared throughout the counterintelligence community. The selected candidate will also present awareness and defensive briefings in order to highlight threats facing the community.
Key Responsibilities
Analyze counterintelligence threat information
Review foreign contact/travel reporting
Conduct interviews to collect additional information
Draft intelligence products
Conduct awareness briefings
Additional Responsibilities
Exercise creative thinking and ideation to advance our business performance.
Deliver innovative, flexible, integrated solutions to meet customers' changing business needs.
Support and engage in programs, projects and practices behind the culture and strategy, and comply with all policies and procedures.
Follow industry and department trends and developments to ensure services are consistent with, and/or superior to, industry best practices.
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#2104
Modeling & Simulation Engineer Clearance: Top Secret (TS/SCI Preferred) Chantilly, VA
We are looking for team-members with creative talent who are ready to take on the challenge of Modeling and Simulation Engineer to will work collaboratively in order to create plans, execute modeling and simulation systems development projects, possesses, and apply knowledge about simulation methods and tools for analysis of complex systems and designs and develops simulation systems and modeling of simulation objects leveraging industry standard tools and/or programming languages.
Tasks will include performing analysis applying appropriate scientific and engineering processes and modeling techniques to the life-cycle development of systems; performing analysis and trade-off studies related to operational issues; reviewing plans for system integration, operation, and maintenance and assisting in the development of training for operational personnel.
Roles and responsibilities potentially include:
Develop modeling and simulation tools and/or use industry tools to assist with analysis of complex, technical problems relating to a wide variety of spacecraft and systems
Work side-by-side with existing subject matter experts in orbital mechanics, spacecraft design, sensors, optics, communications, and/or modeling and simulation
Work with the customer to explore new missions, Concept of Operations (CONOPs), and architectures to solve some of the hardest intelligence problems facing the nation
Develop algorithms to perform analysis and produce much-needed data products
Maintain and improve large scale simulations to support multiple missions
Integrate existing models from mission partners into simulations
Model dynamic agent behaviors
Evaluate complex results and determine engineering recommendations based on analysis
Quickly translate user needs into effective software solutions
Develop documents and briefings to communicate work or study status, brief government and industry as required
Areas of Technical Interest:
Electro-optical, communications, and radar sensor systems
Modeling & simulation software and software development
Satellite systems
Orbit determination
Systems Engineering
Operations Research
Data Analytics
Image processing
Statistics
Required Experience and Qualifications:
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field.
Requires 8+ years of job-related experience, or a Master’s degree plus 6 years of job-related experience.
Agile experience preferred.
Strong background and experience with Digital engineering, developing architectures using digital modeling and simulations of space and ground architectures
Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams
Desired Experience and Qualifications:
Strong background and experience with Digital engineering, developing architectures using digital modeling and simulations of space and ground architectures
Experience modeling and simulating complex systems
Experience using modeling languages and tools such as C, Python, R, SQL, PostgreSQL, Linux, TCL/Tk, MATLAB, VB, and/or STK
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#2103
Title: Security Systems Requirements Engineer Clearance: Top Secret (TS/SCI Preferred) Location: Chantilly, VA
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.
Responsibilities:
Assist with leading teams working to design, model, develop, analyze and simulate systems or upgrade legacy systems
Conduct product research and support Analysis of Alternative (AoA) activities that independently identify the most appropriate security solutions
Assist with leading the development of system concepts, contribute to the capability phase of the systems development lifecycle, and translate technology and environmental conditions (e.g., law and regulation) into system security designs and processes
Assist with leading the development and documentation of Security Architectures, Roadmaps, and investments
Support the government with securing the enterprise infrastructure through the security architecture
Perform modeling, analysis and simulation of security stance
Interact with stakeholders, vendors and contractors to maintain efficient and effective control management processes, procedures and systems
Assist program / project team to develop and maintain periodic status reports to keep all parties informed
Attend meetings and assist with determination of equipment requirements and status
Assess processes and procedures to identify efficiencies aimed at streamlining initiatives
Apprise management and all program stakeholders of risk and progress issues early enough to be addressed
Required Experience:
Expert working experience in government or industry within Security Engineering
DoD 8570 Level II (IASAE) certification compliance
Excellent technical writing and oral communication skills
Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
Skilled/comfortable working in high-tempo environment, able to be flexible and to adjust to dynamic political, technical and/or fiscal challenges
Proven ability to work effectively both independently and in a team based environment
Demonstrated willingness to be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities
Ability to think-on-your-feet, adapt as situations change and make the best possible decisions with the information at hand
Expert working experience in government or industry leading enterprise-level security efforts involving architecture, designing, development, configuration and modeling, analysis and simulation of ground and space
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#2102
Title: Systems Engineer – Requirements Analyst Clearance: Top Secret (TS/SCI Preferred) Location: Chantilly, VA
You will provide System Engineering services across all Engineering disciplines critical to developing and assembling the operational capabilities into an integrated architecture.
Job Responsibilities:
Provide Systems Engineering expertise as part of a world-class Engineering and Integration team
Manage/Track Requirements across multiple Specifications using DOORS
Collaborate with Digital Engineering team to integrate MBSE-based processes to support requirements engineering
Provide expert mission analysis to define technical requirements and interfaces and perform requirements analysis
Define system requirements
Conduct and Analysis requirement flow down
Maintain and support development of Requirements Verification Traceability Matrix
Propose requirement verification methodologies
Collaborate with Test & Demonstration team in support of requirement verification and validation
Develop briefings and assessments to a variety of audiences, and must be able to convey information in a clear and articulate manner
Required Qualifications:
Experience with requirements management tools (RDNG preferred)
Experience in Requirements Management/Tracking (using RDNG), Specification Development, and Requirements Traceability
Experience in V&V (Verification and Validation) of Requirements
Experience in systems integration and/or systems engineering
Experience in 1 of these backgrounds: Space, Satellite Ground Systems, or related field
Experience with systems integration throughout the lifecycle
Demonstrated ability to prioritize competing requirements and tasks
Possess the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Desired Qualifications:
Experience in large systems acquisition
Understanding of space systems design and integration
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#2101
Title: Model Based Systems Engineer (MBSE) Clearance: Top Secret (TS/SCI Preferred) Location: Chantilly, VA
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.
Responsibilities:
Provide MBSE expertise as part of a world-class Engineering and Integration team
Support Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) activities to identify program requirements and relationships, and manage the execution of the systems engineering process, including interfaces, key performance parameters, and operational concepts
Develop and integrate system models, incorporating inputs from stakeholder requirements, interface documentation, and related design and systems engineering documents
Develop operational concepts, requirements, and architectural designs; Evolve system architectures, conduct, and analyze requirements flow down, propose verification methodologies
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders including senior executive officials, military officers, development contractors, and end users
Provide mission analysis to support definition of technical requirements and interfaces, provide analysis of alternatives, guide development, and evaluate expected performance against requirements and mission needs
Develop briefings and assessments to a variety of audiences and must be able to convey information in a clear and articulate manner to Government leadership.
Proven experience with Systems Modeling Language (SysML) and architecture frameworks such as Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) and Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DODAF)
Proven experience with MBSE and other tools to support analysis and visualization
Working knowledge of systems engineering documentation to include concepts of operations, interface control documents, and verification and test
Ability to provide technical and programmatic direction on the development, integration and use of model-based engineering and model-based systems engineering models
Proficient understanding of fundamental model development and its application to architecture or system design
Understanding of modeling best practices and quality management processes
Experience developing model structure and data management principles
Demonstrated ability to prioritize competing requirements and tasks
Possess the ability to work independently and as part of a team
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#2100
Title: Digital Engineer Data Architect Clearance: Top Secret (TS/SCI Preferred) Location: Chantilly, VA
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.
An immediate opening for a Digital Engineering Data Architect for an exciting and innovative complex space and ground effort.
Required Experience:
The successful candidate must possess demonstrated end-to-end data architecture, design, framework, modeling, integration, and management skills in Digital Engineering environment to bring major space systems and associated ground elements from concept to an operational enterprise.
The DE Data Architect designs, develops, implements, and translates the DE process requirements and the overall program data strategy, including standards, principles, data sources, storage, pipelines, data flow, and data security policies.
The Data Architect also has deep expertise in large data volume and structure with complex patterns supporting various points of the Digital Engineering life cycle ensuring Authoritative Source of Truth data integrity to achieve a full Digital Thread capability.
The Data Architect possesses and applies knowledge about various tools, standards and methods for flow and analysis of complex systems data within DE ecosystem.
Performing analysis applying appropriate scientific and engineering
Processes and modeling techniques to the life-cycle development of systems
Performing analysis and trade-off studies related to operational issues; reviewing plans for system integration, operation, and maintenance and assisting in the development of training for operational personnel
Serves as the data architecture expert, responsible for the design and architecture of the program’s data flow and framework
Solid understanding of various data infrastructure and how different systems interact
Develop program’s data strategy, concepts, principles, and the implementation of data modeling, design, and data management
Familiarity in developing ontology and taxonomy and its applicability in data exchange, integration, and management
Hands-on expertise in SQL and NoSQL databases
Responsible for data security and governance: implement repeatable processes, develop roles, policies, standards, and metrics that ensure the effective and efficient use of data/information
Areas of Technical Interest:
Digital Engineering and Model-Based Systems Engineer
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#2099
Title: Product Management Engineer – SME Clearance: Top Secret (TS/SCI Preferred) Location: Chantilly, VA
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.
We are looking for a Subject Matter Expert (SME) with Systems Integration and Agile best-practices experience that is ready to take on the challenge of integrating space and ground elements, from concept to an operational enterprise. We apply advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, AV/VR, Cloud Native and Quantum Physics to solve missions in cyber, RF, undersea, interstellar space and everything in between. Please keep reading…
Responsibilities:
Assist Segment-level execution teams with Program Increment Planning, Integration and Demonstrations
Facilitate System-level Working Groups and SAFe events, including Solution Increment Planning, System Integration Events, and Solution Demonstrations
Lead model and simulation activities as you participate in requirements analysis and management, functional analysis, performance analysis, system design, trade studies, systems integration and test (verification)
Required Qualifications:
A Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, a related specialized area or field and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience or a master’s degree and a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience; Agile experience preferred
Strong knowledge of systems engineering concepts, principles, and theories
Strong proficiency with requirements management & system modeling tools
Strong weapon control experience
System Test knowledge
DOORS experience
Desired Qualifications:
Scaled Agile Framework SAFe Agilist (SA) or Program Consultant (SPC) 5.0+
Experience as a ScrumMaster and/or Release Train Engineer
Experience with Jira and Confluence
Experience with DevSecOps
Experience working in a cloud-based environment
Experience with Space and/or Ground Systems development
Experience supporting Space sector development, integration, or test activities/events
Experience participating in or leading Agile/SAFe events with software development contractors
Experience integrating hardware and software
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#2095
Title: Cloud Developer:
Location: Chantilly, 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.
Application Programmer II
Python development experience, experience architecting & deploying to AWS
Nice to have: web application development, ElasticSearch, MySQL, Agile
Accurately represents customer requirements and possesses excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
Excellent technical writing skills.
Able to work in an operational environment where priorities change frequently.
Proficient at gathering and interpreting relevant data and information.
Applies advanced skills in Java, .Net, ORACLE, MARIA DB or similar and in scripting languages approved by or preferred by the Government.
The National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF) is the national cyber center that links the cyber capabilities of multiple member agencies through the cooperation and collaboration efforts of collocated agency assignees. Doing so enables its Presidentially-mandated mission to be the focal point for all government agencies to coordinate, integrate, and share pertinent information related to all cyber threat investigations. Unlike traditional task forces where members from different agencies are often deputized or temporarily granted the authorities of the hosting agency, the individual participants of the NCIJTF retain the authorities and missions of their home agencies and organizations.
The NCIJTF operates and maintains analytical platforms, systems, and networks in support of its mission that are not currently supported by the Government's Information Technology Services Division (ITSD). Specific networks, platforms, systems, applications, and tools (hereafter referred to as "IT assets") are in use and were created to assist the NCIJTF in identifying adversarial activity that poses a threat to the nation's security. The goal of this Request for Quote (RFQ) is to set forth the details of contractor support being sought by the Government for the NCIJTF's Information Technology (IT) needs.
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#2025
Title: STOR159, Computer Systems Analyst
Location: Chantilly, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Poly 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.
Chantilly, VA
Computer Systems Analyst II
Accurately represents customer requirements and possesses excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
Excellent technical writing skills.
Able to work in an operational environment where priorities change frequently.
Skilled at gathering and interpreting relevant data and information.
Will analyze and develop computer software with a wide range of capabilities, including numerous engineering, business, and records management functions.
Will develop plans for automated information systems from project inception to conclusion.
Will analyze user interfaces, maintain hardware and software performance, analyze workload and computer usage, maintain interfaces with outside systems, analyze downtimes, and analyze proposed system modifications, upgrades and new COTS.
Will analyze the development and productions bugs and the information to be processed.
Will define the IT problem, and develops system requirements and program specifications, from which programmers prepare detailed flow charts, programs, and tests.
Will coordinate closely with programmers to ensure proper implementation of program and system specifications.
Will develop, in coordination with functional users, system alternative solutions.
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#1990
Title: Software Engineer Location: Chantilly, VA Clearance: Secret
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.
Cornerstone Defense is Software Engineer to work in a collaborative, team-focused environment.
The candidate should be able to complete software development efforts using all aspects of the software engineering life cycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, documentation, implementation, testing and integration.
Assist in determining and recommending the best designs based on customer business objectives, timelines and other resource constraints.
Must be dynamic, innovative, self-starting, and a problem solver.
Must have the aptitude and attitude to tackle unique, unsolved technical challenges.
Mandatory Skills:
Active Secret clearance
Minimum of three (3) years of software engineering experience
Experience in JavaScript and/or C
Ability to write scripts and tools as needed within minimal guidance
Optional Skills:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent degree. Note that years of experiences can be substituted in lieu of a degree.
Experience with web crypto, web browsers, and/or networking
Location:Chantilly
Type:Contract
Job#1969
Title: Big Data Engineer
Location:Chantilly, 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.
We are seeking a Big Data Engineer to work in the Chantilly, Virginia area. Area of responsibility will include:
Big data engineering and management
Data analytics, data modeling and data wrangling
Cloud automation engineering using AWS environment
The Big Data Engineer will engineer, analyze, integrate, test, debug, and monitor data processing workflows to ensure accurate and efficient Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) of data. This may require:
Writing /editing and testing scripts, parsers, and small programs to process, load or analyze data.
Perform the analysis of databases and datasets to ensure proper handling of the data
Perform end-to-end data quality assessments focused on analytical accuracy and data integrity
Coordinate and resolve data quality issues
Help gather metrics and contribute status as required by the customer and management.
Interface with customers electronically, on the phone and in person to ensure data requirements are met.
Perform data flow implementation using approved SOPs and patterns to ensure consistency and maintainability
Identify areas of improvement and present innovative solutions to increase efficiency and quality of data flows.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in an IT-related field and minimum 3 years of experience in Systems Engineering. Bachelor’s degree in a non-technical field and a minimum of 5 years of experience performing data engineering functions or a minimum of 15 years of experience performing data engineering functions will be considered in lieu of a technical degree.
Understanding of at least one programming language
Familiarity with AWS cloud environments
Proficiency with Linux (e.g. file/permission manipulation, directory navigation, executing scripts, etc.)
Agile Development experience
Ability to work with data modelers, data architects, software developers, DBAs to achieve project objectives
Active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
Familiarity with open source software packages used to perform data engineering in both Python and Java
Familiarity with open source ETL frameworks such as NiFi
Familiarity with unstructured and structured data analysis techniques
Familiarity with streaming and batch layer open techniques to perform big data processing
Implementing Linux security best practices (e.g. STIGS, CIS Benchmarks, etc.)
Experience in the Intelligence Community
Experience working in a Customer Facility
Location:Chantilly
Type:Contract
Job#1968
Title: Data Manager
Location:Chantilly, 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.
We are looking for a Data Manager to work in Chantilly, Virginia area.
Duties:
Apply technical skills and experience in working with structured and unstructured data for ingest into a variety of applications.
Guide customers through a vigorous data submission process cycle.
Field questions, record data transactions, fix errors and streamline processes through a vigorous data life cycle.
Perform quality control actions and verify details and correctness at a very high level.
Demonstrate senior skills in writing/editing and processing cables.
Provide excellent customer service skills and be comfortable working with customers frequently.
Provide daily logs and statistics, and output from utility tools, as well as track and provide daily, weekly, monthly and yearly reports and statistics/metrics, and support COOP and emergency response activities.
Work under general direction, and independently determines approaches and develops innovative solutions to improve efficiency and quality of the data life cycle.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in an IT-related field. In lieu of a technical degree, a non-technical degree and an additional 5 years of related experience may be substituted, or a minimum of 10 years of data management experience with no degree may be substituted.
Experience working with structured and unstructured data for ingest into a variety of applications.
Current TS/SCI with polygraph clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience writing customer reports.
Experience with computer file management in Windows and UNIX/Linux
Experience with a variety of scripting languages (such as Perl or Python)
Demonstrated ability to work in teams with a collaborative interpersonal style
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Experience in the Intelligence Community
Experience working in a Customer Facility
Ability to perform with minimum direction
Ability to work in a demanding environment with changing priorities
Location:Chantilly
Type:Contract
Job#1967
Title: Big Data ETL Engineer
Location:Chantilly, 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.
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We are looking for a Principal Big Data / ETL Engineer to work in the Chantilly, Virginia area. Exciting areas of responsibilities will include:
Big Data Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) engineering and development
Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Metadata tagging and link analysis
Duties:
Apply technical skills and experience in working with structured and unstructured data for ingest into a variety of applications.
Monitor data loads and fix errors during the load process and perform quality control on ingested data.
Write/edit and test macros, scripts, parsers, and small programs to process, load or analyze data, and perform configuration management before entering into production baseline.
Provide daily logs and statistics, and output from utility tools, as well as track and provide daily, weekly, monthly and yearly reports and statistics/metrics, and support COOP and emergency response activities.
Ability to work under general direction, and independently determines approaches and develops innovative solutions to improve efficiency and quality of data loads.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in an IT-related field with a minimum of 3 years of data processing experience. Note: In lieu of a degree, an additional 5 years of related experience may be substituted
Experience working with structured and unstructured data
Experience with at least one programming language (Python preferred)
Demonstrated experience with computer file management in Windows and UNIX/Linux environment
Active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, Data Engineering
Big Data or ETL experience
Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Metadata tagging and link analysis
Experience with script and/or parser development to extract structured and unstructured data from files
Growing interest in natural language processing and machine learning
Experience in the Intelligence Community
Experience working in a Customer Facility
Location:Chantilly
Type:Contract
Job#1966
Title: Big Data Workflow Engineer
Location:Chantilly, 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.
We are seeking a Big Data Workflow Engineer to work in the Chantilly, Virginia area. Area of responsibility will include:
Big data engineering and management
Management of Big Data through various feeds
Data workflow automation engineering
The Big Data Workflow Engineer will engineer, implement, test, debug, and monitor data flows to ensure the continuous distribution of data from sources to destinations in an efficient and timely manner. This may require:
Writing /editing and testing scripts, parsers, and small programs to process, load or analyze data.
Help gather metrics and contribute status as required by the customer and management.
Interface with customers electronically, on the phone and in person to ensure data flows meet their needs.
Perform data flow implementation using approved SOPs and patterns to ensure consistency and maintainability
Identify areas of improvement and present innovative solutions to increase efficiency and quality of data flows.
As part of the team it is expected that the candidate participate in the “On Call” rotation with other team members to support any technical or mission need. This includes abiding to any travel or behavior restrictions required during their rotation.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related field. Note: In lieu of a technical degree, a non-technical degree and an additional 5 years of related experience may be substituted; or a minimum of 10 years of related experience and no degree can be substituted.
Understanding of Apache NiFi or similar data flow tool experience
Basic proficiency with Linux (e.g. file/permission manipulation, directory navigation, executing scripts, etc.)
Ability to be “On Call” one weekend a month to support technical and mission needs
Active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Math
Strong Apache NiFi experience implementing complex data flows (e.g. multiple sources and destinations, dynamically responding to errors, automatic data replay, throttling, etc.)
DevOps practices and tools (e.g. Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Jenkins, etc.)
Implementing Linux security best practices (e.g. STIGS, CIS Benchmarks, etc.)
Experience with metrics collection and monitoring using tools (e.g. Splunk, Nagios, AppDynamic, etc.)
Experience in the Intelligence Community
Experience working in a Customer Facility
Location:Chantilly
Type:Contract
Job#1965
Title: Technical Trainer
Location:Chantilly, 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.
We are seeking a Technical Trainer to work in the Northern Virginia area.
The candidate will be responsible for implementing technical training courses, facilitating customer visits, and performing lab demonstrations that provide a competitive edge for technical audiences. This will include the delivery of standard and customized training based on field needs and the delivery of new product and technology training in support of field readiness. Administer hands-on tests. The position will also be responsible for helping to create, test, and review new and existing courseware.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in any field, plus a minimum of two years’ experience in training roles. In lieu of degree, a minimum of 5 years of related user engagement and/or training experience may be substituted.
2+ years of experience working as a Trainer or an Instructional Systems Designer (ISD)
Demonstrated experience with curriculum development and delivery of classroom and video-based online training materials
Current TS/SCI with polygraph clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
Demonstrated ability to work in teams with a collaborative interpersonal style
Ability to interact with various stakeholders to include senior management and customers
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Experience in the Intelligence Community
Experience working in a Customer Facility
Ability to perform with minimum direction
Ability to work in a demanding environment with changing priorities
*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.
Responsibilities:
Provide technical expertise on cloud cluster computing techniques and technologies and related cloud computing architectures. Assist customers with data integration and migration efforts, including mapping schemas, performing RDF translations, and defining domain specific ontologies, where applicable. Assist with the development of large data technologies and applications for clients. Research, evaluate, and assist with deployment of advanced cloud computing systems and large data analytics for clients in research and production areas. Work with massive data sets and team members from a variety of specialties to solve the customer’s challenges. Work as a key contributor on a collaborative, fast-growing, and highly skilled software development team. Apply expert knowledge in computer science, particularly in cloud computing environments.
d. Required Qualifications
• TS/SCI w/ poly
• Requires 12 to 15 years with BS/BA or 10 to 13 years with MS/MA or 10+ years with PhD
• Candidate shall demonstrate strong experience with customer's Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process (e.g. RMF, NIST800-53, ICD503)
• Comprehensive experience designing and operating solutions using the AWS Cloud
• Experience in troubleshooting services within AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, etc.)
• Experience with implementing ServiceNow
• Experience with system security plans and supporting documentation required for system accreditation
• Experience with security controls, including levels of access, and how to grant access
e. Desired Qualifications:
• Familiarity with Xacta
• Experience with log analysis to assist in root cause analysis
• Experience configuring environments to execute test cases
• Familiarity with scripting (primarily JavaScript). Have the ability to read and interpret scripts (not necessarily ability to write scripts)
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#1902
Title: ISSM – Expert
Location: Chantilly, 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.
Responsibilities:
Act as a technical management resource for information system security matters. Provides technical and programmatic Cyber Security and Information System Security Management Services to internal and external customers in support of network and information security systems. Ensures the development and implementation of information security policy, requirements, and procedures within an organization’s business processes. Reviews documentation from information obtained from customer using accepted guidelines such as RMF (Risk Management Framework).
Provides assessment and authorization (A&A) management support by guiding the development of all documentation necessary to complete the A&A process to include system security plans, contingency plans, and other associated documentation. Conducts complex vulnerability assessments to include; development of risk mitigation strategies with the customer; adjudicating based on assessing the vulnerabilities, threats, and risk associated with assessment. Reviews system configurations and scan tool results in order to determine system compliance and report results.
Analyzes policies and procedures against Federal laws and customer regulations and provides recommendations for closing gaps. Develops strategies to comply with privacy, risk management, and e-authentication requirements. Provides cyber security and information system security support for the development and implementation of security architectures to meet new and evolving security requirements. Evaluates, develops and enhances security requirements, policy and tools. Provides assistance in computer incident investigations. Performs vulnerability assessments including development of risk mitigation strategies.
d. Required Qualifications
• TS/SCI w/ poly
• Requires 12 to 15 years with BS/BA or 10 to 13 years with MS/MA or 10+ years with PhD
• Candidate shall demonstrate strong experience with customer's Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process (e.g. RMF, NIST800-53, ICD503)
• Candidate shall demonstrate strong understanding of Cyber Security Policies
• Candidate shall have strong understanding of Networks and IT systems
• Candidate shall demonstrate strong communication skills
• Candidate shall demonstrate experience working with and across teams and handling multiple projects at once.
• Candidate shall demonstrate understanding of strong security practices and working with Security Officers
• Candidate should have accreditation tool experience (e.g., Xacta, Nessus, AppDetective, WebInspect)
• Certifications
• Candidate should have professional certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CASP, CISA, Security+)
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#1901
Title: Systems Engineer Tech Specialist – Senior
Location: Chantilly, 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.
Responsibilities: The Systems Engineer should be able to plan, implement, test, and document enterprise-wide solutions for total systems or subsystems using internally created and/or off the shelf products. This includes analyzing and identifying all or part of the customer's existing or new systems requirements, taking into consideration the special technology needs, and establishing functional and technical specifications and standards, solving interface problems, defining input/output parameters, and ensuring integration of the entire system or subsystem. The Systems Engineer will be responsible for strategic level planning and roadmap development, working with all the teams in the area.
The candidate should:
• Perform traditional Systems Engineering at the enterprise/strategic level within the context of the political landscape, operational restrictions and changes, and interacting systems across the customer’s organization.
• Provide project management support with short turn-around projects; development of requirements, project plans, needs assessment, transition planning, and future looking roadmaps.
• Perform innovation research relevant to the project areas within the strategic roadmap.
• Be a self-starter with leadership capabilities and execution of roles and responsibilities with little to no supervision.
• Require minimal oversight to complete tasks in a timely manner.
• Identify integration issues and coordinate Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs) to resolve them.
• Establish and maintain interpersonal relationships, as well as handle complaints, settle disputes and resolve conflicts.
• Have strong decision-making skills, as well as the ability to organize and prioritize work.
• Have demonstrated experience leading technical teams to develop/implement hardware/software requirements.
• Have demonstrated ability to quickly ramp up to support the customer’s needs, clearly communicate (orally & written) ideas, work autonomously, take the initiative to provide creative alternatives to intractable challenges or systemic problems.
• Have ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal.
• Have demonstrated strong customer and partner relationship building skills.
d. Required Qualifications
• TS/SCI w/ poly
• Requires 10 to 12 years with BS/BA or 8 to 10 years with MS/MA or 5 to 7 years with PhD
• Working knowledge of RF/Satellite communication systems
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#1871
Vista Program
Intelligence Analyst, Senior
Chantilly, 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.
Provides analysis and research for industry, infrastructure, technology, country, geographic area, biographic and targeted vulnerability. Prepares assessments of current events based on the sophisticated collection, research and analysis of classified and open source information. Develops and maintains analytical procedures to meet changing requirements and ensure maximum operations. Collects data using a combination of standard intelligence methods and business processes. A candidate will provide both technical and regional analysis in support of USG customer and will be responsible for reviewing and researching unclassified and classified databases, preparing analysis, reports, and providing briefings. The candidate will be responsible for internal and external collaboration.
Required Qualifications:
Requires Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Political Science, Foreign Language or Culture, History, Public Policy, Intelligence Analysis, or related academic field
6 years of practical experience in intelligence analysis, targeting, or open source analysis, or technical analysis.
6 years’ experience in IT, telecom, network/computer/data security
Proven ability to research and analyze data from a variety of sources and to present findings in clear and concise written reports
Demonstrated experience in the intelligence lifecycle
Proven experience with (drafting, coordinating, reviewing) intelligence community official communications methods
Demonstrated ability to work well with teams or individually with minimal supervision
Demonstrated working knowledge of RF and telecommunications protocols
Desired Qualifications:
MS Degree
Ability to improve processes or methods of analysis
Prior CI or risk management experience
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#1870
Vista Program
Cyber Security Analyst – Senior / Expert
Chantilly, 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.
Detects, mitigates, and analyzes threats. Conducts research and evaluates technical and all-source intelligence with specific emphasis on user behavior and patterns in a dynamic and changing mission environment. Analyzes technical and non-technical data and metadata to determine normal patterns of events, proactively identify abnormalities, and determine root-cause of abnormalities. Correlates threat data from various sources. Prepares assessments and presentations of analyses and findings. Develops and maintains analytical procedures to meet changing requirements and ensure maximum operations. Collects data using a combination of standard intelligence methods and business processes. Produces high-quality papers, presentations, recommendations, and findings for senior intelligence officials.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Cybersecurity, Information Security, IT, EE, Network Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
Demonstrated 6 years experience in three or more specific areas to include: analysis, network engineering, networking security, penetration testing, red teaming, hardware engineering, software reverse engineering, and computer exploitation.
Proven proficiency with at least three (3) or more of the following: mobile security, telecom protocols, operating systems (Windows, iOS, Android, or Linux), reverse engineering, forensics, network analysis, vulnerability assessment or malware forensics.
Demonstrated working knowledge of software development and some demonstrated proficiency in scripting and/or programming languages and database development
Proven experience in network analysis methodologies
Prior experience with one or more of the following tools: Splunk, ArcSight, intrusion detection/prevention system, network anti-virus technologies.
Demonstrated experience in drafting reports, documenting case details, and able to summarize findings and recommendations based on system analysis.
Demonstrated ability to work well with teams or individually with minimal supervision
Desired Qualifications:
MS degree in technical field
Experience within IC community
Relevant Certifications: CCFP, GCIA, OSCP, CEH, CISSP, or Security+
Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Experience ensuring quality assurance and the spreading of best practices
Experience with operational communications
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#1869
Vista Program – Cyber Security/Pentester Chantilly, 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.
Responsibilities:
Seeking a penetration tester for an Intelligence Community (IC) customer mission system. The successful candidate will perform vulnerability assessments and penetration testing following the customer’s prescribed scope statement with authorities derived from the customer’s Enterprise cyber security organization. The ideal candidate must display familiarity with Windows and Linux Mobile operating systems and be able to conduct network and security vulnerability analysis. Specifically, the candidate will analyze mission systems to help assess vulnerability to compromise from adversaries. The successful candidate must have prior experience with scope defined penetration testing using mainly open source tools.
Penetrate desktops, servers, applications, operating systems, and security systems to gain root/admin access
Provide black-box penetration testing utilizing tools and techniques to conduct cybersecurity evaluations for highly specialized network communication systems
Modify open source exploits to bypass/evade antivirus, firewalls, hardened systems, and IDS/IPS systems
Modify computer/system/network attacks, exploits, and Metasploit modules to create variations that evade detection
Perform reconnaissance, privilege escalation persistence, lateral movement, and payload generation for multiple targets
Hide digital artifacts and communications to evade antivirus, firewalls, IDS/IPS systems, Wireshark, and tcpdump
Work independently to analyze, research, and solve technical problems
Leverage existing business processes and document new repeatable business processes and procedures where necessary
Research external information on cybersecurity events, incidents, threats, and technical vulnerabilities
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Cybersecurity, Information Security, IT, EE, Network Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
Demonstrated 6 years experience in three or more specific areas to include: analysis, network engineering, networking security, penetration testing, red teaming, hardware engineering, software reverse engineering, and computer exploitation.
Experience with Kali Linux and Metasploit tools
Experience with programming/scripting: Python, Powershell, Ruby, C, JavaScript, etc
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to explain complex technical topics to non-technical audiences
Desired:
MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Computer Forensics, Network Security, or equivalent technical experience
4 years of exploit development, computer/network security, or network traffic analysis using analytical tools
Expert knowledge of networking components/devices and various OS/applications in Linux and Windows environments
At least one of the following certifications: CISSP, OSCP, CEH, CEPT, GPEN, EnCE, GASF, GSFE, or BLCE
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#1868
*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.
Responsibilities:
Conducts research and evaluates technical and all-source intelligence with specific emphasis on user behavior and patterns in a dynamic and changing mission environment. Detects anomalous activity in raw and processed log files for deeper exploration using IC tools and databases. Differentiates between general and targeted or suspicious scanning. Identifies trends RF systems and performs behavior analysis. Uses Splunk dashboards to create alerts and investigate log files. Correlates threat data from various sources. Writes concise assessments that highlight findings supported by evidence, articulating the impact of conclusions.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in EE, Applied Math, Physics, or related technical field
Minimum of 6 years of direct experience in Intelligence Community signals analysis or signal collection, with focus on wireless, cellular, satellite or terrestrial signals
Demonstrated proficiency with Splunk and Python
Proven ability to research and analyze data from a variety of sources and to present findings in clear and concise written reports
Familiarity with SIGINT tasking and collection mechanisms
Demonstrated working knowledge of RF and telecommunications protocols
Demonstrated working knowledge of IC data sets and tools for telecommunications analysis
Demonstrated ability to work well with teams or individually with minimal supervision
Desired Qualifications:
MS degree in technical field
Familiarity with other IC agencies
Familiarity with RF testing and measurement system
Familiarization with waveform engineering and analysis
Experience with operational communications
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#1836
STOR159
Location: Chantilly, VA
Title: MySQL Database Administrator
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Poly needed to apply *
Job Description:
Provide database administration of multiple MySQL databases across multiple enclaves as part of an Agile Scrum team in a physical and virtual Linux environment. • Experience with MySQL 8.0 enterprise
Experience performing as part of an Agile Scrum team
Experience with the Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
Plan, develop, manage, monitor and document database health checks, back-ups, configuration and replication.
Provide timely database support to developers, testers, power users and end users.
Plan and coordinate the development of new data structures, data schemas and access strategies in alignment with business and mission requirements.
Develop technical designs, documentation, requirements and collaborate with developers, system administrators and stakeholders.
Evaluate and provide recommendations in order to implement new database technologies, renew licenses and architectures.
Plan and manage the migration of databases to new technologies.
Perform Extract Transform Load (ETL) processes.
Will coordinate database maintenance, and test and implement changes and or new database designs.
Experience with MySQL, including replication services and configuration
Knowledgeable in design, implementation and maintenance of complex MySQL databases, specifically managing access methods, access time and device allocation.
Knowledgeable in database validation checks, protection and security, documentation and statistical methods.
Experience supporting production databases on Linux platforms, preferably CentOS or RHEL
Educational and Years of Experience:
Masters in comp sci, info systems, engineering, business or other related scientific or tech discipline with 2 years of experience
OR
Bach + 4, Associates + 6 or 8 year
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#1825
Network Security Engineer – Expert
Chantilly, VA
Responsibilities:
Act as a technical management resource for information system security matters.
Provides technical and programmatic Cyber Security and Information System Security Management Services to internal and external customers in support of network and information security systems.
Ensures the development and implementation of information security policy, requirements, and procedures within an organization’s business processes.
Reviews documentation from information obtained from customer using accepted guidelines such as RMF (Risk Management Framework).
Provides assessment and authorization (A&A) management support by guiding the development of all documentation necessary to complete the A&A process to include system security plans, contingency plans, and other associated documentation.
Conducts complex vulnerability assessments to include; development of risk mitigation strategies with the customer; adjudicating based on assessing the vulnerabilities, threats, and risk associated with assessment.
Reviews system configurations and scan tool results in order to determine system compliance and report results.
Analyzes policies and procedures against Federal laws and customer regulations and provides recommendations for closing gaps.
Develops strategies to comply with privacy, risk management, and e-authentication requirements.
Provides cyber security and information system security support for the development and implementation of security architectures to meet new and evolving security requirements.
Evaluates, develops and enhances security requirements, policy and tools.
Provides assistance in computer incident investigations.
Performs vulnerability assessments including development of risk mitigation strategies.
Required Qualifications:
Requires 12 to 15 years with BS/BA or 10 to 13 years with MS/MA or 7 to 9 years with PhD
Candidate shall demonstrate strong experience with customer's Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process (e.g. RMF, NIST800-53, ICD503)
Candidate shall demonstrate strong understanding of Cyber Security Policies
Candidate shall have strong understanding of Networks and IT systems
Candidate shall demonstrate strong communication skills
Candidate shall demonstrate experience working with and across teams and handling multiple projects at once.
Candidate shall demonstrate understanding of strong security practices and working with Security Officers
Candidate should have accreditation tool experience (e.g., Xacta, Nessus, AppDetective, WebInspect)
Candidate should have professional certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CASP, CISA, Security+)
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#1666
Title: Senior Cyber & Signals Analyst Location:Chantilly, VA *Clearance: ActiveTS/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.
Description/Responsibilities:
Conducts research and evaluates technical and all-source intelligence with specific emphasis on user behavior and patterns in a dynamic and changing mission environment. Detects anomalous activity in raw and processed log files for deeper exploration using IC tools and databases. Differentiates between general and targeted or suspicious scanning. Identifies trends RF systems and performs behavior analysis. Uses Splunk dashboards to create alerts and investigate log files. Correlates threat data from various sources. Writes concise assessments that highlight findings supported by evidence, articulating the impact of conclusions.
Required Skills/Qualifications:
· Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in EE, Applied Math, Physics, or related technical field
· Minimum of 6 years of direct experience in Intelligence Community signals analysis or signal collection, with focus on wireless, cellular, satellite or terrestrial signals
· Demonstrated proficiency with at least two (2) analysis tools such as Splunk, Google Earth, Analyst Notebook, etc.
· Proven ability to research and analyze data from a variety of sources and to present findings in clear and concise written reports
· Demonstrated working knowledge of RF and telecommunications protocols
· Demonstrated working knowledge of IC data sets and tools for telecommunications analysis Demonstrated ability to work well with teams or individually with minimal supervision
Desired Skills/Qualifications:
· MS degree in technical field
· Familiarity with other IC agencies
· Familiarity with SIGINT tasking and collection mechanisms
· Familiarity with RF testing and measurement system
· Familiarization with waveform engineering and analysis
Experience with operational communications
Equal Opportunity Employment Cornerstone Defense is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment for all employees and to upholding diversity in our recruiting and hiring processes. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, age, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#1665
Title: Cyber Watch Analyst – Day OR Night shift Location: Chantilly, VA *Clearance: ActiveTS/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.
Description/Responsibilities:
Looking for a Cyber Watch analyst to support a 12-hour Day/Night Shift schedule on the Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) Watch Floor:
Collaborate between CIRT elements as necessary during incident detection and response stages
Respond promptly to all request for support whether telephonic, via e-mail or instant messenger
Create releasable finished intelligence products and reports for the IC as well as IC Senior Leadership
Maintain incident case management database for all reported incidents
Analyze incidents and events captured in the Case Management Database for trends, patterns, or actionable information
Review incidents and events captured in the Case Management Database after closure for investigative sufficiency and timeliness
Leverage existing business processes and document new repeatable business processes and procedures where necessary
Research external information on events, incidents, outages, threats, and technical vulnerabilities
Coordinate and disseminate the best course of action for the IC enterprise during cybersecurity events, incidents, outages, threats and technical vulnerabilities with IC-IRC fusion analysis team
Assess incidents to identify type of attack, collect evidence, and assess impact
Required Skills/Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Cybersecurity, Information Security, IT, EE, Network Engineering, Computer Science, or related field. An additional 4 years of experience in a cyber security related area may be substituted for a degree. Experience used as college equivalency must be in addition to other experience requirements.
Minimum 1 year experience in three or more specific areas to include: analysis, network engineering, networking security, penetration testing, red teaming, hardware engineering, software reverse engineering, and computer exploitation.
Minimum 6 months experience working with a Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) system. (e.g.: ArcSight, Splunk Enterprise Security)
Minimum 6 months experience working in a Security or Network Operations Center (SOC or NOC).
Ability to research and analyze data from a variety of sources and to present findings in clear, concise reports.
Desired Skills/Qualifications:
Prior Intelligence Community experience.
Windows or Linux experience
Any relevant security certification
Equal Opportunity Employment Cornerstone Defense is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment for all employees and to upholding diversity in our recruiting and hiring processes. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, age, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Location:Chantilly, Virginia
Type:Contract
Job#1664
Title: RF Analyst – Expert Location: Chantilly, VA *Clearance: ActiveTS/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.
Description/Responsibilities:
The candidate will provide analyst expertise support to a United States Government (USG) customer and will be an active contributing member of a security vulnerability and computer forensic analysis team
The candidate will provide Radio Frequency (RF) expertise to a United States Government (USG) customer and will be an active contributing member of a RF security vulnerability and analysis team. The candidate must be able to provide trending and pattern analysis support and will be responsible for reviewing operational traffic, researching unclassified and classified data sets, preparing target packages, and providing briefings and products for senior USG officers. In addition, the candidate will provide guidance, case management, and support to field collection operations. The candidate must exercise excellent social acumen and operational judgment and be able to respond quickly to high priority tasking. The candidate must understand the importance of using tradecraft to minimize exposure. The candidate should have a comfort level with speaking as s/he may be required to brief assessments at various forums across the Intelligence Community. Furthermore, the ideal candidate will:
Conduct RF testing, forensics, and analysis using commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) and/or customer provided tools,
Support cyber security initiatives through both predictive and reactive analysis, articulating emerging trends to leadership and staff.
Provide management with discrepancy reports and end user documentation.
Communicate daily with program managers, management, customer representatives, and end users to ensure delivery of quality products.
Required Skills/Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, CS, Math, Physics or related field with focus on RF systems and technologies
Demonstrated familiarization with waveform engineering and analysis
Demonstrated familiarity with RF testing and RF analysis
Proven ability to research and analyze data from a variety of sources and to present findings in clear and concise written reports
Demonstrated working knowledge of software development and some demonstrated proficiency in scripting and/or programming languages and database development
Demonstrated ability to work well with teams or individually with minimal supervision
Desired Skills/Qualifications:
MS degree in technical field
Experience within IC community
Experience with planning and/or participating in red team exercises
Publications in peer-reviewed journals
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