Title: DevOps Systems Engineer
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.
 

Required Experience:

 
Desired Experience:

 

Title: Systems Administrator

Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Job Duties:

  Required Skills:

Desired Skills:

 

Title: Web Developer
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

 

  The Sponsor requires a Contractor team that shall handle policy and technical implementation activities under the Data Compliance Program.  This includes Project and Program management support, policy interpretation, communication and training, ongoing external system interaction and software and application development in partnership with Sponsor’s technical partner group. The team of Project Integrators will work closely with all team members, including technology, systems, program, training, communication, and oversight, both internal to the program as well as with external mission partners across the Sponsor organization, maintain the Sponsor’s communication and training platforms such as Sponsors WordPress, Confluence and Moodle, serve as the Sponsor team’s POCs with IT system teams to include ongoing communication and requirement tracking regarding data policy requirements, engage with legal and data governance partners and other key Sponsor stakeholders as required, and write code to support pulling and compiling relevant metrics for a dashboard using tools such as Tableau for work in a matrixed capacity with Sponsor’s technical partner team.
 

1. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience utilizing tools such as Tableau, WordPress, and Confluence.
2. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience with performing assessment, analysis and development of requirements.
3. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience ensuring technical requirements align with and are traceable to legal and policy requirements.
4. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience creating and delivering program and project artifacts and deliverables to a wide array of audiences.
5. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience with program and project reporting, for both technical and non-technical audiences.
6. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience exhibiting analytical and problem solving skills.
7. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience with the data management lifecycle and related policies.
8. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience with developing new training materials in various formats, in person or work-based training (WBT).
9. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience updating or revising training materials based on changes to training content.
10. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience creating reports measuring training delivered as well as development and maintenance of training metrics for internal and external reporting.
11. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience writing code to query partner system status and pull necessary metrics and develop a dashboard reporting capability with user interface.
12. (Desired) Demonstrated experience with and knowledge of executive, highly visible Sponsor programs
13. (Desired) Demonstrated experience with data tagging and metadata management.
14. (Desired) Demonstrated experience working independently or with the group as appropriate.

 

Title: Software Engineer
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.
 

The Sponsor is looking for a Software Developer to join an existing team in supporting small applications development environment requirements
 

1. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience using JavaScript (JS).
2. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience with these development languages: Java, NodeJS, and Angular.
3. (Desired) Demonstrated experience automating and scripting using Bash and Teraform.
4. (Desired) Demonstrated experience troubleshooting complex issues with managing and deploying applications in the cloud.
6. (Desired) Demonstrated experience with REST Web services and SOAP Web services.
7. (Desired) Demonstrated experience with Spring, Spring Security and Hibernate frameworks.
8. (Desired) Demonstrated experience with AWS CloudFormation Templates, Load Balancer, Autoscaling, Security Groups, S3 and KMS.
9. (Desired) Demonstrated experience automating configuration and provisioning of cloud resources.
10. (Desired) Demonstrated experience OpenSSL and TLS encryption protocols.
11. (Desired)  Demonstrated experience administering databases like MySQL.
12. (Desired) Demonstrated experience administering no-SQL databases like MongoDB.
13.(Desired) Demonstrated experience installing and managing Apache, Tomcat and Express servers

 

Title: ISSE/A&A Specialist
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.
 

Work requirementS

required skills and demonstrated experience

The Contractor Team shall have the following required skills, certifications and demonstrated experience:

Highly Desired skills and demonstrated experience

Skills and demonstrated experiences that are highly desired but not required to perform the work include:

 

Title: Software Engineer
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Maintain and add new capabilities to the core ServiceNow platform to enhance functionality for tenants
Develop, test and deploy updates to ServiceNow based on customer requirements
Customize and configure ServiceNow applications and facilitate rollout of new applications and modules; configure Application User Interface and configure workflow
Collaborate effectively with ServiceNow System Engineers and developers to develop solutions and handle general updates and configuration changes/requests
Identify system deficiencies and recommend solutions
Maintenance and continuous improvement of the processes, standards, policies, working methods and tools
Ensure appropriate tools and processes are in place to have a development/production environment that is reliable and reproducible
Ensure tool configuration consistency across Development, Testing, Integration, and Production environments
Participate in on-going production support and end user support
Document testing and maintenance of system corrections
Research, understand, and develop using new technologies and standards as needed
Researches, designs, develops, and/or modifies enterprise-wide systems and/or applications software
Involved in planning of system and development deployment as well as responsible for meeting software compliance standards
Evaluates interface between hardware and software, operational requirements, and characteristics of overall system
 

Required Education, Experience, & Skills:

A minimum of three (3) years relevant experience with Bachelor's degrees
Scripting experience, using JavaScript and other scripting languages
Aptitude and willingness to learn emerging technologies/tools as opportunities demand (i.e., ServiceNow and other tools)
Ability to efficiently and appropriately estimate work effort requirements
Ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal methods
Ability to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines
Ability to work independently and in a team environment
Ability to adapt to a constantly changing environment
High degree of initiative, creativity, and technical ability to function on this team required
Ability to identify issues and implement corrective actions
 

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills:

Understanding of ServiceNow Development Platform including, but not limited to, ITSM, ITOM, SPM, HR Module, Customer Service Management (CSM), Asset Management, Change Management, Customer Development, etc.
Experience developing ServiceNow products using JavaScript and other coding applications
Database Administration (Oracle or MYSQL) experience
The ideal candidate would also have IT project management experience, and be familiar with Scrum, Lean, Agile and DevOps.
Experience with Java, Ruby, DevOps and DevSecOps
 

Title: Software Engineer
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Maintain and add new capabilities to the core ServiceNow platform to enhance functionality for tenants
Develop, test and deploy updates to ServiceNow based on customer requirements
Customize and configure ServiceNow applications and facilitate rollout of new applications and modules; configure Application User Interface and configure workflow
Collaborate effectively with ServiceNow System Engineers and developers to develop solutions and handle general updates and configuration changes/requests
Identify system deficiencies and recommend solutions
Maintenance and continuous improvement of the processes, standards, policies, working methods and tools
Ensure appropriate tools and processes are in place to have a development/production environment that is reliable and reproducible
Ensure tool configuration consistency across Development, Testing, Integration, and Production environments
Participate in on-going production support and end user support
Document testing and maintenance of system corrections
Research, understand, and develop using new technologies and standards as needed
Researches, designs, develops, and/or modifies enterprise-wide systems and/or applications software
Involved in planning of system and development deployment as well as responsible for meeting software compliance standards
Evaluates interface between hardware and software, operational requirements, and characteristics of overall system
 

Required Education, Experience, & Skills:

A minimum of three (3) years relevant experience with Bachelor's degrees
Scripting experience, using JavaScript and other scripting languages
Aptitude and willingness to learn emerging technologies/tools as opportunities demand (i.e., ServiceNow and other tools)
Ability to efficiently and appropriately estimate work effort requirements
Ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal methods
Ability to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines
Ability to work independently and in a team environment
Ability to adapt to a constantly changing environment
High degree of initiative, creativity, and technical ability to function on this team required
Ability to identify issues and implement corrective actions
 

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills:

Understanding of ServiceNow Development Platform including, but not limited to, ITSM, ITOM, SPM, HR Module, Customer Service Management (CSM), Asset Management, Change Management, Customer Development, etc.
Experience developing ServiceNow products using JavaScript and other coding applications
Database Administration (Oracle or MYSQL) experience
The ideal candidate would also have IT project management experience, and be familiar with Scrum, Lean, Agile and DevOps.
Experience with Java, Ruby, DevOps and DevSecOps

 

Title: Software Engineer
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

​Required Education, Experience, & Skills :

We are looking for experienced Software Developers to join our technology-based program supporting a key Government customer.

A Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees are preferred with a minimum of eleven (11) year’s relevant experience with the following skillsets:
 
Must have 5-7 years programming experience in Java
Experience with computer networking, network automation
Experience operating in a CI/CD/DevOps/Agile environment
Enterprise software requirements specification and management
Software Integration, defect management, and remediation
Software maintenance, and enhancements to existing systems and platforms
Must be a self-starter that can lead complex projects
Ability to serve as part of a software development team to deliver automated solutions for standard network services support of a large IT infrastructure project

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills :
Hands on experience using Ruby on Rails
Knowledge and experience with Infrastructure as Code (IoC)
Cloud design for software, implementation, and configuration
Security Development Operations (SecDevOps)
Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks

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Title: Software Engineer
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

​Job duties of the Software Development Engineer may include: 
 Use customer tools (i.e., AppDynamics, ServiceNow) to develop and maintain dashboards that display useful system monitoring information for leadership and end usersDevelop, test and deploy updates to ServiceNow based on customer requirementsCollaborate effectively with ServiceNow System Engineers and developers to develop solutions and handle general updates and configuration changes/requestsProvide guidance to end users on how to make adjustments to system dashboardsUse experience and data trends to determine what system monitoring information/metrics should be collected and displayed to add value to the end userUse experience with customer’s monitoring tools and knowledge of customer’s strategic objectives to identify areas of improvement and recommend implementation plansResearch, design, develop, and/or modify enterprise-wide systems and/or applications softwareParticipate in in planning of system and development deployment as well as responsible for meeting software compliance standardsDocument testing and maintenance of system correctionsInteract with customers for support and servicesResearch, understand, and develop using new technologies and standards as neededHandle multiple tasks and adapt to a constantly changing environmentImplement corrective actions​

Required Education, Experience, & Skills :
We are looking for experienced Software Development Engineers to join our technology-based program supporting a key Government customer. A Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees are preferred with a minimum of sixteen (16) year’s relevant experience or at least eighteen (18) years' experience in lieu of a degree. 

Qualified candidates with the following skillsets can be considered: Strong understanding of ServiceNow Development Platform including, but not limited to, ITSM, ITOM, SPM, HR Module, Customer Service Management (CSM), Asset Management, Change Management, Customer Development, etc.Proven significant success developing and integrating ServiceNow products using JavaScript and other coding applicationsLinux scripting experience (Python, Java, Ruby, or .Net); working within the Linux CMD lineDevelopment experience in Cloud environment (Amazon Web Services)Ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal methodsAbility to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlinesAbility to work independently, and also work in a team environmentAptitude and willingness to work with variety of newer emerging technologies/tools as opportunities demandAbility to deliver enhanced functionality, aid with new implementations, and provide continuous support within the scheduled time while preserving system integrity requiredHigh degree of initiative, creativity, and technical ability to function on this team required​​Preferred

Experience in AppDynamics development and integrationAWS Cloud Certification(s)

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Title: Software Engineer
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills :
We are looking for experienced Software Engineers to join our technology-based program supporting a key Government customer. Qualified candidates will have a bachelor’s or master’s Degree and a minimum of eleven (11) years related experience in the following areas:

Senior Software Developer / Systems Engineer responsible for the automated provisioning of physical and AWS servers, utilizing existing COTs products (Service Now). This position requires a person with knowledge of ServiceNow and its use as an automated provisioning mechanism to provision multiple cloud service provider’s servers including Azure and AWS Windows and Linux AMIs.  A successful candidate should have extensive scripting knowledge and capabilities specifically related to PowerShell, Power-CLI, JavaScript, Python, Perl Scripts, and Bash Shell scripting. 
 
Deep understanding/experience in Cloud technologies (AWS, MS Azure, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud, Oracle cloud)
Use cloud knowledge/experience to recommend cloud solutions, based on customer/system requirements
Ability to provide analytical and technical support, installation, repair, and troubleshooting in cloud services
Provide cloud guidance and technical support to customers interested in working in a multi-cloud environment
Develop Web-based UIs
Implement Web apps and support services
Linux Experience
System automation
Experience developing Service Now applications
Extensive JavaScript experience
Python

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills :
IT system automation to include artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML)
Experience with automated testing
Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
Automation tools (e.g. Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Terraform, etc.)
Knowledge of Security Development Operations (SecDevOps) on iterative development projects
Cloud design, implementation, and configuration
Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code
Knowledge of Agile development principles.
Knowledge of modern software languages (e.g. Java, C, C++, C#, Python, Perl, etc.)

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Title: Software Developer
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.


Required Education, Experience, & Skills :
We are looking for experienced Software Developers to join our technology-based program supporting a key Government customer. A Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees in computer science are preferred with a minimum of eleven (11) year’s relevant experience. 

Primary responsibilities may include (but not limited to):  
Work with a team engaged in providing technical support in a mission critical Windows-based environment to users world-wide. 
Ensure that applications are compatible with the architecture and aligns to the requirements
Analyze requirements, understand the architecture and troubleshoot other data processing problems for applications.
Engineering (Scripting), Packaging, Testing, maintaining, and monitor applications and their operating systems, including coordinating the installation of the applications
MECM application staging and distribution or content knowledge
Provide technical guidance to users
Proven ability to test, debug and refine software to produce the required product, reduce operating time or improve efficiency.
Required skills:
Software Engineering
Remote User Support
Windows Server 2016 or higher
Microsoft Enterprise Configuration Management (MECM)
PowerShell
Batch/CMD
MSI (Windows Installer)
Scripting knowledge (PowerShell and Windows Batch commands), SCCM, MECM, Active Directory
Tier 3 support- troubleshooting and providing technical resolution for escalated requests.
Knowledge of software installation of programs, coding and/ scripting skills
Proven ability to act resourcefully with the willingness and ability to take initiative

 

Title: Software Engineer
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

​A Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees are preferred with a minimum of eleven (11) year’s relevant experience with the following skillsets:

Serve as part of a software development team to deliver automated solutions for standard network services support of a large IT infrastructure project.
Must have hands – on programming and scripting experience in Python with 5 to 7 years of experience with a minimum of 2 years on network automation
Must be a self-starter that can lead complex automation projects and guide junior developers
Experience operating in a CI/CD/DevOps/Agile fast paced environment
Experience in network automation tools Ansible and Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO)
Experience in Development of automated testing scripts with integration to a CI/CD pipeline with Python PyATS or similar testing framework and Jenkins
Experience in developing data models and understanding of Yang
Exposure to Cisco IOS, IOS XR. NX –OS and Junos operating systems desired

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills :
Service Now
The ideal candidate would also have IT project management experience, and be familiar with Scrum, Lean, Agile and DevOps.
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Title: Network Architect
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills :
Enterprise Network Architect SME

We are seeking a SME Architect with a minimum of 16 years' experience designing, implementing, and supporting Cloud, Enterprise, and Service provider Networks, Network Hardening, Cloud Migration, and Ansible Automation.

Required Education, Experience, and Skills including the following:

B.S., Computer Engineering, or related field

CCIE Certification- both written and lab

JNCIE Certification- both written and lab

Deep knowledge of MPLS, TCIP/IP, VPM and IP telephony

Developing IP/MBLS network architecture

Developing and executing MPLS VPN Service Standards for global network

Linux Systems Engineering experience, including: AWS Deployment, Apache/Ngnix, PostgreSQL, Linux, KVM virtualization, Bash and Pearl Scripting

Red Hat Ansible Automation

Enterprise Architecture frameworks and principles

Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC) Support

Cloud experience (AWS, VPC, transit gateway, private link, ELB, ELB, etc.); Azure (connectivity services – Vnet, Virtual WAN, VPN gateway, application protection, application delivery and network monitoring, etc.)
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Title: Software Engineer
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

​Required Education, Experience, & Skills :
We are looking for experienced Software Developers to join our technology-based program supporting a key Government customer.

A Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees are preferred with a minimum of eleven (11) year’s relevant experience with the following skillsets:
Serve as part of a software development team to deliver automated solutions for standard network services support of a large IT infrastructure project. 
Must have hands – on programming and scripting experience in Python with 5 to 7 years of experience with a minimum of 2 years on network automation
Must be a self-starter that can lead complex automation projects and guide junior developers
Experience operating in a CI/CD/DevOps/Agile fast paced environment
Experience in network automation tools Ansible and Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO)
Experience in Development of automated testing scripts with integration to a CI/CD pipeline with Python PyATS or similar testing framework and Jenkins
Experience in developing data models and understanding of Yang
Exposure to Cisco IOS, IOS XR. NX –OS and Junos operating systems desired

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills :
Service Now
The ideal candidate would also have IT project management experience, and be familiar with Scrum, Lean, Agile and DevOps.

 

Title: Software Engineer
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

​Required Education, Experience, & Skills :

We are looking for experienced Software Developers to join our technology-based program supporting a key Government customer. A bachelor’s or master’s degrees in computer science are preferred with a minimum of three (3) year’s relevant experience with the following skillsets:
1+ years working in AWS C2S
2+ years' experience participating in agile activities.
Infrastructure as a code language (Ansible, Puppet, or chef as examples)
Eclipse developmental duties Git Hub, Dev Ops, Java and Python.
Candidate should have experience in security review of applications and infrastructure.
2+ Years' experience participating in agile activities.
3+ years of RECENT Java or Python or .Net experience
3+ years of RECENT Database Administration (oracle or MYSQL) experience
Research new technologies in object-oriented programming.
Experience in Cloud based services.
Works well in an engineering team environment with other teammates who varied skills levels.
Ability to mentor others

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills :
Experience with infrastructure automation technologies like Docker, Vagrant, etc.
Experience with build automation technologies like Maven, Jenkins, etc.
Experience with with building APIs and services using REST, SOAP, etc
Experience with scripting languages like Perl, Shell, etc.

 

Title: Information Systems Security Engineer
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.
 

Cornerstone Defense is seeking a skilled and motivated Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) to work hand-in-hand with our Development and Sustainment Teams in navigating Security policy/requirements that effectively deliver compliant and compelling technical/operational solutions.  As a whole, the Program supports a Classified Government Customer responsible for Records and Information Management, Classification Management and Policy, Archives and Records Center oversight, Records Digitization and Automation, and a host of software development and enabling functions that position the Customer for sustained success.  The potential on this Program to expand support to other Sponsor Customer areas and the larger Intelligence Community is high and requires an individual a strong security background who understands and can translate security policy/requirements into actionable artifacts; someone who can think strategically; respond tactically; has the interpersonal skills to effectively communicate, interface and represent the Program at all levels; possesses a strong Mission/Support ethic; and takes proprietary pride in performance. 
Procedurally, the ISSE will work closely with the ISSM, Customer Leadership, and the Program in every facet of development and sustainment activity.  The successful ISSE will provide security guidance, standards, and oversight.  He/She will provide input to A&A process activities and related documentation such as systems concept of operations, system security design, implementation plans, operational procedures, and maintenance training materials.  Moreover, facilitate and own security support and compliance efforts that lead to an efficient/effective end result.  The ISSE is an integral member of the Team and requires a roll-up-your-sleeves type individual with a ‘how it can be done’ vs ‘why it can’t be done’ mindset.  
This position is located in Herndon and flexible work schedule options are available.

 

1. The Successful Candidate will possess the following skills and capabilities:
2. Essential:
3. • Demonstrated ability to lead by example, be decision-oriented and accountable, walk the talk, and engender trust and respect across stakeholders.
4. • Have the ability to think in terms of ‘today’ and ‘tomorrow’, influence and optimize desired outcomes, and possess the internal fortitude to recognize success through others.
5. • Strong communicative, collaborative and negotiation skills are essential.
6. • Must be a self-aware individual who is approachable, responsive, open to perspectives, and leverages the collective strengths of the Teams he/she supports.
7. • Possesses strong analytic and problem solving skills, has the ability to make informed/educated decisions, and possess a continuous improvement mindset.
8. • Through understanding of Information Security principles and Risk Assessment techniques.
9. • Experience working with Sponsor and providing input to A&A process activities and related documentation such as systems concept of operations, system security design, implementation plans, operational procedures, and maintenance training materials.
10. • Demonstrated experience conducting assessments of existing and proposed security architectures and designs for compliance (e.g. ICD 503).
11. • A TS/SCI Clearance w/Full Scope Poly.
12. • Bachelor’s degree (preferably in STEM field) and 3 years technical experience. Experience will be considered in lieu of education.

 

1. • Experience with using RAPID 7 and other scanning applications
2. • Familiarity with Agile framework
3. • One/more Advanced Certifications: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP);  Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP); AWS (Architect, DevOps, Security)

 

 

Title: Database Administrator
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Description: Seeking a highly motivated, self-directed professional to fill the role of Database Administrator (DBA). The ideal candidate has in-depth Oracle DBA experience where the infrastructure is Amazon Web Services (AWS) Commercial Cloud Services (C2S) based. In this position, the DBA must oversee and operationally maintain the reliability and security of the databases used in two specific applications. The DBA must also be able to interact with the extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) components within the organization to ensure proper data flow, availability, integrity, and performance of the data to the end user analysts.
Maintaining data security, along with access credentials and policies, are of the utmost importance in this role. Therefore, it is critical for the person in this position to have expert knowledge and awareness of Information Technology (IT) and Cyber Security best practices.
This position is on a small but crucial team where they are the sole DBA who works with a single application developer to maintain the product in AWS C2S. Experience with Oracle 21c migrations in the cloud will be helpful in determining the candidate’s immediate success.
Required Qualifications:
• Degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering; or a combination of related work experience, technical training, and professional certifications.
• Significant experience administering database structures (Oracle PL/SQL, mySQL)
– Service Registries
– Monitoring
– Database management best practices
– Ability to plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.
• Proven experience working in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment to include the following skills
– Server installation and maintenance
– CloudFormation
An SAP NS2 Company
• Knowledge of public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
• Strong experience with certificates and Certificate Authorities
Desired Qualifications:
• Experience with a variety of information systems
• MongoDB familiarity
• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

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Title: Configuration Manager        
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.
 

HIGHLY DESIRED SKILLS AND DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE

Title: Machine Learning Engineer
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Introduction: The Sponsors Office is accountable for clearance processing of all individuals with access to Sponsor data and facilities. The office is charged with fulfilling requirements in the most timely and efficient manner possible. The Sponsors office has requirements to communicate with various partners and Industrial and Independent Contractors using unsecure means. The Sponsor seeks to gain efficiencies in communication and workflow processes by optimizing communication using cross domain network solutions (i.e., unsecure to secure network connections) in conjunction with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The Sponsor needs specialized support in IT Program Management, Software Engineering, Test Engineering, and Systems Engineering.

Work Requirement: The Contractor Team shall provide expertise and guidance in the procurement of cross domain solutions and maintain such solutions and systems for the Sponsor. The Contractor Team shall conduct research into all aspects of existing and future aspects of cross domain solutions the Sponsor currently or could potentially leverage such as AWS ProServe. The Contractor Team shall recommend and perform implementation and integration strategies for cross domain solutions into existing Sponsor business practices and systems. The Contractor Team shall conduct O&M on Sponsor cross domain platforms. The Contractor Team shall provide guidance to the Sponsor regarding past, current, and future business practices. The Contractor Team shall develop and maintain cross domain system documentation. The Contractor Team shall attend regular meetings to understand and suggest requirements and workflow enhancements. The Contractor Team shall document meeting discussions. The Contractor Team shall build rapport with stakeholders and influence outcome of decisions on behalf of the Sponsor. The Contractor Team shall contribute to data collection and analysis discussions and realign priorities and collection strategies during evolving mission priorities. The Contractor Team shall provide expertise to implement and integrate the Sponsors OCR software. The Contractor Team shall engineer solutions with OCR and data capture technology such as IBM Datacap Taskmaster Capture, version 22.0.1. The Contractor Team shall enable the Sponsors OCR efforts to ingest multiple form types such as .pdf. The Contractor Team shall map their data fields to other forms of varying types, such as JSON. The Contractor Team shall store and send all files to appropriate storage or destruction/deletion locations as necessary. The Contractor Team shall conduct full system development lifecycle analysis to include requirements, activities, and design. The Contractor Team shall code, test and deploy a cross domain scheduling solution. The Contractor Team shall enable the Sponsors scheduling of tests between secure systems and unsecure systems. The Contractor Team shall provide written reports, spreadsheets, briefings and briefing material, technical solutions presentations, technical papers, analysis by specified timelines as directed by the Sponsor on a case-by-case basis, within the contract period. The Contractor Team shall document and gather requirements and track/document progress accordingly.

1. Demonstrated experience understanding various security systems, including as but not limited to: ARES (Oracle), INSPIRE, PSARS, COGNOS. 
2. Demonstrated experience in AWS ProServe, IaC (Infrastructur-as-code), and AWS cloud services.
3. Demonstrated experience with software engineering, DevOps, Cross domain transfer, and O&M.
4. Demonstrated experience with OCR, including data extraction and restructuring into other formats, particularly with IBM Datacap Taskmaster Capture, version 22.0.1. 
5. Demonstrated experience in the field of AGILE software.   
6. Demonstrated experience supporting the development of metrics and visualization tools.
7. Demonstrated experience eliciting requirements using interviews, document analysis, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, and task and workflow analysis.
8. Demonstrated experience integrating information from multiple sources.
9. Demonstrated experience with JIRA and Confluence.
10. Demonstrated experience documenting and gathering requirements, and tracking their progress accordingly.
11. Demonstrated experience with SharePoint and document control management.
12. Demonstrated experience analyzing and designing business processes.
13. Demonstrated experience implementing management reporting workflows.
14. Demonstrated experience exhibiting oral and written communication skills
15. Demonstrated experience working independently and interacting regularly with government and non-government stakeholders.

1. Demonstrated experience having a basic understanding of the Sponsors overall community security processes and industry best practices. 
2. Demonstrated experience obtaining full understanding of the personnel security process with expectations of reviewing and analyzing current trends for improvement of security processing systems.

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Title: Cloud Engineer
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE 

HIGHLY DESIRED SKILLS AND DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE 

 

Title: Requirements Officer/Project Integrator
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Cornerstone Defense is seeking a Project Officer/ Project Integrator in the Herndon area who is knowledgeable in requirements gathering, project management, software development, requirements management, and government procedures. This right candidate should be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with a creatively diverse group. Acting as a liaison between developers and the customer. This position requires the applicant to possess in-depth hands-on experience as a program integrator in an area where cooperation, communication, and continual trade-craft improvements are the norm. The ability to aptly respond to, translate, and oversee the progress of business requirements is a must. This position is a critical component of a larger integration team which includes Configuration Managers, Scrum Masters, Software Testers, and others all of which are focused on long-range planning, assuring organizational success, and consistently delivering value for our customer.

•Plan and coordinate program management process activities including scheduling of meetings and preparation of briefings/presentations.
• Ability to organize and track complex requirements to understand what does the customer needs
• Assist PMO in assessing, documenting, tracking, and forecasting new program requirements and follow-on technical exchange meetings (TEMs).
• Support the Program Manager in resource leveling planning and analysis.
• Manage project in the enterprise requirements management tool to include input of new requirements, refinement of requirements, movement of requirements, and creation and maintenance of boards and reports.
• Create and maintain reporting from enterprise requirements management tool.
• Coordinate project schedules, including participation in meetings; documentation and distribution of minutes and action items; and tracing action items for successful completion.
• Assist in the preparation of management plans and reports.
• Support task requiring the collecting, compiling, evaluating, and publishing of information and statistical data in documents, records, forms, reports, plans, policies, and regulations.
• Maintain PMO documentation.
• Provide support such as technical writing, technical editing of documents, integration of various sources into a cohesive product which may be delivered as computer based magnetic media, preparation of graphical and narrative presentation material.
• Compose technical documents including user’s manuals, training materials, installation guides, proposals, and reports.
• Edit functional descriptions, system specifications, user’s manuals, special reports, or any other customer deliverables and documents
• Ability to multi-task in a fast- paced environment.

 

1. • Project Management and/or Scrum Master certification
2. Experience leading Software Development teams using Agile methodologies
3. • Candidates must have a Bachelors’ Degree and a minimum of six (8) years of experience, or 11 years of experience without a degree.
4. • Candidates resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position mentioned above, experience can be considered in lieu of a degree

 

Title: Scrum Master
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.
 

Scrum Master -Senior The Scrum master will assist the Program Manager and various team members with designing, developing, integrating and maintaining enterprise web applications to support challenging and demanding high profile customers.

The Scrum Master will take on a coaching role and help implement agile methodologies within the project teams. The Scrum Master will be responsible for identifying best practices for repeating and standardizing workflows and providing guidance on how to best approach new technology integration. The Scrum Master shall possess strong analytical and project management skills, how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements and lead a team through agile sprints to develop/test/integrate and deploy applications. The Scrum Master will be involved in recording and evaluating requirements; tracking multiple teams' progress through a succession of agile methodologies; coordination of multiple project schedules against larger office-level schedules; and spearheading/driving technology advancements and improvements for existing capabilities.

 

1. Requires a minimum of 11 years specific to the skill set or a combination of formal education, related certifications, and related experience.

 

Title: Software Engineer
Location: Herndon, Virginia
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.
 

Cornerstone Defense DevOps Software Engineers help promote state-of-the-art IT solutions, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and share lessons learned. Focus on enabling container deployments  and  implementation of serverless architectures within AWS. Additionally, we need our DevOps Software Engineer to be versatile and be enthusiastic to take on new problems. We believe that in addition to hiring great talent, a diversity of perspectives, ideas, and cultures leads to the creation of better products.
 

1. • Object Oriented Programming experience
2. • Experience with AWS (e.g., CloudFormation, EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB, and ElasticSearch)
3. • Experience with relational databases (e.g., RDS, Oracle, Postgres)
4. • Experience in continuous integration technology (e.g., Chef, Puppet, Docker, Jenkins, Ansible)
5. • Experience with interacting in a Linux environment (ex – Bash scripting)
6. • BS/BA in Computer Science OR equivalent combination of education and experience

 

1. Preferred Qualifications:
2. • Experience with Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby
3. • Experience with application platforms such as Spring Boot or Angular
4. • Experience with log analytics tools such as Splunk or ElasticSearch
5. • Experience working with containers using Docker
6. • Experience with container orchestration systems such as Kubernetes and Mesos
7. • Experience in communicating with users, technical teams, and senior management
8. • Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
9. • Comfortable managing competing priorities and are able to bring order to ambiguous scenarios
10. • Familiarity with Source code management and integration (ex – GitHub/GitLab)
11. • Experience in an Agile environment (JIRA, Confluence)

 

 

Title: Software Developer
Location: Herndon, Virginia
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.
 

 Cornerstone Defense is seeking a Full Performance developer to support a dynamic program.  The current technical team provides software design, development, operations, and maintenance on myriad systems and initiatives advancing AI/ML/Data Management.  The program technical teams focus on streamlining operations, automating processes, and aligning enterprise data management solutions to the overarching digital architecture. We are seeking a developer to support an emerging project as part of a team.
 

1. Utilize the SCRUM Agile methodology for all software application development unless otherwise directed by client
2. Considerable knowledge of the life-cycle process for software development, web applications, and implementation
3. Considerable knowledge and ability to program proficiently in two or more of the applications or database programming languages relevant to the project.
4. Ability to translate user requirements into end-to-end design for applications/databases that may involve multiple interfaces to other applications or supporting database systems.
5. Ability to track and resolve programming bugs.
6. Ability to explain protocols, technical procedures and processes clearly and accurately to both technical and non-technical audiences.
7. Ability to plan, set goals, and determine strategies for accomplishing results; monitors and evaluates progress towards goals.
8. Ability to write clear, concise and effective requirements documents, correspondence, procedures, and reports in accordance with policies.
9. Develop software applications as web services that are written in JavaScript capable technology unless otherwise directed. Examples include JavaScript, Java; ASP.NET;
10. Scripting languages (Perl, PHP, Ruby on Rails); and Rich UI Plugins (Flex, Silverlight, Google Earth Plugin)
11. Experience in applying security patches, performing security scans, and assessing vulnerabilities
12. Experience in supporting the application accreditation process

 

Title: Information Systems Security Engineer
Location: Herndon, Virginia
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

 

Seeking an Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE). The role of the ISSE is to bridge the gap between high level security policies/requirements and technical/operational implementation of those requirements. Candidates should have in-depth understanding of the cybersecurity policies and procedures for government sector information systems and sufficient technical knowledge and experience to implement them. The ISSE will work closely and effectively with the ISSM and Sponsor IT managers on all aspects of their development and implementation programs as they progress through their Agile management processes. The ISSE will provide guidance, standards, and oversight to the development teams as they work towards accreditation and then to keep accredited. The candidate will provide input to A&A process activities and related documentation such as systems concept of operations, system security design, implementation plans, operational procedures, and maintenance training materials.
 
Bachelor's degree (preferably in STEM field) and 10 years technical experience. Additional technical experience may be substituted in lieu of education.

Must have a TS/SCI Full Scope Poly Clearance. This position is located in the Herndon area.
 

1. Experience working with sponsor and providing input to A&A process activities and related documentation such as systems concept of operations, system security design, implementation plans, operational procedures, and maintenance training materials
2. Demonstrated on-the-job experience conducting assessments of existing IT architecture for compliance with security requirements from applicable security frameworks (such as ICD 503)
3. Demonstrated on- the job- experience evaluating proposed security architectures and designs against security compliance requirements.
4. Basic understanding of information security principles and risk assessment techniques
5. Provide continuous monitoring support for information systems
6. Basic understanding of information security principles and risk assessment techniques
7. Experience with using NESSUS and other scanning applications
8. Advanced analytical skills: able to use prior experience and knowledge to seamlessly incorporate new knowledge or information during client interactions
9. Advanced communications skills: able to work well with others, independently and as part of a team
10. Must be able to work well with others including educating development teams who may not have the same understanding of security as you do
11. Intermediate presentation skills: able to interview engineers on technical subject matter as well as brief executive level stakeholders

 

1. Familiarity with Agile framework
2. Certifications (not required but encouraged):
3. Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
4. Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP)
5. AWS (Architect, DevOps, Security)

Title: Applications Developer

Location:Herndon, Virginia
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

 

Cornerstone Defense  is looking to support a Full Stack Applications Developer to develop, enhance, and maintain enterprise / departmental IT systems.  This position requires in-depth hands-on experience developing software in a team environment where customer focus, cooperation, communication, and continual tradecraft improvements are the norm.  Must have excellent debugging skills, work independently, think outside the box, and interact well with others.
 

1. • Demonstrated experience dealing with customers
2. • Proficient in Java
3. • Experience with JavaScript / Typescript
4. • Experience with application frameworks (Spring Boot, NodeJS-NestJS); Experience developing applications with the Node.js framework
5. • Experience with Python
6. • Must know how to use an IDE to code (ex – IntelliJ, Eclipse, NetBeans)
7. • Hands on experience with cloud technology (AWS / C2S)
8. • Experience with web services (REST) and service oriented architecture (SOA) – Spring Boot, Tomcat
9. • Experience with relational databases (ex – Oracle / Postgres)
10. • Experience with interacting in a Linux environment (ex – Bash scripting, VI)
11. • Ability to work well with others as well as independently
12. • Ability to work well in a constantly evolving, fast paced work environment
13. • BS/BA in Software Engineering, Science, Mathematics, or similar OR equivalent combination of education and experience
1. • Experience with Microservices
2. • Experience with front end development using Angular 10
3. • Familiarity with Source code management and integration (ex – GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins)
4. • Experience in an Agile environment

Title: Software Developer
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Seeking a highly motivated, self-directed professional to fill the role of Software Developer. The ideal candidate has the ability to develop software to parse various data types and transform them into a common data model. Maintaining the existing data parsing code and associated database tables. General support of a large database (50+ TB) holding the mission data
Required Qualifications:
• Minimum 2-3 years of practical, hands-on experience with Java
• Demonstrated experience in AWS
• Experience with file input and output
• Experience with libraries used to read and write structured data (XML, JSON, CSV, etc.)
• Experience with Devops (Maven, Gradle, Jenkin, Nexus)
• Experience with Unit testing (JUnit, Mockito, etc.)
• Proven ability to understand and debug existing code
• Experience working with large data volumes requiring highly performant code
• Oracle Database Experience
o Experience writing complex SQL statements to join multiple tables
o Experience designing schemas (tables, columns, foreign keys, etc.)
o Experience with large databases (million+ rows)
• Ability to work independently
Desired Qualifications:
• Experience with Java 8 Streams
• Experience writing stored procedures and PL/SQL

 

Title: Applications Software Developer
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Seeking a highly motivated, self-directed professional to fill the role of Applications Software Developer on our team in the Herndon, VA area. The ideal candidate will excel at designing, building, and deploying highly scalable, resilient, performant services in an integrated team to continually improve DevOps posture. They will work with current application teams to understand current analytics, review test plans, and to collaborate with user interface designers to ensure developed software integrates seamlessly. Additionally, they will serve as an expert resource within the development team to determine the needs of the business that will simplify and automate the application services. Required Qualifications:
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related or an additional 6 years of experience in lieu of degree
• Demonstrated experience with Java and one or more technologies (e.g., Servlets, Hibernate, Spring, Web Services/J2EE)
• Demonstrated experience with datasets both relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, MS SQL Server, Oracle, Postgres, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience in continuous integration and delivery tools (e.g., Git, Jenkins, Puppet, Chef, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience in Web server technologies (Tomcat, Web Logic, IIS, HttpCore)
Desired Qualifications:
• Demonstrated experience with Typescript UI technologies
• Demonstrated experience working in a dynamic working environment

 

Title: Software Engineer
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

seeking a highly motivated, self-directed professional to fill the role of Software Engineer. The ideal candidate has the ability to work with big data and various data formats to make data meaningful to the end user. This individual is responsible for working with developers, other data scientists, and various stakeholders to address mission needs. Responsibilities include developing visualizations, modeling data, developing algorithms, working on software libraries, and investigating data questions.
Required Qualifications:
• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance
• A degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or specialized experience in a scientific or technical discipline
• Demonstrated experience in AWS
• Minimum 2-3 years of practical, hands-on experience with Java
• Experience with file input and output
• Experience with libraries used to read and write structured data (XML, JSON, CSV, etc.)
• Experience with Unit testing (JUnit, Mockito, etc.)
• Proven ability to understand and debug existing code
• Experience working with large data volumes requiring highly performant code
• Oracle Database Experience
o Experience writing complex SQL statements to join multiple tables
o Experience designing schemas (tables, columns, foreign keys, etc.)
o Experience with large databases (million+ rows)
• Ability to work independently
• Elasticsearch, Python, and Kbana
• Demonstrated knowledge of NoSQL, SQL and Relational Databases (MySQL)
Desired Qualifications:
• AWS
• Grafana
•MapReduce (EMR)

•Avro

Title: Systems Administrator
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.
 

1. • Must have hands-on experience with AWS and Linux in a production environment.
2. • Experience patching and maintaining system's databases, to include RDS, MySQL, and Oracle
3. • Proven experience troubleshooting and solving technical problems
4. • Knowledge of Federated Identity, RBAC, authentication & authorization solution, etc.
5. • Understanding of secure-cloud configuration, (e.g., CloudTrail, AWS Config), cloud-security technologies (e.g., VPC, Security Groups) and Access Control (IAM).
6. • Experience with configuration management (e.g., Puppet, Chef, Ansible, CloudFormation, etc.)
7. • Experience with security, such as NGFW, WAF, SIEM, endpoint security.
8. • Ability to work in a fast-paced agile environment
9. • Bachelor's Degree in IT related field or equivalency in related work experience
10. • Demonstrated on-the-job experience working and solving technical problems independently as a system administrator.
11. • Experience using a scripting language.
12. • Demonstrated ability to monitor and troubleshoot enterprise workflow applications, to include: installing, starting, and stopping background processes, analyzing log and event files, and patching and troubleshooting.
13. • Demonstrated ability creating and managing a virtual infrastructure, such as AWS, Azure, Hyper-V, or VMWare.

 

Title: Scanning Technician
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.
 

1. Provide mail-processing support for the onsite client registry Monday through Friday between 7am and 4 pm;
2. Strong computer and customer service skills
3. Knowledge of and experience in using Microsoft Office Suite, especially, Word and Excel
4. Knowledge of Adobe and understanding file conversions.
5. Knowledge of client guidelines for physical distribution of mailings; courier deliveries; etc.
6. Ability to follow standard operating procedures, think independently, and use sound judgement, but know when to ask questions.

 

Title: Project Integrator
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

1. • Project Management Certification
2. • Candidates must have a Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of six (8) years of experience, or 11 years of experience without a degree.
3. • Candidates resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position mentioned above, experience can be considered in lieu of a degree

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Title: Knowledge Management Expert
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

1. MANDATORY SKILLS
2. Demonstrated skills in creating dashboards using Tableau to support business analytics and visibility into workflow.
3. Demonstrated skills in providing data analytics support, including, but not limited to, metrics, metadata, batch tracking and data validation.
4. Demonstrated experience with managing, inputting, monitoring, updating, and validating the status automated systems.
5. Experience with data research and operational metrics queries
6. Demonstrated skills with time management and meeting demanding and dynamic deadlines with accuracy.
7. Experience with special projects, such as studies and/or special initiatives.
8. Demonstrated experience developing and providing presentations and delivering briefings.
9. Demonstrated experience working with senior leadership to assist in understand key data reporting requirements and key opportunities to leverage analysis of key data points to enable effective and efficient business decisions to meet organization goals.
10. Ability to work well with others.
11. Ability to work well under pressure and changing demands.
12. Must be proficient using multiple Microsoft applications to include but not limited to Excel.

 

Title: Information Review & Release Analyst
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

1. Strong analytical, problem solving, and critical thinking skills.
2. Must have excellent communications and interpersonal skills, as well as experience working in a team environment.
3. Knowledge of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Privacy Act (PA), and Executive Order Mandatory Declassification Review (EOMDR) programs and Executive Order (EO) 13526 directive; strong knowledge of the intelligence community with analytical skills background
4. Knowledge of legal terminology, such as in the area of police enforcement, security or court systems
5. Strong work ethic
6. Organizational and time management skills.
7. Strong proficiency in on-line tools such as Word, Excel, and Access, and other required systems to be able to perform the requirements.
8. Strong multitasking ability, adaptable, and flexible skills.

 

Title: Enterprise IT Training Specialist
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

1. Create and maintain the resources necessary (including but not limited to Training Plans, Training Materials, and User Guide) to ensure the successful training of Customer personnel, OGAs, and/or contractors for the following areas: Customer Automated Systems, Information Review and Release, Records Information Management Program, and Classification Management as required by the Customer.
2. Deliver an updated User Guide, to include the associated on-line help version, for each release for Customer Automated Systems as directed by the Customer.
3. Provide classroom and individual training as required by the Customer.
4. Develop training schedule, manage enrollment, and document attendance in accordance with Customer processes.
5. Provide training to Customer and OGAs to include coordination of training dates, locations, and administrative matters as required by Customer.
6. Create test and production system user accounts for all individuals scheduled to receive training, as required by the Customer.
7. Prepare necessary data for Customer Automated Systems as required by Customer.
8. Conduct training needs assessment(s) as required by Customer.
9. Provide classification training to Customer's workforce as required by the Customer.
10. Provide Materials, and User Guide to ensure the successful training of Customer personnel, OGAs, and/or
11. contractors for the following areas: Customer Automated Systems, Information Review and Release, Records Information Management Program, and Classification Management as required by the Customer.
 

Title: Applications Developer
Location: Herndon, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Seeking Systems Engineers with a minimum of 16 years experience, and a Bachelors and/or Masters degree with significant experience in the following required areas: 
 
Experience administering Splunk Enterprise for large organizations
Experience managing user authentication within Splunk to include Role and Attribute Based Access Controls (RBACABAC), authentication with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol and Active Directory (LDAPAD), and managing access via HEC tokens
Experience managing integrations with technical add-ons with a relevant experience integrating DBConnect
Experience implementing and managing Apps within Splunk
Experience administering Splunk on large scale cloud environments
Experience working in DevOps and Scrum environments
Required Certifications
Splunk industry certifications

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills :
Splunk Enterprise Certified Administrator
Cloud Provider industry certifications​
 

Title: Assessment and Authorization Specialist
Location: Herndon, VA

*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.
 

1. Demonstrated experience understanding Risk Management Framework (RMF).
2. Demonstrated experience navigating RMF processes in order to achieve Authorization to Proceed.
3. Demonstrated experience understanding AWS.
4. Demonstrated experience understanding the system development lifecycle.
5. Demonstrated experience operating vulnerability assessment tools such as Roadrunner, Nessus, Webnspect, or AppDetective, and analyzing the results produced by those tools.
6. Demonstrated experience understanding systems development data requirements gathering.
7. Demonstrated experience analyzing systems and networks for development.
8. Demonstrated experience with documentation preparation for systems development.
9. Demonstrated experience using XACTA.

 

Title: Software QA Specialist/Applications Tester
Location: McLean, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *

Company Overview: 
Cornerstone Defense, in partnership with our military, intelligence, and civil government customers, supports U.S. operations worldwide through the use of many different types of intelligence, satellite, and cyber technologies.  Cornerstone’s Intelligence Sector provides solutions to the United States Government for information collection, operations, exploitation and dissemination, and research activities. Our Team specializes in software development, cloud architecture, systems and network engineering, systems integration, agile management, as well as targeting operations and intelligence analysis. Our support to our mission customers includes cyber network operations, exploitation and defense, signals intelligence, human intelligence, and critical missions and networks. 

Work Requirement:
Introduction: The Sponsor has multiple application teams supporting a portfolio which is the central repository for all Sponsor’s created applications. The Sponsor provides state of the art systems on cloud and applications based on products such as AWS, Oracle, SharePoint, and other web-based solutions. The Sponsor requires support specializing in verifying developed software meets the specified requirements and produces the desired result combined with ensuring any defects are identified and documented.  The Sponsor needs polished skills in building test cases based on use case development mythologies as well as knowledge and experience with automated testing.  The portfolio contains, but is not a complete list of, the following:

A custom production application that has a central repository for the search and discovery of internal document sensitive data and associated artifacts.

A custom production application which provides workflow and research with the ability to review, disposition, build a profile and update or nominate candidates to other Partner organizations.

A targeting and knowledge management tool which stores products in a centralized repository making it easy for search and discovery.

Work Requirements: The Contractor shall work closely with the various application teams; however, the Sponsor project manager will manage the priorities. The Contractor shall develop, perform and support manual and automated integration and regression testing. The Contractor shall develop, perform and support post deployment validation of components. The Contractor shall develop and maintain test plans and scripts to identify software problems and causes. The Contractor shall provide analysis and recommendations for automation of test suites. The Contractor shall develop automated scripts to decrease the time needed to perform testing.

The Contractor shall develop automated scripts to decrease the likelihood of bugs or unplanned outages. The Contractor shall work with applications in a cloud environment. The Contractor shall work side by side with project teams on a daily basis to consult with the development and operations teams to test applications. The Contractor shall work in a team environment with contractors from multiple companies. The Contractor shall participate in formal and informal reviews at pre-determined points throughout the development cycle. The Contractor shall participate as a member of the agile development team. The Contractor shall write test cases and scenarios. 

The Contractor shall develop and execute test plans, procedures and scenarios for regression, performance, process, functional, system integration and Agile (deliverable) acceptance testing to ensure new applications and software modifications meet requirements and perform satisfactorily in the system environments. The Contractor shall document the successes and failures of all executed test procedures.

Mandatory Skills
1. Demonstrated experience with the development of test cases as part of an agile team. 
2. Demonstrated experience using a test automation framework. 
3. Demonstrated experience using test automation tools. 
4. Demonstrated experience with use of an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for development and execution of test scripts.
5. Demonstrated experience with managing testing for multiple applications during the concurrent development cycles. 
6. Demonstrated experience with Regression, Integration, API, or Functional testing. 
7. Demonstrated experience developing and managing test plans and cases.  

Optional Skills
1. Demonstrated experience using JIRA, Confluence and SharePoint.
2. Demonstrated experience briefing technical topics to a non-technical audience. 
3. Demonstrated experience in strong oral and written communication skills.
4. Demonstrated experience in strong leadership ability and experience juggling competing priorities.

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Title: Systems Integrator
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. 

Mandatory Skills
1. Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining work plans and delivery roadmaps.
2. Demonstrated experience identifying and documenting technical risks.
3. Demonstrated experience performing governance and requirements activities such as requirements development and validation, collection and reporting of requirements metrics, or requirements test plan development.  
4. Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining Program Management Review (PMR) materials and (IDTs).
5. Demonstrated experience authoring minutes, managing agendas, and conducting coordination support activities. 
6. Demonstrated experience reporting on strategic initiatives for stakeholders.
7. Demonstrated experience supporting daily administration of project management and governance forums, including support activity coordination such as managing calendars and agendas, documenting meeting minutes or decisions. 
8. Demonstrated experience in software engineering and code delivery.
9. Demonstrated experience developing and supporting software solutions for large scale software environments
10. Demonstrated experience prototyping and developing new software functionality. 
11. Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining system and program documentation. 
12. Demonstrated experience in software capability analysis. 
13. Demonstrated experience working within an Agile IT engineering team leveraging commercially available DevOps tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
14. Demonstrated experience deploying software and applications across multi-domain environments for geographically dispersed teams.
15. Demonstrated experience with executing information security scanning process and using industry-standard scanning tools.
16. Demonstrated experience with modifying existing software to improve efficiencies.
17. Demonstrated experience with data analysis of system capabilities and requirements.
18. Demonstrated experience with data collection systems development, maintenance, and management.
19. Demonstrated experience with data analytics development, modification, and management.

Optional Skills
1. Demonstrated experience developing documentation in support of the Sponsor’s architectural and Authorization and Accreditation (A&A) processes.
2. Demonstrated experience supporting software and hardware design work for Sponsor solutions.
3. Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale Metadata categorizing tagging efforts.
4. Demonstrated experience contributing to the drafting of multi-domain security policies and or regulations.
5. Demonstrated experience drafting policies to protect individual company proprietary data or solutions.
6. Demonstrated experience advising, consulting or executing strategic or tactical security engineering solutions built for a large community consumption via standard data formats leveraging an industry standard API and or GUI.
7. Demonstrated experience facilitating cross-organizational system design requirements.
8. Demonstrated experience translating technical requirements into proposed draft policy solutions.
9. Demonstrated experience with Java, Python, C, C++, XML, JSON, XQuery, and HTML programming languages
10. Demonstrated experience with MongoDB, Express.js, AngularJS, Node.js, and ReactJS
11. Demonstrated experience with Github and Gitlab.
12. Demonstrated experience with HDFS.
13. Demonstrated experience with MapReduce.
14. Demonstrated experience with Solr or Spark.
15. Demonstrated experience with user-centric design, user experience (UX) engineering and software development of user-facing (“front end”) applications.
16. Demonstrated experience with Tableau or alternative data visualization platforms.
17. Demonstrated experience with software and security engineering for a continuous design and agile development 

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Title: Cloud Solutions Architect
Location: Herndon, 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. 

Work Requirement:
The Sponsor’s mission is to turn IT disruptions into enterprise opportunities. The Sponsor handles technology gaps that are outside the scope of other organizations. The Sponsor requires support specializing in systems engineering to assist in identifying technology solutions to address technology gaps such as in cellular and cloud services. Priorities will be managed by the Sponsor project manager.

Work Requirements: The Contractor shall elicit and document user requirements from the customer and create the technical requirements document. The Contractor shall help the Sponsor identify technology solutions to address requirements. The Contractor shall assist the Sponsor with prototyping technical solutions to address technology problems, gaps, and risks.

The Contractor shall ensure technical solutions are scalable to meet enterprise requirements. The Contractor shall identify technical and security risks and develop mitigation strategies to address risks. The Contractor shall evaluate technologies for suitability and applicability to address the Sponsor’s requirements. The Contractor shall evaluate process changes to sponsored business and mission requirements. The Contractor shall present recommendations in both oral and written forms. The Contractor shall develop use cases for the Sponsor’s business needs. The Contractor shall assist the Sponsor with testing products against use cases.

Mandatory Skills
1. Demonstrated hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.
2. Demonstrated experience with other cloud service providers such as AWS and Google.
3. Demonstrated experience integrating solutions in a production environment.
4. Demonstrated experience with enterprise IT systems design and implementation.
5. Demonstrated experience with hypervisors and virtual technologies.
6. Demonstrated experience with networking devices and firewalls.
7. Demonstrated experience with security concepts related to DNS, routing, authentication, certificate authentication, and VPN tunneling.

Optional Skills
1. BA/BS degree in a technical discipline or an equivalent combination of training and experience. 
2. Demonstrated experience with cellular technologies.
3. Demonstrated experience with Android and iOS operating systems

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