Title: Data Scientist/Data Architect
Location: McLean, VA
Compensation Range: Approximately $180K
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Benefits Overview:
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *

We are seeking a Data Scientist to support our customer. This position will work directly with a Chief Data & Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) to support a fast-paced, dynamic environment and work closely with government customer and IT developers to validate customer's data and data analytics requirements.

This position will also be responsible for the following:

Establish Data Environments, and serve as the data visualization subject matter expert.
Create and translate trend, time-series, and predictive analyses, and facilitate stakeholder decision-making technical exchange meetings.
Participate in hands on work on data science for data modeling, design, model training, and implementation to meet enterprise requirements.
Establishing the system environment for large data sets, considering aspects such as data capture, storage, extraction, process and analysis.
Using data visualization tools to create roadmaps, placemats and process flows; and creatively displaying data to facilitate customer decision-making processes.
Applying data wrangling and exploration techniques.
Manipulating data to gather insights from large structured and unstructured data sets and developing trend analyses.
Developing algorithms to facilitate data analysis, support identification of data errors, and developing pattern analysis from multiple disparate data sources.
Providing input on software implementation for analytics.
Validating customer requirements and determining feasibility of solutions and alternative options.
Contributing to and collaborating on executive-level briefings for the CDAO.
Provide excellent organizational, analytical, data science abilities, and compile and organize statistical information retrieved and present findings to management.
Strong math, coding and analytical skills are essential to complete job requirements successfully.
Qualifications

Current TS/SCI with Poly is required.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant STEM field.
10+ years of total professional experience in a technical setting; with at least 5 of those years as a Data Scientist, or related role.
Ability to implement effective data solutions to ingest, curate, store and retrieve agency mission, business and IC data.
Ability to establish a system environment for large data sets, considering aspects such as data capture, storage, extraction, process and analysis.
Experience using data visualization tools to create roadmaps, placemats and process flows; and the ability to creatively display data to facilitate customer decision-making processes.
Ability to manipulate data from disparate structured and unstructured sources to develop models and other detailed analysis that provide meaningful data insights.
Experience with Programming languages like Python, Java, SQL and Cloud technologies.
Ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced mission environment which requires balancing competing priorities and schedules.
Desired Skills:

Have a depth of experience in data science, to include demonstrated experience with programming languages (e.g. Python, SQL), statistical programs (e.g. R and MS Excel), and data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, Power BI, QlikView).
Data scientist certification from AWS, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, or etc.
Demonstrated experience with data modeling tools to include or similar to ER/Studio, Erwin or Lucid Chart.
Deep understanding of machine learning and artificial intelligence for logical applications and techniques.
Have experience working in Agile and DevOps environments.
 

Title: Data Scientist/Data Architect
Location: McLean, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *

Compensation Range: $210k approximately
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Benefits Overview:
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *

We are seeking a Data Scientist to support our customer. This position will work directly with a Chief Data & Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) to support a fast-paced, dynamic environment and work closely with government customer and IT developers to validate customer's data and data analytics requirements.

This position will also be responsible for the following:

Establish Data Environments, and serve as the data visualization subject matter expert.
Create and translate trend, time-series, and predictive analyses, and facilitate stakeholder decision-making technical exchange meetings.
Participate in hands on work on data science for data modeling, design, model training, and implementation to meet enterprise requirements.
Establishing the system environment for large data sets, considering aspects such as data capture, storage, extraction, process and analysis.
Using data visualization tools to create roadmaps, placemats and process flows; and creatively displaying data to facilitate customer decision-making processes.
Applying data wrangling and exploration techniques.
Manipulating data to gather insights from large structured and unstructured data sets and developing trend analyses.
Developing algorithms to facilitate data analysis, support identification of data errors, and developing pattern analysis from multiple disparate data sources.
Providing input on software implementation for analytics.
Validating customer requirements and determining feasibility of solutions and alternative options.
Contributing to and collaborating on executive-level briefings for the CDAO.
Provide excellent organizational, analytical, data science abilities, and compile and organize statistical information retrieved and present findings to management.
Strong math, coding and analytical skills are essential to complete job requirements successfully.
Qualifications

Current TS/SCI with Poly is required.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant STEM field.
10+ years of total professional experience in a technical setting; with at least 5 of those years as a Data Scientist, or related role.
Ability to implement effective data solutions to ingest, curate, store and retrieve agency mission, business and IC data.
Ability to establish a system environment for large data sets, considering aspects such as data capture, storage, extraction, process and analysis.
Experience using data visualization tools to create roadmaps, placemats and process flows; and the ability to creatively display data to facilitate customer decision-making processes.
Ability to manipulate data from disparate structured and unstructured sources to develop models and other detailed analysis that provide meaningful data insights.
Experience with Programming languages like Python, Java, SQL and Cloud technologies.
Ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced mission environment which requires balancing competing priorities and schedules.
Desired Skills:

Have a depth of experience in data science, to include demonstrated experience with programming languages (e.g. Python, SQL), statistical programs (e.g. R and MS Excel), and data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, Power BI, QlikView).
Data scientist certification from AWS, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, or etc.
Demonstrated experience with data modeling tools to include or similar to ER/Studio, Erwin or Lucid Chart.
Deep understanding of machine learning and artificial intelligence for logical applications and techniques.
Have experience working in Agile and DevOps environments.

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

Benefits Overview:
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *

 

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

Benefits Overview:
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *

CYBER SECURITY ANALYST

We are seeking a highly skilled cyber security analyst.  The successful candidate will be responsible for identifying, analyzing, and remediating vulnerabilities and weaknesses across networks and systems. This is a tactical role that requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

Key Responsibilities

Required Qualifications:

Desired Qualifications:

Customer Labor Category: Cyber Security Project Engineer – – –
       
Position Description: Cyber Operations – Incident Response
• Strong knowledge of cloud security principles and experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Proficiency in network security principles, protocols, and technologies (firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPNs, etc.)
• Proficiency in endpoint security principles and technologies (Antivirus/Anti-malware software, Host-based Intrusion Detection Systems, EDR, etc.)
• Understanding of operating systems (Windows, Linux, Unix) and their security mechanisms
• Experience using a SIEM for log aggregation, correlation, and analysis
• Experience with incident response, and incident response tools, frameworks, and life cycle
• Experience with query languages •Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK Framework, adversary TTPs, and threat intelligence
• Knowledge of malware analysis techniques and tools
• Demonstrated experience in IT best practices regarding application, enterprise system, and network security
• Ability to create and maintain documentation to include internal processes, procedures, relevant instructions, policies, and guidance
• Ability to be on call for incident response
• Strong technical writing skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to investigate and resolve security incidents.
• Strong attention to detail to identify security vulnerabilities and anomalies
• Excellent communication skills to effectively communicate with team members, management, and other stakeholders
• Adaptability and willingness to learn new technologies and methodologies
Desired Skills
• Security Certifications to include CISA, SSCP, CEH, CAP, GCIH, ECIH, CASP+, SEC+
• Cloud Security Certifications in AWS and Azure
• Experience with driving cloud security engineering
• Familiarity with scripting or programming languages (Python, PowerShell, Bash, etc.) for automation and scripting tasks.
• Experience with implementing automation mechanisms within a SIEM, CSP, or an enterprise environment
• Higher education related to the above description

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

Benefits Overview:
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *
 

Software Engineer 
McLean, VA 

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

Benefits Overview:
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *

Description: Create, update, and maintain a federated search and discovery software system to integrate data related to financial information from a variety of data providers within a cloud environment. The developer will utilize an Agile Scrum development methodology throughout this process.

Responsibilities include:

Required Skills: 

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

Required Skills:

Desired Skills:

 

AI/ML ENGINEER – SME
JOB DESCRIPTION
The AI/ML Engineer will be a member of a small team tasked with initiating an AI/ML initiative for the customer.  The ideal candidate will have a background in AI/ML Engineer that can develop algorithms, write scripts, build predictive analytics, use automation, apply machine learning, and use the right combination of tools and frameworks to turn a set of data points into objective answers to help senior leadership make informed decisions. The candidate will apply data mining techniques perform statistical analysis, and build high-quality prediction models. The candidate’s ability to obtain data through advanced computerized models and extrapolation of data patterns through advanced algorithms to explain how the information will influence the specific project will be an essential function to providing customers a better comprehension of the data.

The candidate will work closely with customer management, other project managers, system architects, data scientists, data engineers, and machine learning engineers to formulate recommendations for enhancements and improvements geared towards utilizing innovative engineering solutions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITES

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

REQUIRED QULIFICATIONS

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

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

REQUIRED SKILLS AND DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE:
•Work closely with Sponsor and PM to gather requirements and contribute to the development of network-related features.
•Demonstrated experience designing and implementing cloud-based solutions including Compute, Storage, Networking, Security, and Monitoring.
•Demonstrated experience working across multi-cloud network environments.
•Apply your solid foundation of cloud networking using VNET, VPC, VPNs, firewalls, routing tables, ExpressRoutes, Direct Connects, networking protocols, and peering.
•Demonstrated experience with traffic engineering (AWS – VPC, transit gateway, CloudWatch and ELB) and (Azure – VNET, VPN gateway, Firewall, and Front Door).
•Have an understanding of cloud security principles and best practices, including identity and access management, encryption, firewall configurations, and network security groups.
•Participate in capacity planning, disaster recovery planning, and security audits.
•Create detailed documentation of network designs and configurations.
•Continuously monitor and analyze network performance metrics.
•Stay abreast on latest cloud services, features, trends, and best practices and provide recommendations on their adoption.
•Demonstrated experience with A&A workflows and tools.
•Demonstrated experience with Sponsor's security requirements and systems.
•Demonstrated experience monitoring system performance and recommending corrective action.

 

HIGH PRIORITY
This has been rescoped to a Cloud Engineering role.
This team is standing up a new network, so they need someone who has worked from ground zero standing up new network. Experience designing and implementing cloud-based solutions; cloud networking VNET, VPC, VPNs, firewalls; experience with A&A workflows and tools; cloud security best practices and system security principles for access management, encryption and networks.

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

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Provide strategic and tactical direction to cyber hunters and leadership based on trends and actionable intelligence related to threat capabilities

Coordinate hunt activities between various internal and external hunt groups 

Construct and exploit threat intelligence to detect, respond, and defeat advanced persistent threats (APTs)

Fully analyze network and host activity in successful and unsuccessful intrusions by advanced attackers

Build fly-away kits utilizing an agile approach to identify the appropriate tools and technologies necessary to conduct hunt missions

Conduct advanced threat hunt operations using known adversary tactics, techniques and procedures as well as indicators of attack in order to detect adversaries with persistent access to the enterprise

Create and add custom signatures, to mitigate highly dynamic threats to the enterprise using the latest threat information obtained from multiple sources. Perform malware analysis on samples obtained during an investigation or hunt operation to create custom signatures

Develop and produce reports on all activities and incidents to help maintain day to day status, develop and report on trends, and provide focus and situational awareness on all issues

Piece together intrusion campaigns, threat actors, and nation-state organizations

Manage, share, and receive intelligence on APT adversary groups

Generate intelligence from their own data sources and share it accordingly

Identify, extract, and leverage intelligence from APT intrusions

Expand upon existing intelligence to build profiles of adversary groups

Leverage intelligence to better defend against and respond to future intrusions

Correlate data from intrusion detection and prevention systems with data from other sources such as firewall, web server, and DNS logs

Notify the management team of significant changes in the security threat against the government networks in a timely manner and in writing via established reporting methods

Coordinate with appropriate organizations within the intelligence community regarding possible security incidents.  Conduct intra-office research to evaluate events as necessary, maintain the current list of coordination points of contact.

Review assembled data with firewall administrators, engineering, system administrators and other appropriate groups to determine the risk of a given event

Maintain knowledge of the current security threat level by monitoring related Internet postings, Intelligence reports, and other related documents as necessary

Required Qualifications:

2+ years of experience in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Security Engineering or Network Engineering, including cyber security issues and operations, computer incident response, systems architecture, data management

Experience with working nation state intrusion sets

Experience with and expert level proficiency in one or more of the following disciplines:

Windows and/or Linux operating systems

Network forensics

Expertise at enterprise scale:

SysMon or EDR solutions for host-based Cyber Threat Hunting, or

Netflow/pcap or NDR solutions for network-oriented Cyber Threat Hunting

Malware analysis/reverse engineering

Exploit development

On-net pursuit/response

Incident response, forensics, or threat hunting in AWS or Azure

Knowledge of the following classes of enterprise cyber defense technologies:

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems

Network Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS)

Host Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS)

Network and Host malware detection and prevention (NDR/EDR)

Network and Host forensic applications

Web/Email gateway security technologies

Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR)

Ability to demonstrate effective interpersonal, organizational, writing, communications, and briefing skills

Ability to use advanced level analytical and problem-solving skills to solve complex issues

Ability to obtain a CISSP or CEH Certification within 6 months of start date

DoD 8570 IAT Level III or CSSP-SPM within 6 months of start date

Active/Current TS/SCI with polygraph clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or other closely related Information Technology field of study

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Title: Technical Targeter

Location: McLean, VA

*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *

Company Overview:

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

Technical Targeter

McLean, VA

Description: This individual will provide the Tech Targeting team with innovative solutions to identify and track targets of interest. They will leverage tailored discovery and analytic support to sustained and dynamic requests by leveraging expertise in community-specific tools, databases, and tradecraft.

They will deliver full-circle analysis to optimize mission success while ensuring they are in alignment with organizational priorities.

Prior experience as a targeter within the broader organization is required, with technical targeting expertise desired. The optimal candidate will have an open mind and aptitude for learning from a highly skilled, highly niche cadre of individuals who have significant expertise in technical targeting. 

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

1. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience in data architecture.
2. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience with and understanding of database structure principles
3. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience in data modeling and design, including SQL development and database administration.
4. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience in data visualization, data migration and data modeling.
5. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience in relational database management systems (DBMS).
6. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience in DBMS software, including SQL Server.
7. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience in database and cloud computing design, architectures and data lakes.
8. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience in configuration and administration of enterprise level data stores, ETL and ELT methods, and batch and streaming data transport.
9. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience gathering and analyzing system requirements.
10. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience with Version control systems such as Git.
11. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience with programming languages Java and Python.
12. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience with Linux, Unix, Solaris and Windows.
13. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience with Agile development methodologies and JIRA.
14. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience working in a fast-paced, technically challenging area; ability to anticipate and manage changes or problems; assess impacts and recommend sound solutions.
15. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience in systems development, including system development life cycle, project management approaches and requirements, and design and testing techniques.
16. (Desired) Demonstrated experience with Sponsor networks, systems and services.
17. (Desired) Demonstrated experience delivering solutions with AWS cloud services.
18. (Desired) Demonstrated experience with AWS Cloud storage technologies including RDS, DynamoDB and S3.
19. (Desired) Demonstrated experience in database technologies to include but not limited to Oracle, SQLServer, and Postgres.
20. (Desired) Demonstrated experience with Oracle Databases
21. (Desired) Demonstrated experience  with Full stack environment
22. (Desired) Demonstrated experience building automation tools such as Gradle, Maven.
23. (Desired) Demonstrated experience with the development of system prototypes and proof of concept in order to demonstrate proper application of design principles
24. (Desired) Demonstrated experience with the Sponsor’s authentication and authorization process.
25. (Desired) Demonstrated experience with supporting enterprise level production systems
26. (Desired) Demonstrated experience briefing technical topics to a non-technical audience.
27. (Desired) Demonstrated experience in strong oral and written communication.
28. (Desired) AWS Certification or other relevant certifications

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General Technical Targeting Analyst
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.

Required Qualifications:

 

 

Data Scientist – Open

Supporting Sponsor data collection and collection gaps, and helping prioritize ingestion of new data.

Mandatory Skills
– Experience with data management applications, including:
– Relational databases
– Transactional databases
– NoSQL unstructured databases
– Experience handling index(es) and indexing applications, relational, NoSQL
– Programming in various Shell scripting, BASH, KSH
– Experience with Regular Expressions
– Linux or equivalent development skills, particularly scripting controls
– Experience with other interpretive language tools, Ruby, Rails
– Cloud experience with parallel processing and constructive equivalents
– UI knowledge and skills
– AI knowledge and skills
– Extended experience with ICQL and the involved structure of its usage
– Statistical skills
– Experience with Sponsor reporting and reporting document structures
Optional Skills
– Demonstrated recent experience with the data holdings and formats for the Sponsor’s enterprise search and discovery applications.
– Demonstrated experience with the Sponsor’s search and discovery applications and analytic workflow processes.
– Experience working in an Agile environment