Cornerstone Defense | Technically Innovative Solutions

Location: Chantilly, Virginia
Type: Contract
Job #3508

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

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 *

Required Skills:

1. Cyber Security Support: 2. Demonstrated experience analyzing IT systems for cyber security vulnerabilities. 3. Demonstrated experience developing IT system or network architecture design, conducting IP data flow analysis, encryption configuration, and vulnerability analysis using both open-source and commercial tools, such as Nmap, Wireshark, Metasploit, Canvas, Kismet, or BackTrack. 4. Demonstrated experience analyzing IT network configurations of devices such as firewalls, routers, switches, VPNs, or Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems for cyber security vulnerabilities. 5. Demonstrated experience with communications protocols such as IP, TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, MPLS, OSPF, IGRP, BGP, SIP, H.232. 6. Demonstrated experience with multiple OS’s, including Windows, Linux, and OSX. 7. Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Windows ver.; 7, 8, 10, 2008R2, 2012, 2012R2, or 2016. 8. Demonstrated experience with cloud computing technology and hypervisors such as HyperV, VMWare ESX, or Virtual Box. 9. Demonstrated experience with transitioning security domains and use of cross domain appliances. 10. Demonstrated experience with network management systems, network storage, backup systems, and disaster recovery (DR) architectures. 11. Demonstrated experience performing technical risk assessments and providing technical risk mitigation guidance. 12. Demonstrated experience ensuring appropriate risk mitigation considerations, risks and vulnerabilities are well understood and appropriately mitigated. 13. Demonstrated experience analyzing procurement processes of hardware, software and services to comply with cyber security and operational needs. 14. Demonstrated experience creating concise and well-structured written assessments. 15. Certifications: CISSP Certification.

Desired Skills:

1. Cyber Security Support 2. Demonstrated experience with the Sponsor’s IT review boards. 3. Demonstrated experience with providing recommendations to IT architecture and design reviews. 4. Demonstrated experience with the Sponsor’s security policies and regulations. 5. Demonstrated experience providing recommendations in technical standards, security standards, and operational assurance. 6. Certifications: Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Ethical Hacker.

Location: Reston, Virginia
Type: Contract
Job #3507

Title: Cyber Project Engineer
Location: Reston, VA

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

Required Skills:

1. Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in computer science, information technology, system administration or a related discipline 2. Demonstrated experience with one or more of the following: Computer networking in Windows AND Linux, Use of common online services in a persona-specific environment, Website configuration, Basic software development knowledge. 3. Demonstrated experience strategically planning efforts, identifying issues, negotiating changes, proactively anticipating needs, and analyze complex requirements with stakeholders, and allocate resources in a given timeline to achieve desired mission outcomes. 4. Demonstrated experience eliciting information on complex technical problems from non-technical personnel for use in diagnosis, analysis, resolution of problems. 5. Demonstrated experience making decisions and managing competing priorities, schedules, risks, stakeholder requirements and interdependencies on a variety of technical, resource, and organizational issues, even in ambiguous or high-pressure situations. 6. Demonstrated experience effectively communicating (oral and written) to convey complex technical information for a variety of audiences (i.e., technical and non-technical). 7. Demonstrated experience with customer regulations and standards, including Information Security (INFOSEC) and Communications Security (COMSEC). 8. Demonstrated experience managing security aspects of deployed infrastructure and technical solutions, in addition to day to day security operations.

Desired Skills:

1. Demonstrated experience evaluating emerging technologies and identifying areas of improvements to meet requirements. 2. Demonstrated experience with customer systems, architectures and applications. 3. Demonstrated experience with Project Management concepts and principles. 4. Demonstrated experience with IT tools, methodologies, technologies, and industry trends (to include social media and web). 5. Demonstrated experience with Rapid7, WebInspect, AppDetective, CIS-CAT, and other vulnerability assessment tools and processes. 6. Information security certifications such as CISSP, CISSE, CISA, CEH, CCSP, etc. 7. Demonstrated experience with computer and network vulnerabilities (e.g., malware, zero-day attacks, denial of service attacks, etc.)

Location: Springfield, Virginia
Type: Contract
Job #3506

Title: Linux System Administrator
Location: Springfield, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI 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 Responsibilities:

Correct messages that have failed message format validation for continued processing
Troubleshoot and resolve connectivity issues with connected systems/applications
Perform message system configuration and database modifications, Network Configuration changes, and security configuration or communications line security parameters based on government direction.
Install, configure and test message application software releases and/or patches with existing connected systems.
Coordinate and collaborate with the Application Service Provider (ASP)/Infrastructure Support Provider (ISP) on hardware, operating system, transport, or etc. issues that impact the M3 system functionality and availability.
Manage and assist in the multimedia messaging software access and permissions to the system (Information Transport Service (ITS), Replacement External Message Handler (REMH), message operators, NGA Operations Center (NOC), Command and Control, Production System Operations Center (PSOC), Library of National Intelligence (LNI), NGA Cedalion, etc.).
Manage and configure new communication lines to include functional testing with the distant end based on NGA government direction.
Functional availability should be maintained at 99% (16 hours of approved downtime per month). This is based on the operational system and not just uptime on the multimedia messaging server.
Provide support to all agents, real-time dissemination of incoming organizational record messages based on user-created profiles/agents, retrospective search of historical information and composition, coordination, and release of organizational record messages.
Perform routine application preventive maintenance functions and database back-ups.
Support all NGA and Non-NGA outages that impact the M3 servers.
Provide assistance with security, certification and accreditation of the multimedia messaging systems
Request, install and update certificates (servers) to ensure the servers are properly maintained and functional.
Comply and support applicable Department of Defense (DoD) security policies as well as NGA Information Technology Risk Management initiatives.
Support ongoing NGA cybersecurity initiatives. Cybersecurity is defined as codifying the M3 v.5 software updates.
Respond to M3 system vulnerabilities per NGA’s direction and prioritization.
Provide Cybersecurity Support via the following tasks:
Provide Cybersecurity Subject Matter expertise to provide support with the A&A security, certification and accreditation of the multimedia messaging systems.
Comply and support applicable Department of Defense (DoD) security policies as well as NGA Information Technology Risk Management requirements.
Support ongoing NGA cybersecurity initiatives and respond to system vulnerabilities per NGA’s direction and prioritization.
Provide expertise to support NGA’s Risk Management and Cybersecurity efforts required to obtain an Authority To Operate (ATO) any new system. This includes adherence to the NGAM 8010.1 Information Systems (IS) Risk Management Framework (RMF) guide and Intelligence Community Directive (ISD) 503 in developing the Security Plan, Risk Assessment Report, Security Assessment Report and Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&M), as well as compliance with NGA’s Enterprise Security Services cybersecurity initiatives. Use industry leading tools and work with appropriate security stakeholders to implement continuous monitoring capabilities. This effort includes, but not limited to the list detailed below.
Create an ICD-503 compliant system security plan in NGA’s Xacta software by entering relevant information into, as well as subsequent proof of compliance (documentation and demonstration) with any assessed security controls.
Create a system boundary diagram. Create the Ports, Protocols and Services matrix for all partners (IP address, and inbound/outbound/both).
Create any needed Firewall Change Requests (FCRs) via NGA’s Service+ portal.
Support TEMs with NGA’s Risk Management Team (Registration, SOT, Pre-CAST, CAST, SCA) to achieve an Authority To Operate (ATO).

Utilize ACAS vulnerability scanning via the NESSUS agent, evaluate and remediate, mitigate or patch vulnerabilities, utilizing NGA’s Authorized Outage (AO)/Change Request process.

Investigate Quest Authentication Services (QAS) to “join” Active Directory, and, if feasible, install upon Government direction

Enable web-based logins with NGA’s Active Directory utilizing the GEOAxis application.

Create the documentation of Personally Identifiable Information /Personal Health Information (PII/PHI) for additional security controls determination.

Enable End Point Security/ENS (evolution of Host Based Security System/HBSS) utilizing NGA’s Enterprise.

Enable Carbon Black managed monitoring with NGA’s Enterprise when applicable.

Enable NGA’s Insider Threat monitoring via the Enterprise User Activity Monitoring (UAM) tool.

Collaborate with NGA’s Disaster Recovery team in the creation of the system’s Information System Contingency Plan (ISCP)

Aid NGA’s Production Systems Operation Cell (PSOC) with installations of monitoring widgets/APIs for after hour monitoring.

Investigate Data at Rest Encryption, and, if feasible, install upon Government direction

Investigate utilizing NGA’s SHIELD two factor authentication procedure to daily elevate privileged user access, and, if feasible, install upon Government direction

Investigate ArcSight (Enterprise auditing integration) service for insider threat detection and off system audit log reviews, and, if feasible, install upon Government direction

Type: Contract
Job #3505

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

Job Responsibilities:

Manage and monitor cost accounts, ensuring adherence to budget and project timelines.
Prepare and maintain EVMS reporting in compliance with FAR/DAR requirements.
Integrate earned value data with project schedules to assess cost performance and forecast future expenditures.
Provide analysis of project variances and recommend corrective actions to ensure project success.
Collaborate with project teams to support financial planning, forecasting, and performance reviews.

Required Skills:

EVMS certification and proven experience in Earned Value Management.
In-depth knowledge of FARs/DARs and their application to cost reporting.
Strong financial analysis and cost control skills.
Experience in managing cost performance for government or defense contracts.

Location: McLean, Virginia
Type: Contract
Job #3504

Title: Data 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.

Cornerstone Defense is looking for an experienced Data Analyst to directly support the Office's Chief of Investments and Resources by applying data analysis techniques towards the office's AI inventory and responding to AI inventory related data calls. Successful candidate will have 10-15 years of experience that includes researching and identifying new AI applications, techniques, and trends. This role requires experience implementing AI or AI-related strategies to advance customer goals and objectives; developing executive level roadmaps, briefings, placemats, and narratives; supporting collection and organization of office data; creating, delivering, and analyzing surveys; and generating executive-level Tableau dashboards to convey information of interest in a digestible manner.

Location: McLean, Virginia
Type: Contract
Job #3503

Title: Mission Integration Support
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.

Cornerstone Defense is is looking for an experienced general management consultant (at least 7+ years) with AI/ML experience/knowledge to support the office's Chief of Mission Integration. The candidate should be adept at briefing and talking point development, have critical thinking skills, strong communication skills (verbal and written), is detail oriented, experience supporting a front office.

Location: Laurel, Maryland
Type: Contract
Job #3499

Title: Linux System Administrator
Location: Laurel, MD
Compensation Range: $175,000-$200,000
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission. Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems. If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Work on a fast-paced team of system administrators providing support for implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of Information Technology (IT) systems for critical enterprise applications.
Manages IT system infrastructure and any processes related to these systems. Provides support to IT systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution for all the client, server, storage, network devices, Etc.
Provides Tier 1 (Help Desk) and Tier 2 (Escalation) problem identification, diagnosis, and resolution of problems.
Provides support for the escalation and communication of status to agency management and internal customers. Provides support for the dispatch system and hardware problems and remains involved in the resolution process.

Technology Stack of application(s) with which this role will interact:

Linux
AWS
Atlassian Tool Suite

Qualifications:

A bachelor’s degree and ten (10) years of experience as a system administrator on programs of similar scope and complexity is required. In lieu of a bachelor’s degree fifteen (15) years of experience required.
In depth Linux experience.
Familiarity with PowerShell and Bash scripting languages.
Experience with system hardening.
Experience working with ISSOs for system compliance.
DoD 8570 compliance with Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level I is required.

Desired Skills:

Familiarity with Big Fix
Familiarity with Ansible

Location: McLean, Virginia
Type: Contract
Job #3494

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.

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.

Location: McLean, Virginia
Type: Contract
Job #3493

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.

This position will also be responsible for the following:

Location: Bethesda, Maryland
Type: Contract
Job #3492

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

We are seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented IT PMO Analyst to join our team at Bethesda, MD, to provide unparalleled support to our customer and to begin an exciting and rewarding career. This position provides support to an SAIC intelligence community customer. The successful candidate will support the direction of the program, develop, guide and monitor all aspects of schedule, administration and performance. They will also be responsible for coordination and collaboration with Government officials, to keep them informed and up to date on the program status.

Duties include:

Performs as a project lead, experience in managing project schedule and performance.
Directly contributes to project definition, requirements development and/or enhancement efforts including cost management/avoidance, schedule estimation and tracking, contract performance management, risk management, requirements analysis, and quality assurance activities.
Performs analysis of business and user needs, requirements, documentation of requirements, and translation into proper requirements specifications.
Ensures proper performance of tasks necessary and the ability to block and tackle issues to achieve the most efficient and effective execution of the project objectives.
Utilizes expert communication skills needed to direct the skilled technical resources and report on the technical progress, issues, and problem areas, as well as write and review technical documents.
Communicates status, requirements, metrics with leadership and customers.
Maintain focus on organizing and managing time and resources for the program deliverables.
Specifically support the following activities/functional areas:
Prepare Project status reviews and other formal reviews to be presented to the Government
Communicate issues and solutions to the Government PM in a timely and transparent manner
Ensure compliance with all regulatory and administrative requirements imposed by the contract in coordination with the Contractor's contracts staff
Develop/streamline processes to ensure mission accomplishment and program deliverables.
Assist the SAIC PM by providing input to customer deliverable reports
Qualifications

Active TS/SCI with poly is required
Minimum Education: B.S. or relevant experience in Program Management.
10+ years of related experience in program and project management and or business process analysis / PMO Analyst type of role
Experience using Agile Scrum Methodology and working knowledge of JIRA
Ability to work with minimal supervision
IT knowledge and experience
Familiarity with Cloud technology desirable
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
PMP preferred

Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland
Type: Contract
Job #3491

Title: VMWare Systems Admin
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
Compensation Range: $200 – $230k
*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 Qualifications:

Candidates must be willing and able to perform Virtualization System Administration.
At least 6 years of hands on VMWare experience:
Implement/maintain/install VMWare ESXI instances
Installation/upgrading of VMWare EXSI instances from ESXI 4.4-8.0.3 and up to vSphere 8.0.3 with and without command line
Build/maintain clone vSphere VM templates up to Version 16
Automation with PowerCLI, vRealize, (vRA)Aria, Microsoft PowerShell and Batch
Install/Maintain/Manager Netapp technology with and without Netapp command line
Troubleshoot from layer 1

Professional skills:
Effective communications skills & documentation skills
Ability to work with large team of developers
Ability to manage a small team of administrators
Self starter and able to work without direction
Willingness to interact with customer watch facilities
Understanding/appreciation of customer mission requirements

Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland
Type: Contract
Job #3490

Title: Sr. Database Adminstrator – Postgres, MySQL, and Oracle Database
Location: Annapolis Junction
Compensation Range: $180 – 200k
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission. Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems. If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Description:
Sr. Database Administrator with 10+ years experience supporting large scale or enterprise level database services.
Required Skills:

10 + years experience administering to, and engineering solutions with Postress, MySQL, Oracle’s database (10 – current). Extensive experience with database design, as well as, the collection and interpretation of customer requirements relevant to database migration, troubleshooting, performance observation and tuning.
Experience with the production and deployment of RAC, RMAN backup & recovery – desired
Experience with Oracle Exadata, DB security, Data Guard and / or DB Vault, Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control, label security, and data migration – desired
BS in CS or related course of study, or equivalent year’s experience.
Must be an independent worker with strong communications skills.

Qualifications:

10 + years experience administering to, and engineering solutions with Postress, MySQL, Oracle’s database (10 – current). Extensive experience with database design, as well as, the collection and interpretation of customer requirements relevant to database migration, troubleshooting, performance observation and tuning.
Experience with the production and deployment of RAC, RMAN backup & recovery – desired
Experience with Oracle Exadata, DB security, Data Guard and / or DB Vault, Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control, label security, and data migration – desired
BS in CS or related course of study, or equivalent year’s experience.
Must be an independent worker with strong communications skills.

Location: Columbia, Maryland
Type: Contract
Job #3489

Title: System Vulnerability Analyst
Location: Columbia, MD
Compensation Range: $150,-$170K
*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:

3+ years of Cyber software or System Vulnerability Analysis and reporting experience
3 years experience with ICS/SCADA/IOT devices and software, computer or information systems design/development, programming, information/cyber/network security, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, computer forensics, information assurance, and/or systems engineering.
BS degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or STEM field

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

Cybersecurity-relevant analysis experience (basic host and/or network analysis experience)
Cybersecurity certification (Sec+, CISSP, CEH, etc)
Proficiency in programing languages (varies based on job position)
Familiarity with Space system development, sustainment, and security operations
Experience in reducing risk to space systems, fixing systems of highest importance, hardening systems in development, and crypto resiliency

Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Type: Contract
Job #3488

Network Engineer
Colorado Springs, CO
Active TS/SCI
Compensation Range: $150,000 – $180,000

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

Program Overview:
The program is seeking an Experienced Network Engineer with a strong background in DoD network security and testing complex environments. The engineer will be supporting different cloud computing environments (AWS GovCloud, DoD Cloud/VMWare NSX, and physical environments) working with teams implementing and verifying network settings across the program, including testing and assisting with maintenance of network devices.

This program is developing a new Global Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) Ground System that will manage transmission of protected tactical waveform – a type of secure, anti-jam communication – over Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites and terminals.

As a member of the team, you will be involved in the entire software development life cycle, from idea creation and development, all the way through to maintenance and support of the customer’s delivered system. These positions will place you in roles where you can make an impact on the results of our project. This team offers a collaborative mentoring environment where you could learn from or lead others.

Job Responsibilities:

Define and integrate the end-end communications and networking systems architecture for a space system.
Provide technical flow down of systems requirements to several spacecraft and ground subsystems.
Own end-end analyses for the end-end communications link.
Partner with customers on system of systems solutions.
Support a team of Systems Engineers for the development requirements for innovative projects, use cases and sequence diagrams and Interface Control Documents (ICDs) for complex space and ground architectures.
Support planning for and execution of subsystem and vehicle-level integration and test campaign.
Work closely with other engineering disciplines in an integrated team environment to develop system architecture in compliance with interface definitions and system/subsystem requirements.
Support stakeholder needs through analysis, technical performance measures (TPM) definition, requirements analysis, and allocation & definition for subcontractors, utilizing MBSE Enterprise Architect, JIRA and Confluence
Integrate security principles into the development and deployment of software/hardware solutions.
Support Network Integration with both software and hardware teams.
Risk Management Framework (RMF): Designs and facilitates implementation of security controls IAW NIST SP 800-53 and SP 800-171. Documents hardware, software, system components, and data flow as required to complete RMF System Security Plans. Develop and maintain training plans, records, and training.
Travel to support installation and testing of new network site connections.
Additional duties, as assigned

Required Skills:

Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to dive deep into troubleshooting a problem.
5+ years of experienced with General Networking experience (e.g., debugging, packet captures with Wireshark, Routing, VLAN, firewall rules).
5+ years of experience with Switches, Routers and Firewalls (Cisco & FortiGate)
5+ years of experience with Ixia Network Traffic Generator.
5+ years of experience with QoS and traffic policing.
5+ years of experience with IPSEC tunnels.
3+ years of experience working with JIRA, confluence, bitbucket.

Desired Skills:

7+ years of experience in Network Engineering on aerospace platforms or similar highly regulated products.
5+ years of experience with requirements development, verification, validation, ICDs, risk, issues and opportunities management and trade studies.
Experience with spacecraft and/or space systems architecture.
Experience utilizing Model Based Engineering (MBE or MBSE) tools such as Enterprise Architect.
Familiarity with Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW) desired.

Location: Chantilly, Virginia
Type: Contract
Job #3484

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

Job Description:

REQUIRED SKILLS AND DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE
Experience designing/redesigning sites to enhance the user experience and improve the accessibility of existing applications
Candidate should also have the capability to participate in development utilizing React and React libraries
Demonstrated experience implementing industry best practices of user experience design and associated technical solutions consistent with accessibility standards and agile methodology
Demonstrated experience providing solutions that facilitate end-to-end process execution and increase to automation and advanced analytics
Demonstrated experience articulating material design with front end components such as Angular and React
Demonstrated experience using UX/UI technologies such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe XD, Bootstrap, CSS3 and HTML5
Demonstrated experience proposing recommendations that provide business value while supporting Customer goals and objectives, with an emphasis on improving User Experience/User Interface (UX/UI), reducing O&M, increasing quality and speed of delivery, transforming, and modernizing web-based application, system, and service components
Demonstrated experience in analyzing and documenting web-based application, system, and service components and associated interfaces, including those with databases and web services/APIs to assist in decision-making regarding future development

Location: McLean, Virginia
Type: Contract
Job #3483

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.

Experience with risk identification, prioritization, remediation, and monitoring
Experience with vulnerability and attack surface management
Experience with Elasticsearch and Splunk
Experience with databases (development, maintenance, and use)
Effective communication skills w/ an ability to convey information to different levels of management and techncial expertise)
Effective presentation skills to include taking data and quickly developing PowerPoint presentations)
Ability to be a team player, with an ability to function independently without step-by-step instructions
Ability to work core hours of 9am – 3pm

Location: Herndon, Virginia
Type: Contract
Job #3482

Title: Cyber Security Project Engineer (Pen Tester)
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.

Demonstrated work experience in cyber security or related IT field
Experience with cyber security penetration testing
Experience leveraging adversarial tactics to conduct hands-on security testing
Experience applying computer attack methods and system exploitation techniques
Working knowledge of cyber security principles for Linux, Windows, and virtual platforms
Experience designing, testing, or implementing IT security architecture
Experience performing network security analysis
Experience analyzing network architectures
Experience using network management tools
Experience develping risk management methodologies
Experience analyzing test results to develop risk and threat mitigation plans
Experience testing or reviewing system configuration, development, and design, specirfically around enterprise systems and hypervisors
Expeience designing, testing, or implementing complex Windows installations
Certifications: Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP), Global Information Assurance Certified Penetration Testing (GPEN)

Location: Herndon, Virginia
Type: Contract
Job #3481

Title: Penetration Tester
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
• Conduct internal penetration testing and vulnerability assessment of servers, web applications, web services, and databases
• Manually exploit and compromise operating systems, web applications, and databases
• Examine results of web/OS scanners, scans and static source code analysis
• Identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and compliance issues
• Write final reports, defend all findings to include the risk or vulnerability, mitigation strategies, and references
• Ability to meet and coordinate with various audiences to include developers, system administrators, project managers, and senior government stakeholders
• Provide security recommendations for developers, system administrators, project managers, and senior government stakeholders
• Report vulnerabilities identified during security assessments
• Write penetration testing Rules of Engagements (RoE), Test Plans, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
• Conduct security reviews, technical research, and provided reporting to increase security defense mechanisms
• Experience with NIST 800-53 and Risk Management Framework
Desired Skills
• Certifications: CEH – Certified Ethical Hacker Certification, CPT – Certified Penetration Tester
• Strong writing skills
• Experience with AWS Cloud Security

Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Type: Contract
Job #3479

Configuration Manager
Colorado Springs, CO
Active TS/SCI
Compensation Range: $130,000 – $165,000

Job Responsibilities:

Accurately enter and maintain approved hardware/software tickets in Jira.
Own and manage the database, ensuring that End of Life (EOL) hardware and software items are identified and removed in a timely manner.
Assist in automating updates and maintenance of the database to streamline workflows.
Apply systems thinking to database management, ensuring cohesion between hardware and software components.
Understand and manage software-related aspects such as terminology, versions, and releases.
Oversee configuration management of the system, ensuring accurate tracking and version control.
Generate and manage inventory reports, ensuring up-to-date and accurate reporting on system configurations.
Collaborate with relevant teams to ensure seamless data integration and report generation.

Required Skills:

Strong understanding of software terminology, versions, and release processes.
Familiarity with managing system configurations and version control practices.
General knowledge of hardware and software in hosting environments.
Experience with inventory reporting concepts and tools.
Familiarity with Jira and Confluence or similar configuration management (CM) tools.
Ability to think critically and apply systems thinking to database management.

Desired Skills:

Experience automating database updates.
Strong organizational skills with a keen attention to detail.
Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively.

Location: Tysons, Virginia
Type: Contract
Job #3468

Software Engineer
Tysons, VA
Active Secret
Compensation Range: $125,000 – $150,000

Job Responsibilities:

Develop and deploy full-stack, AI-based enterprise applications on the C3 AI Platform.
Test, troubleshoot, and enhance customer software applications with and on behalf of customers.
Identify application performance bottlenecks and implement optimizations.
Conduct design and development reviews of customer software applications.
Write application specifications and documentation

Preferred Skills:

Bachelors (or equivalent) in Computer Science (or related) fields.
Software development experience with JavaScript and Python.
Experience with Git or other version control software.
Experience working with JavaScript frameworks such as React, Redux, Vue, Backbone, or Angular.
Experience deploying software to least one of the leading cloud computing platforms (i.e., GCP, AWS, Azure).
Understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases.
Proficiency in data structure and algorithm design and implementation.
Proficiency in time-series data analysis, cleansing, and normalization.
Working knowledge of Agile software development methodology.

Type: Contract
Job #3467

Data Scientist
Tysons, VA
Active Secret
Compensation Range: $125,000 – $150,000

Required Skills:

Collaborate with data and subject matter experts from C3 AI and its customer teams to seek, understand, validate, interpret, and correctly use data and business insights.
Train, validate and deploy machine learning pipelines.
Test, troubleshoot, and enhance customer software applications with and on behalf of customers.
Identify application performance bottlenecks and implement optimizations.
Write application specifications, tutorials and documentation.

Preferred Skills:

MS or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, or equivalent fields.
Applied Machine Learning experience (regression and classification, supervised, and unsupervised learning).
Strong mathematical background (linear algebra, calculus, probability and statistics).
Proficiency in time-series data analysis, cleansing, and normalization.
Experience with scalable Machine Learning (MapReduce, streaming).
Software development experience with JavaScript and Python.
Experience with Git or other version control software.
Ability to drive a project and work both independently and in a team.
Smart, motivated, can do attitude, and seeks to make a difference.
Excellent verbal and written communication.

Location: Aurora, Colorado
Type: Contract
Job #3466

Linux Systems Administrator
Aurora, CO
Active TS/SCI w/ CI poly
Compensation Range: $115,000 – $135,000

Job Responsibilities:

Provide IT systems administration of RedHat Enterprise Linux environments.
Understanding and knowledge of Windows Server internals or Linux fundamentals to include DNS, DHCP, AD, and server replication methods. 
Working as a team member in a fast-paced technological environment.  Use troubleshooting techniques to resolve technical problems of a moderate to high scope and complexity to include the integration of hardware and operating systems (OS).
Understanding of data RAID, data backup uses and technologies. Install and configure software applications requested by end users.  
Work with Cybersecurity professionals to maintain security requirements and provide documentation and training on advanced IT processes and procedures and other tasks as assigned.
Must be able to develop solutions and documentation to a variety of technical problems.
Systems are operational 24×7 and occasionally require work effort beyond standard work hours.
Travel required to other US Domestic locations as business needs dictate up to 5% travel.
Full time 100% Onsite position.

Required Skills:

Typically requires bachelor’s degree and minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience or a master’s degree and minimum of 3 years of prior relevant experience.
Must have a current and transferable U.S. government issued TS/SCI CI Poly security clearance prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Must have Linux experience.
Must have an active DoD 8570 IAT Level 2 certification (or higher) on start date. IAT Level 2 requires one or more of the following Professional Certifications: Security+ CE, CCNA Security, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP, CySA+, CND
Must have experience administering Red Hat Linux based systems.
Must have scripting experience.

Preferred Skills:

Experience with patching, creating/maintaining RPM packages.
Experience with performance tuning, networking, user management (LDAP), and security hardening.
Administer, maintain and troubleshoot Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence, BitBucket).
Experience with Jenkins automation.
Configuration of Scanning tools Nessus/McAfee.
Proficiency with Enterprise level administration of common services such as DNS and LDAP.
Strong analytic and research skills – must be detail oriented.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and troubleshoot problems with efficiency.
Requires the ability to effectively interact with external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations and vendors.

Location: McLean, Virginia
Type: Contract
Job #3465

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.

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

Collaborate with other cyber defense teams to maintain continuous situational awareness of current and emerging cyber threats.
Analyze data to identify and prioritize vulnerabilities and weaknesses in our systems and networks
Provided detailed remediation and mitigation plans, track via Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Conduct research on threat actors, malware, exploit methods, and vulnerabilities to stay up-to-date on current cyber threats.
Develop and maintain cyber threat reports and presentations for both technical and non-technical audiences.
Provide input on the implementation of processes, procedures, and technological solutions to mature our operational program and team cadence.
Respond to internal team and stakeholder inquires on vulnerabilities and related topics.
Collaborate with peers to identify and address cyber gaps and develop solutions to address cyber needs.
Conduct proactive data gathering to better understand the political, economic, and behavioral aspects of threats, cyber activities, and threat actors.
Assist with threat data enrichment, curation, automation, and dissemination within a threat intelligence platform.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or six additional years of relevant experience
8+ years of experience in cybersecurity, vulnerability management, or a related field
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
Strong understanding of types of vulnerabilities, network attacks, and current industry threats
Experience with data analysis and data-driven decision making
Familiarity with threat intelligence platforms and tools
Ability to travel locally and nationally as needed

Desired Qualifications:

Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related field
Certifications in cybersecurity or related field (e.g. CISSP, CEH)
Experience with vulnerability management tools and platforms
Strong understanding or risk management principles and practices
Experience with process improvement and implementation
Experience with tools including: Confluence, ServiceNow, JIRA, Tableau, PowerBI, Excel

Location: Aurora, Colorado
Type: Contract
Job #3464

Title: Space Systems Engineering Operations Technician
Location: Aurora, CO
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI needed to apply *

Compensation Range: $80,000 – $95,000

Collaborate with program leadership to facilitate meetings and ensure effective
communication
Assist engineering leads in the onboarding and integration of new staff members
Support program activities and contribute to team success
Support Satellite daily operations
Attend meetings and other functions as requested
Compile and/or assist in preparation of various documents, to include but not limited to presentations, reports, correspondence, and other materials

Basic Qualifications

Typically requires an AA/AS degree (or other 2 year post high school or Military and/or Intelligence Agency training) and a minimum of 6 years of relative experience organizational groups
Active and transferable Top Secret / SCI Security Clearance is required prior to start date.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Experience working on Defense or Intelligence Agency Satellite technologies and/or ground control systems
Experience using Microsoft Office Suite Tools, to include but not limited to: Outlook, OneNote, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, and/or Excel

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working with senior leadership on large teams
Strong attention to detail and a sense of responsibility
Excellent oral and written communication skills, preferably present information to technical
and nontechnical stakeholders
Prior experience training team members

Location: Herndon, Virginia
Type: Contract
Job #3459

Title: Cyber 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.

Daily support to service requests and attendance at CDS related TEMs
Lead efforts to conduct data collection for the creation/updating of the CDS inventory for the customer to meet compliance requirements.
Consult with projects and system owners on technologies, threats, and vulnerabilities and provide response support as appropriate.
Assist in the implementation of required government policies and procedures (i.e., NSM-8, CNSS, and other policies/procedures), and in making recommendations on process tailoring.
Support the file type review process and risk assessment reporting.
May serve as a team or task lead.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Education: Technical Training, Certification(s) and/or Degree (Cyber Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, etc.)
Experience: 15+ years of related experience.
Required Technical Skills:
Demonstrated experience with systems engineering and architecture.
Demonstrated ability to provide triage effectively and independently, and problem resolution for technical issues.
Demonstrated experience in Governance, Risk, and Compliance management.
Demonstrated record of sound judgment and problem-solving skills necessary to make recommendations to customer management.
Working knowledge of information security policies/regulations, NSM-8 and supporting Operational/Emergency Directives, CNSS, and other information as required.
Excellent written and oral communication skills and a self-starter.
Experience with JIRA and Confluence.
Security Clearance Level: TS/SCI with Polygraph
Desired Skills and Abilities:
Knowledge of file type risks and vulnerabilities.
Experience supporting the customer’s Risk Management Framework.
Knowledge of the NIST 500-53 RMF and CNSS CDS overlay.
ISSM experience is a plus.
Six Sigma experience is a plus.
Visio experience is a plus.
Location: Herndon, VA – Customer Site

Location: Tysons, Virginia
Type: Contract
Job #3456

Title: UI/UX Designer

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

Collaborate to define a future customer experience-led vision for the business, and required capabilities to deliver it. Assess the impact and contribute to the business case. Conduct business analysis and opportunity modeling through stakeholder interviews and customer experience touchpoint design. Lead customer-centric strategy focused project streams and pitches. Ensure alignment with defined business goals throughout the service design process and the creation of services roadmaps. Interpret customer needs to effectively communicate and present service strategies. Inform Go To Market strategy for experiences to maximize value.
A creative problem solver and design leader, skilled in the team sport of crafting solutions that are smart, simple and lovable. You analyze the needs of the target users and how they perform tasks to create an optimized user experience. Expertly apply complex user interface & interaction design principles. Guide persona, archetype, or mindset development, user journey/flow creation, task analysis, and information architecture creation. Define & guide the planning, execution, & synthesis of user research and usability testing, and ensure research translates into meaningful ideation and actionable recommendations.

Required:
·   5-8+ years experience delivering interface design solutions for clients
·   5+ Years experience demonstrating proficiency or expertise in relevant professional design software such as Adobe Creative Suite (with an emphasis on XD), InVision, and more.
·   5+ years experience with user research and usability testing
·   Excellent written and oral presentation skills, including facilitation of small to large groups (5-30+ people)
·   Ability to provide clear, articulate rationale for design choices and approach
·   Expertise with Agile methodology and ability to work in iterative product design cycles
·   Bachelor’s degree
Desired:
·   Experience using scrappy design tools like paper and slides
·   Background in Software Engineering or familiarity with custom development practices to effectively communicate with a highly technical, multidisciplinary team
·   Experience delivering design products across multiple networks
·   Experience leading teams of designers/creatives (3-7+ people)
·   Ability to translate user research findings into design requirements and design deliverables

Location: Tysons, Virginia
Type: Contract
Job #3455

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

Description:

The Systems / Business Analyst supports an application delivery program by understanding and documenting requirements, dependencies and constraints. Acts as a liaison between clients, stakeholders, and the development team to ensure alignment and clear communication. Produces supporting documentation to include requirements, flow charts, technical and training documentation. Provides end-user support, including training, troubleshooting, and addressing any issues or concerns.

Required:
·   3+ years of capturing, validating, and refining business requirements for systems design and development.
·   Strong communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills in a client-facing capacity
·   Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
·   Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented environment.
·   Ability to work across distributed teams.
·   Experience working within Agile software development environment.
·   Ability to support creation and maintenance of user support documentation.
·   Ability to support system quality and verification in collaboration with other team members.
Desired:
·   Previous consulting experience
·   Lean six sigma certification
·   Experience with the Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence)
·   Requirements (intermediate)
·   Change Management &Communications (Intermediate)

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 *

Location: Tysons, Virginia
Type: Contract
Job #3454

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

Description:
The Full Stack Software Developer works with the Lead Engineer to deliver a completed software solution. Developers help with design and then implements all levels of the solution: data layer, application code, user interface. Working with Lead Engineer on Design and coding and delivering APIs and integrations with other software systems and databases. Developers will have experience in the following: Delivering the design and development of software applications. Programming/coding from the data layer through the application layer, through the user interface. Decomposing functional requirements into technical specifications and tasks. Software development and maintenance tools and languages such as Java, C#/.NET, SQL, JavaScript libraries, HTML, etc. Database and data management and analytics technologies, such as SQL, XML, Python, R, etc. Developing and maintaining unit test scripts. Developing APIs and web services for integration between system and data sets.

Required:
·   Application layer programming languages (e.g. Java, C#)
·   Database / data layer experience (e.g. SQL, unstructured data, Python, R, data management and analytics tools)
·   Front end development skills (e.g. modern javascript frameworks, HTML, CSS, bootstrap, etc.)
·   Experience developing, deploying, and maintaining systems on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).
·   Experience in Agile / Scrum

Location: Reston, Virginia
Type: Contract
Job #3448

Cybersecurity Analyst
Reston, VA, College Park, MD, or Colorado Springs, CO
Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
Salary Range: $135,000 – $175,000

Job Responsibilities:

As a Cybersecurity Analyst with a focus on Government System ATO support, you’ll be responsible for guiding government clients through the intricate process of obtaining and maintaining Authority to Operate certifications for their information systems.
You will leverage your expertise in government cybersecurity standards and regulations to monitor, analyze, and respond to potential security incidents and threats.
Your role will ensure that our government clients' systems meet the stringent security requirements necessary for ATO compliance while aligning with government-specific cybersecurity guidelines.
Collaborate with government clients to thoroughly understand their system architectures, security requirements, and objectives for achieving and maintaining ATO status within the context of government regulations.
Conduct exhaustive security assessments and risk analyses that cater to government system compliance, identifying vulnerabilities and potential threats specific to government systems.
Monitor security systems, logs, and network traffic with a keen focus on government cybersecurity guidelines, identifying any suspicious activity, intrusions, or unauthorized access attempts.
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to establish and maintain government-aligned security measures, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, data encryption, and access controls.
Investigate and analyze security incidents to determine their cause, impact, and appropriate response.
Develop and implement incident response plans, including containment, eradication, and recovery strategies.

Required Skills:

At least 6 years of experience as a cybersecurity analyst with a specialization in Government System ATO support, demonstrating deep knowledge of government ATO principles, methodologies, and tools.
Strong experience in government regulatory frameworks, compliance requirements, and security standards specific to ATO (e.g., NIST SP 800-53, RMF, ICD 503, FISMA, FedRAMP).
Demonstrated and repeat experience achieving and maintaining ATO for cloud services and solutions from IL5 to IL6+ on NIPR, SIPR, and JWICS.
Understanding of network protocols, operating systems, and infrastructure components.
Strong proficiency in incident response, security incident handling, and forensic analysis techniques.
Expertise with government specific ATO assessment tools, vulnerability scanning tools, and intrusion detection/prevention systems.
Effective communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
CISSP or equivalent certification to support DoD 8140 requirements

Company Benefits:
Cornerstone Defense offers a comprehensive list of benefits, designed to give employees and their families several options to choose from when selecting benefits that best fit their needs. These offerings include not only a full suite of the traditional Medical/Dental/Vision insurances, but also a number of other benefits and perks to include, but not limited to: A 401(K) plan with a company match, tuition and training assistances, paid vacation/leave, a fitness reimbursement program, college savings plan, commuter benefits, financial advisory services, flex spending accounts, health savings accounts, STD/LTD coverage, life and AD&D insurance, employee assistance programs, life financial planning assistance, and legal resources.

Location: Reston, Virginia
Type: Contract
Job #3447

Cybersecurity Engineer
Reston, VA, College Park, MD, or Colorado Springs, CO
Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
Salary Range: $145,000 – $185,000

Job Responsibilities:

As Cybersecurity Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in safeguarding our organization's digital assets and sensitive information.
The ideal candidate is a dedicated professional with a strong background in cybersecurity, a deep understanding of current threats and vulnerabilities, and the ability to implement robust security measures.
As a Cybersecurity Engineer, you will contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of our cybersecurity infrastructure while staying abreast of emerging trends in the field.
Design, implement, and manage security solutions, including firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, endpoint protection, and encryption mechanisms to ensure the organization's networks and systems remain secure.
Conduct regular security assessments to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses in systems, networks, and applications.
Develop and implement incident response plans to effectively address security breaches, incidents, and breaches.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish and enforce security policies, standards, and procedures.
Monitor network traffic, system logs, and security alerts to detect and respond to potential security incidents.
Analyze and investigate anomalies and security breaches, taking appropriate actions to mitigate risks.
Work closely with cross-functional teams, including IT, software development, and compliance, to integrate security into all phases of the development lifecycle and ensure a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity.
Maintain thorough and accurate documentation of security processes, procedures, and configurations. Prepare detailed reports on security findings, incidents, and actions taken.

Required Skills:

At least 6 years of experience as a cybersecurity engineer with a specialization in designing and building implementations of required security controls; and implementing continuous monitoring and auditing of solutions for compliance with security controls.
Strong skills in specifying and implementing log collection into tools such as Splunk, and performing querying and analysis of aggregated logs to identify security-relevant anomalies or risks
Strong experience in implementing security controls from government regulatory frameworks and security standards (e.g., NIST SP 800-53, RMF, ICD 503, FISMA, FedRAMP).
Experience with implementing controls for cloud, container, and DevSecOps services and solutions within IL5 to IL6+ environments.
Strong understanding of network protocols, operating systems, and infrastructure components.
Proficiency in incident response, security incident handling, and forensic analysis techniques.
Experience with security tools such as Fortify, Acunetix, and Prisma Cloud
Effective communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
CISSP or equivalent certification to support DoD 8140 requirements

Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Type: Contract
Job #3437

Anti-Tamper Systems/Hardware Engineer
Colorado Springs, CO and Huntsville, AL
Active Top Secret
Compensation Range: $130,000 – $170,000

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

Program Overview:
The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program is the integrating element of the Missile Defense System. It is a vital operational system that enables the U.S. president, secretary of defense and combatant commanders at strategic, regional and operational levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, to collectively see the battle develop, and to dynamically manage designated networked sensors and weapons systems to achieve global and regional mission objectives. C2BMC supports a layered missile defense capability that enables an optimized response to threats of all ranges in all phases of flight. C2BMC is the force multiplier that globally and regionally networks, integrates and synchronizes autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations to optimize performance. C2BMC is an integral part of all system ground and flight tests which verify and exercise all current and future missile defense system capabilities.

Job Responsibilities:

Coordinate with Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Anti-tamper (AT) and C2BMC leadership on updates and/or changes to the C2BMC system
Perform Anti-Tamper Risk and Threat Management Assessments and reports for the C2BMC program
Develop the analysis process and preparation of the AT plan and provide coordination and input for near-term fielding decisions
Develop, deliver, and maintain C2BMC AT Plan, C2BMC AT Evaluation Plan, C2BMC Key Management Plan, and the C2BMC Program Protection Plan
Develop, deliver, and maintain Critical Program Information (CPI) analysis, Defense Exportability Assessments, and defense export strategy
Develop, deliver, and maintain waivers for CPI, AT or defense exportability features
Assess program Anti-Tamper designs and implementation plans in support of verification and validation efforts
Develop and deliver recommendations to improve program protection while meeting cost, schedule, and performance objectives
Assess program protection and Anti-Tamper designs and implementation plans in support of verification and validation efforts
Identify risk-based technical countermeasures for the protection of C2BMC Critical Program Information and Critical Components.
Brief Anti-Tamper and Program Protection requirements and prepare white papers and evaluations as required
Support program milestone reviews and Fielding Decisions and verify entrance criteria is satisfied by having the Anti-Tamper and Program Protection products approved.
Interact with customer to define SSE requirements, solutions, trades, costs, implementation, system impacts, and effectiveness
Support developing plans and estimates, task execution, project tracking, reporting, and risk identification and mitigation plans. Keep senior management informed on major accomplishments, issues and concerns
Some travel between development sites (COS and HSV) may be required.

Required Skills:

Must possess a substantial understanding of system design and development, Service Oriented Architecture development principles and implementation and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD).
The candidate should understand and possess demonstrable skills including:
Experience designing and implementing Anti-Tamper (AT) and/or Defense Exportability Features (DEF) solutions.
The ability to engineer complex systems to ensure separation of concerns.
The ability to factor confidentiality, integrity and availability considerations in all phases of system development lifecycle.
The ability to understand and decompose requirements to support implementation, verification and validation testing of hardware components.
The ability to generate detailed, repeatable, automated test procedures. The ability to extract data to support analysis requirements.
The ability to generate procedures that test functionality.
The ability to apply Agile and Lean Product Development principles as well as training others through a DevOps type environment.
Background should include all aspects of the system development life cycle.
Experience with Git, JIRA, Confluence and other open-source development tools.
Candidates must have experience working in an integrated team environment with other systems, software, and specialty engineers to develop solutions.
The candidate should have an understanding and knowledge of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS).
The successful candidate must have a demonstrated ability to collaborate with a team of high performing individuals across a multi-site, multi-discipline organization.
Ability to analyze high level needs and through a structured and logical approach refine the need into an evolving minimum viable product (MVP) that leads to a fielded product. Excellent communications skills required (written and oral).
Able to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings.
Able to write and implement engineering plans within a project. Proven interaction in a team environment a must.

Desired Skills:

Previously engineered automation pipelines to enable effective development within environments with rapidly changing requirements, design challenges which require novel solutions, fast-paced activities, and tight deadlines.
Understanding of anti-tampering and exportability concerns and how to apply secure hardware/software methodologies.

Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Type: Contract
Job #3436

System Safety Engineer
Colorado Springs, CO and Huntsville, AL
Active Top Secret/SCI
Compensation Range: $130,000 – $160,000

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

Job Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include integration of the product lines (BM, C2, Networks), generation of responsible sections of the capability specifications, training less experienced personnel in SE and Safety techniques, reviewing the content and details of technical products, and acting as a technical interface to MDA working level counterparts on an as required basis.
Required to independently complete Safety analysis including Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA), Subsystem Hazard Analysis (SSHA) and support incorporating updates into existing Safety Analysis Reports (SARs).
System Safety engineering and development of program safety plans to provide the engineering team with application of safety policies and guidance.
Individual will provide support to MDA and other program personnel as required as well as other system engineering tasks as required.
Successful candidate will interface with team members and National Team management to ensure high quality products are generated on time and within the resources available.
Regular travel between Colorado Springs and Huntsville, Alabama will be required.

Required Skills:

Identification and definition of desired capabilities
Modeling the interrelationships between internal and external components
Communicating the desired capabilities to a diverse group of developers, engineers, subject matter experts, and users
Generating system/element level functional, performance, and interface specifications to document and control the achievement of the desired capabilities
In-depth knowledge of systems engineering concepts, principles, and techniques
System Engineering background with specialization in System and Software Safety.
Must have the ability to be part of an integrated team tasked with defining the physical, functional, and technical architecture necessary to describe the desired capabilities of an evolving BMDS Battle Management, Command & Control, and Communications effort.

Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Type: Contract
Job #3435

Global Algorithm Architect
Colorado Springs, CO
Active Top Secret
Compensation Range: $125,000 – $160,000

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

Job Responsibilities:

Provide technical expertise and support in developing and analysis of complex algorithms in support of new BMDS capabilities as part of the Global Agile Release Train (ART).
The candidate will assist in the execution, analysis, and trades of Track Server algorithms over large data sets.
The candidate will also participate in developing and documenting complex algorithms, how those algorithms are applied in application software, and create and validate as needed test sets to prove proper implementations.
This position will report to the Global ART EPM, and be responsible to the Global Architect Lead for adhering to architectural guidance as part of implementation.

Required Skills:

Candidate must have experience working in the missile defense or related domains including operational and technical knowledge of topics such as engagement management, track management, sensor management.
The applicant should be well versed in the utilization of Data Analytics to analyze system performance on large data sets, to visualize complex data sets, and performing trades on algorithm implementations.
Proven track record of successfully applying system engineering principles to develop product solutions.
Experience with BMDS systems is highly desired.
Direct experience in one or more of the following algorithm domains is highly desired: target tracking, target classification, target prediction.
Experience in developing Algorithm Description Documents (ADDs) is desired.
Candidate should be experienced in technical interaction with government customers.
A working knowledge of software development processes and transitioning algorithms into production software is strongly desired, as is knowledge of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design principles.
Candidate must possess an understanding of Algorithm design techniques, and Kinematic/ Dynamic System modeling.
Candidates should also have experience working in an integrated team environment with other systems, software and specialty engineers to develop solutions.
Excellent communications skills are required (written and oral) as is the ability to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings.
Occasional trvel to Schriever SFB or other OCONUS locations as required.

Desired Skills:

Experience working with Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence, Optimal control, State Estimation, Statistical Analysis, Stochastic processes, Target Tracking/Correlation, and Orbital Mechanics.

Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Type: Contract
Job #3434

Global Systems and Interface Architect
Colorado Springs, CO
Active Top Secret/SCI
Compensation Range: $165,000 – $205,000

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

Job Responsibilities:

Support the development and review of interface documents, system requirements, Verification Cross Reference Matrix (VCRM) development, architectural documentation, engineering estimates, and author and perform formal and informal engineering reviews.
Position will also provide mentoring to junior systems engineering team members to enhance skills in the department.
Works with the enterprise test architect to enable system sell off capabilities as required.
Candidate needs to have the ability to be flexible to support various tasking on short notice.
Work will be performed under the direction of the Global Architect Lead, and will require interfacing with team members, C2BMC management, and government customers to ensure high quality products are generated on time and within the resources available.
Responsibilities include adhering to DOORS processes and procedures, reviewing the content and details of technical products, and acting as a technical interface to MDA working level counterparts on an as-required basis.
Candidate will be actively involved in the efforts associated with Agile development including iteration planning, mentoring team members on architectural patterns being used, and agile team leadership.

Required Skills:

Demonstrated experience working large multi-site software development efforts including external interface development
Demonstrated experience executing under Federal Acquisition Regulations including Operational Concept development, Requirements, System Decomposition, Standards Compliance, Design, Implementation and Selloff
Demonstrated experience conducting or leading Analysis of Alternatives, Trade Studies and/or Design Evaluations
Familiarity with cyber, platform and network architecture technologies, dependencies and design drivers
Candidate must possess an understanding of systems engineering process and principles.
A successful applicant should have a proven track record of successfully applying system engineering principles to develop product solutions.
Candidates should have experience developing system engineering artifacts (e.g. specifications, Interface Control Documents, Use Cases, System Architecture Descriptions, Trade Studies, etc.).
Candidates should also have experience in with developing large, complex software systems.
Candidates should have experience working in an integrated team environment with other systems, software and specialty engineers to develop solutions.
Excellent communications skills are required (written and oral) as is the ability to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings.
Able to write and implement engineering plans within a project.
Desired skills include experience working within an Agile development environment, domain experience with both Space and Missile Defense, experience with Systems Analysis, Model Based System Engineering, Architecture development, Virtualization, Containerization, and Cloud Computing principles.
Travel supporting program reviews and customer meetings to CONUS sites including Huntsville, AL and Shriever SFB expected.

Desired Skills:

Experience designing large command and control and/or weapon systems
Experience processing radar sensor data
Experience with near real time processing, persistence and distributed user community

Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Type: Contract
Job #3433

Global Systems Safety Engineer
Colorado Springs, CO
Active Top Secret
Compensation Range: $125,000 – $155,000

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

Job Responsibilities:

System Safety engineering and development of program safety plans to provide the engineering team with application of safety policies and guidance
Individual will provide support to MDA and other program personnel as required as well as other system engineering tasks as required
Successful candidate will interface with team members and National Team management to ensure high quality products are generated on time and within the resources available
Integration of the product lines
Generation of responsible sections of the capability specifications
Training less experienced personnel in SE and Safety techniques
Reviewing the content and details of technical products, and acting as a technical interface to MDA working level counterparts on an as-required basis

Required Skills:

Should possess System Engineering background with specialization in System and Software Safety
Experience analyzing design to ensure safety requirements are met
Ability to apply engineering principles to analyze and recommend design features that meet safety criteria in system design to control or eliminate hazards
Experience developing safety documents to support customer and test requirements (SAR, SRA, SSPP)
Experience with hazard identification
Experience participating in System Safety Working Groups
Must possess knowledge of MIL-STD-882E
System engineering and software systems engineering experience required in developing new and integrating existing systems
Ability to analyze high level needs and through a structured and logical approach refine the need into an integrated set of hardware and software
Excellent communications skills desired (written and verbal)
Able to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings

Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Type: Contract
Job #3432

Infrastructure Automation/Maintenance System Administrator
Colorado Springs, CO
Active Top Secret/SCI
Compensation Range: $125,000 – $160,000

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

Job Responsibilities:

The candidate will work on the Global Infrastructure team and will assist in maintaining and sustaining a hyperconverged infrastructure.
They will work primarily with multiple operating systems and specific developmental toolsets.

Required Skills:

3+ years of building project plans and organizing groups to manage personnel resources and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to support the software development lifecycle
Linux experience using RHEL administration including networking and protocols
Experience with projects that plan and schedule multiple groups in building out construction of labs, equipment to include: rack, space and power.
Experience with adding engineering rigor to the process for the Network Engineers, System Admins and cyber in support of projects and milestones.
Experience in working with CM to assure all processes are being met and captured
Understand of System Administration roles in a customer prem cloud environment
Understanding of Network Engineering roles in supporting Cloud base solution/implementations.
Experience with the tools like terraform, Ansible, shell scripting
Experience automating the buildout of VMs using Nutanix, VMWare
1+ container orchestration using Kubernetes (or similar tool) to support databases and SW developments tools like GitLab, Nexus as well as mission software
Current Linux certification to fulfill DoD computing environment requirement
Previous experience working in Agile Software Development organizations using the SAFe framework

Location: Reston, Virginia
Type: Contract
Job #3429

DevSecOps Engineer III
Reston, VA
Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Job Responsibilities:

As a Sr. DevSecOps Engineer III, you’ll play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure and efficient software development and deployment pipelines.
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security practices seamlessly into the development and operations lifecycle, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, secure, and reliable software solutions.
Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to integrate security practices into the software development lifecycle.
Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that incorporate automated security testing, vulnerability scanning, and compliance checks.
Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) templates and configurations, ensuring security best practices are applied to cloud resources and infrastructure components.
Perform regular security assessments, code reviews, and penetration testing to identify and address vulnerabilities and weaknesses in applications, code, and infrastructure.
Monitor and analyze system and application logs to detect and respond to security incidents.
Implement and manage identity and access management (IAM) solutions, ensuring appropriate authentication and authorization mechanisms are in place.
Collaborate with software engineers to provide guidance on secure coding practices and assist in remediation of security findings.
Participate in incident response activities, helping to investigate and mitigate security incidents in a timely manner.
Contribute to the development and maintenance of security policies, procedures, and documentation.

Required Skills:

At least 10 years of experience as a DevSecOps Engineer or similar role, with a focus on integrating security into the software development lifecycle.
Expert experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Artifactory, SonarQube, Selenium, Fortify, Acunetix, and Prisma Cloud).
Expert experience building DevSecOps solutions at scale across IL5 to IL6+ classification domains
Expert understanding of AWS and familiarity with other cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, GCP) and securing cloud-based applications and services.
Strong experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
Strong experience in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation and tool integration.
Hands-on experience with security tools for static code analysis, dynamic application security testing (DAST), and vulnerability scanning, using tools such as Fortify, Acunetix, and Prisma Cloud
Knowledge of security best practices, common vulnerabilities, and exposure to security frameworks (e.g., OWASP, NIST).

Location: Reston, Virginia
Type: Contract
Job #3428

DevSecOps Engineer I
Reston, VA
Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Job Responsibilities:

As a DevSecOps Engineer I, you’ll play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure and efficient software development and deployment pipelines.
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security practices seamlessly into the development and operations lifecycle, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, secure, and reliable software solutions.
Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to integrate security practices into the software development lifecycle.
Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that incorporate automated security testing, vulnerability scanning, and compliance checks.
Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) templates and configurations, ensuring security best practices are applied to cloud resources and infrastructure components.
Perform regular security assessments, code reviews, and penetration testing to identify and address vulnerabilities and weaknesses in applications, code, and infrastructure.
Monitor and analyze system and application logs to detect and respond to security incidents.
Implement and manage identity and access management (IAM) solutions, ensuring appropriate authentication and authorization mechanisms are in place.
Collaborate with software engineers to provide guidance on secure coding practices and assist in remediation of security findings.
Participate in incident response activities, helping to investigate and mitigate security incidents in a timely manner.
Contribute to the development and maintenance of security policies, procedures, and documentation.

Required Skills:

At least 6 years of experience as a DevSecOps Engineer or similar role, with a focus on integrating security into the software development lifecycle.
Strong experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Artifactory, SonarQube, Selenium, Fortify, Acunetix, and Prisma Cloud).
Strong Experience building DevSecOps solutions at scale across IL5 to IL6+ classification domains
Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and securing cloud-based applications and services.
Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation and tool integration.
Knowledge of security best practices, common vulnerabilities, and exposure to security frameworks (e.g., OWASP, NIST).

Location: College Park, Maryland
Type: Contract
Job #3427

DevSecOps Engineer III
College Park, MD
Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
Compensation Range: $145,000 – $185,000

Job Responsibilities:

As a Sr. DevSecOps Engineer III, you’ll play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure and efficient software development and deployment pipelines.
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security practices seamlessly into the development and operations lifecycle, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, secure, and reliable software solutions.
Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to integrate security practices into the software development lifecycle.
Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that incorporate automated security testing, vulnerability scanning, and compliance checks.
Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) templates and configurations, ensuring security best practices are applied to cloud resources and infrastructure components.
Perform regular security assessments, code reviews, and penetration testing to identify and address vulnerabilities and weaknesses in applications, code, and infrastructure.
Monitor and analyze system and application logs to detect and respond to security incidents.
Implement and manage identity and access management (IAM) solutions, ensuring appropriate authentication and authorization mechanisms are in place.
Collaborate with software engineers to provide guidance on secure coding practices and assist in remediation of security findings.
Participate in incident response activities, helping to investigate and mitigate security incidents in a timely manner.
Contribute to the development and maintenance of security policies, procedures, and documentation.

Required Skills:

At least 10 years of experience as a DevSecOps Engineer or similar role, with a focus on integrating security into the software development lifecycle.
Expert experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Artifactory, SonarQube, Selenium, Fortify, Acunetix, and Prisma Cloud).
Expert experience building DevSecOps solutions at scale across IL5 to IL6+ classification domains
Expert understanding of AWS and familiarity with other cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, GCP) and securing cloud-based applications and services.
Strong experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
Strong experience in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation and tool integration.
Hands-on experience with security tools for static code analysis, dynamic application security testing (DAST), and vulnerability scanning, using tools such as Fortify, Acunetix, and Prisma Cloud
Knowledge of security best practices, common vulnerabilities, and exposure to security frameworks (e.g., OWASP, NIST).

Location: College Park, Maryland
Type: Contract
Job #3426

DevSecOps Engineer I
College Park, MD
Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
Compensation Range: $120,000 – $160,000

Job Responsibilities:

As a DevSecOps Engineer I, you’ll play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure and efficient software development and deployment pipelines.
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security practices seamlessly into the development and operations lifecycle, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, secure, and reliable software solutions.
Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to integrate security practices into the software development lifecycle.
Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that incorporate automated security testing, vulnerability scanning, and compliance checks.
Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) templates and configurations, ensuring security best practices are applied to cloud resources and infrastructure components.
Perform regular security assessments, code reviews, and penetration testing to identify and address vulnerabilities and weaknesses in applications, code, and infrastructure.
Monitor and analyze system and application logs to detect and respond to security incidents.
Implement and manage identity and access management (IAM) solutions, ensuring appropriate authentication and authorization mechanisms are in place.
Collaborate with software engineers to provide guidance on secure coding practices and assist in remediation of security findings.
Participate in incident response activities, helping to investigate and mitigate security incidents in a timely manner.
Contribute to the development and maintenance of security policies, procedures, and documentation.

Required Skills:

At least 6 years of experience as a DevSecOps Engineer or similar role, with a focus on integrating security into the software development lifecycle.
Strong experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Artifactory, SonarQube, Selenium, Fortify, Acunetix, and Prisma Cloud).
Strong Experience building DevSecOps solutions at scale across IL5 to IL6+ classification domains
Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and securing cloud-based applications and services.
Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation and tool integration.
Knowledge of security best practices, common vulnerabilities, and exposure to security frameworks (e.g., OWASP, NIST).