Software Engineer
Tysons, VA

Mandatory Skills:

Desired Skills:

Title: Target Digital Network Analyst
Location: Linthicum, MD
Salary Range: $190,000 – $210,000
*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.
 

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

Description:
We are seeking a Target Digital Network Analyst (TDNA)familiar with network-based adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures, network protocols, and common cyber vulnerabilities. This position will combine expert level research with analyzed intelligence community assessments and reports and open-source intelligence to support vulnerability discovery and mitigation efforts of United States National Defense platforms and Critical Infrastructure. This support includes writing intelligence reports, briefing and informing senior leadership, and traveling to cyber tabletop exercises (CTTXs)

Qualifications:
– Minimum of 5 years of experience in 2 or more of the following:

Minimum of at least 3 years of experience in 3 or more of the following:

Preferred Qualifications:
BS degree in Electrical / Computer / Software Engineering, Mathematics, Information Systems or Stem Related

Supports software and data engineering with DevOps tools, culture, and process changes to enable rapid and stable delivery of applications and technologies. Identifies, prototypes, engineers, and deploys emerging software engineering and DevOps tools into existing baseline. Operates and supports a suite of enterprise DevOps services. Establishes, manages, automates, and enhances DevOps pipelines. Defines and promotes enterprise software engineering and DevOps standards, practices, and behaviors. Supports project teams as they integrate into the DevOps environment. May work in hybrid environments (multi-cloud, multi-domain, private/public). Writes and maintains infrastructure and configuration files, DevOps tool configuration scripts, and application run-time configuration scripts. Facilitates technical exchange meetings to identify, collect, and establish coordinated requirements with key stakeholders. 
Key Responsibilities: 

Required Skills:

 

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

Required Skills:

Desired Skills:

 

SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Chantilly, VA 

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Software Engineer will design and develop complex new software products, or make significant enhancements to existing software. The candidate must have strong, firsthand technical expertise in a variety of big data technologies and the proven ability to fashion robust scalable solutions that can manage large data sets. The candidate must be at ease working in an Agile environment with little supervision. This person should embody a passion for continuous improvement and innovation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

· Design and develop a processing platform using various configuration management technologies.

· Provide ongoing maintenance, support, and enhancements in existing systems and platforms.

· Troubleshoots complex problems and provides customer support for software systems and application issues.

· Provide recommendations for continuous improvement.

· Work alongside other engineers on the team to sustain and advance our organization’s capabilities.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

· Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience.

· 10 to 15 years of related software engineering experience.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Hands-on experience with modern programming languages including Python or NodeJS.

· Hands-on experience working with Elastic Search, Mongo DB, Docker, Kubernetes, Rabbit MQ, and Nifi.

· DevOps experience building and deploying cloud infrastructure with technologies such as Ansible, Cloud Formation, etc.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Experience with building APIs and services using REST

· Experience with monitoring technologies like ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.

· Experience with build automation technologies like Maven, Jenkins, etc.

· Experience with Linux (preferred)

Title: Systems Administrator IV (Storage)
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Compensation Range: $210k – $230k

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.

 

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR IV
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR IV shall have a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field, and have ten (10) years of demonstrable experience in system administration and support of a large client-server based IT enterprise.  Or the individual shall have five (5) years of full time computer science work that can be substituted for the Bachelor’s Degree, and have ten (10) years of demonstrable experience in system administration and support of a large client-server based IT enterprise.  An industry recognized professional certification may substitute as one year experience.

Experience shall include installation, configuration, and networking of UNIX and/or NT based platforms.  This experience shall include: creating, modifying and deleting user accounts, performing system back-ups, and maintaining system configuration files.  Individual shall have a fundamental understanding of operating systems ad be familiar with either UNIX or NT commands or utilities at the user level.  Experience shall include the installation and configuration of hardware, operating systems, and commercial software packages.  Individual shall be able to develop and implement enterprise backup/recovery strategies, server configuration and consolidation, and verification of the health and status of the entire IT infrastructure.  Individual shall be able to provide support for enterprise services such as DNS, NFS, e-mail services, security protection mechanisms, and the interoperability of UNIX and NT based systems.

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR IV for STORAGE
(U) In addition to the above qualifications, SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR IV FOR STORAGE must have the following qualifications required by the relevant TTO: Installation, configuration, tuning, troubleshooting, and administration of:
• SGI IRIX based Operating System
• SGI systems with direct attached and FC SAN attached storage
• Network Appliance clustered servers with direct attached and FC SAN storage
• Network Appliance and SGI IRIX supported applications
• Multivendor clustered filesystems such as GPFS, Lustre
• Brocade FC switch network
• Enterprise class arrays
• Solid State Disk (SSD)
• NFS/CIFS based server/storage appliance
• HPSE
• Data Domain and similar deduplication products
• Cloud based storage solutions such as HADOOP, and IBM BigInsights
• Trouble ticket management utilizing Remedy

*IAT Level II Certification Required*

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

Title: Systems Administrator IV (HPC)
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Compensation Range: $210k – $230k

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.
 

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR IV

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR IV shall have a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field, and have ten (10) years of demonstrable experience in system administration and support of a large client-server based IT enterprise.  Or the individual shall have five (5) years of full time computer science work that can be substituted for the Bachelor’s Degree, and have ten (10) years of demonstrable experience in system administration and support of a large client-server based IT enterprise.  An industry recognized professional certification may substitute as one year experience.

Experience shall include installation, configuration, and networking of UNIX and/or NT based platforms.  This experience shall include: creating, modifying and deleting user accounts, performing system back-ups, and maintaining system configuration files.  Individual shall have a fundamental understanding of operating systems ad be familiar with either UNIX or NT commands or utilities at the user level.  Experience shall include the installation and configuration of hardware, operating systems, and commercial software packages.  Individual shall be able to develop and implement enterprise backup/recovery strategies, server configuration and consolidation, and verification of the health and status of the entire IT infrastructure.  Individual shall be able to provide support for enterprise services such as DNS, NFS, e-mail services, security protection mechanisms, and the interoperability of UNIX and NT based systems.
 
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR IV for HPC
In addition to the above qualifications, SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR IV FOR HPC must have the following qualifications required by the relevant TTO:
• Installation, configuration, tuning, troubleshooting and administration of:
o Multi-vendor servers running numerous COTS, opensource, and in-house applications to accommodate HPC Division IT support requirements
o Multi-vendor servers running Red Hat of SuSe with direct attached, FC SAN storage or SSDs
• Distributing computing tools such as ReS, LSF, and SLURM
• HPC farm systems, HPC MPP clustered systems, Front End servers of Special Purpose devices (SPDs)
• IBM of HP Blade servers with FC/SAS/Network back end
• Multi-vendor filesystems such as XFS, GPFS and Lustre
• Pre-Factory testing, Factory testing, System integration and Acceptance testing during the purchase process of the HPS systems
• Accepted professional certifications include:
o Valid RHCSA or higher red Hat certification
o Valid VMWare certification

*IAT Level II Certification Required*
*Candidates with Lustre Experience highly preferred*

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

Title: Senior Red Hat Consultant
Location: Ft. Meade, MD
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Compensation Range: $180k – $200k

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

Responsibilities:
Usually responsible for providing a detailed technical design for enterprise solutions.
Is usually the Principal Consultant who analyzes and develops enterprise technology solutions.
Provides the technical direction required to resolve complex issues to ensure the on-time delivery of solutions that meet customer expectations. May need to develop new methods to apply to situations.
Provides advanced technical consulting and advice to proposal efforts, solution design.
Provides consulting advice to customer senior IT leadership and sets strategic direction for customers based on the company's solutions and products.
Works with peers outside immediate organization to define and characterize complex technology or process problems and/or develops new solutions, yet works independently to drive technical problems to a solution.

Education and Experience Required:
12+ years of professional experience and a Master of Arts/Science or equivalent degree in computer science or related area of study; without a Masters degree, three additional years of relevant professional experience (15+ years in total).

Knowledge and Skills:
Demonstrates ability to develop solutions that can be used at multiple customer sites to enhance the availability, performance, maintainability and agility of their enterprise.
Develops reusable solutions and workarounds that are innovative and demonstrate a deep technical knowledge of the affected products, processes, and the customer environment.
Breadth of knowledge covers additional business units, third parties, competitors, and business drivers.
Recognized as an advanced subject matter expert of IT products, applied technologies and processes, combining vendor interoperability knowledge pertaining to complex IT infrastructures. May define interoperability issues between vendors' products and is a recognized expert in one or more technologies across the region. Holds a vendor or industry certification in more than one discipline area. Regularly represents business at industry recognized technical events.
Has performed troubleshooting across a number of significant multi-vendor products.
Has demonstrated innovation and ability to communicate new offerings across multiple business units. Has led a cross functional team in the delivery of multiple solutions across multiple technologies.
Ability to operate and present at all levels, and in public forums, to facilitate business discussions, and controls and leads those discussions.
Ability to relate risks and challenges with other client efforts.
Ability to develop detailed project plans and work breakdown structures. Ability to develop Architecture Specification deliverables that map customer business requirements to technologies.

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

 

Principal Systems Engineer, Linux

McLean, VA
The Program is comprised of Linux (80%), Windows (20%), virtualization, storage, network, HW, and data center engineers that works as a team and offers rewarding opportunities to think outside the box in order to deliver innovative and sustainable IT environments to our customers.

The System Administrators work both independently and as a member of an integrated product team supporting a wide variety of basic and complex computing and network configurations and must have proven Linux experience.

The on-site system administrator will support the installation, configuration, maintenance, failure analysis and recovery, performance monitoring, data storage management, and security management of the data center environment.

The system administrator will have experience in at least one, preferably two, scripting languages (shell, Perl, Powershell, Python, etc.) and shall have proven experience administering Linux operating systems in the conduct of their duties. The right candidate will have proven experience in problem solving.

Mandatory Skills:

– Architecting, deploying, and managing large Linux networked environments including deployment and configuration
-Installing, configuring, updating and removing system and application software
-Hardening Linux server installations
-Installing, configuring, updating and removing system hardware (servers, workstations, transceivers, network interface cards)
-Configuring NFS, SAMBA, and SAN
-Monitoring and allocating system resources (CPU, memory, and storage space)
-Proven experience creating, implementing, and maintaining scripts for process automation, infrastructure monitoring, and proactive reporting
-Auditing system log files, to include compliance audits
-Diagnosing and troubleshooting hardware and software problems
-Documenting hardware and software configurations, maintenance history, and backup history
-Implementing up-to-date system policies and procedures
-Updating/patching system operating systems
-Proven experience in all aspects of managing large Linux environments including the use of configuration management tools like Puppet and Ansible for centralized management and configuration of systems to enforce security controls
-Ability to utilize analysis tools to resolve complex network, systems, and application performance problems
-Responding to inquiries concerning all aspects of computer and network operations
-Creating and managing user/group accounts (ex: Active Directory (AD))

Minimum Education & Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics, or equivalent experience, and four (4) years of relevant experience (see below bullets).
Equivalent military training and/or experience in an information technology field will be considered in lieu of a degree.
Five (5) years or more of total intelligence community relevant work experience as a system administrator
Seven (7) years’ experience as a system administrator

Optional Skills:

Experience with Kubernetes; upgrading Linux systems and transition to new configurations management environments; C2S/UC2S policies and procedures; familiarity with creation of S3/GLACIERS instances and with Rapid7 vulnerability scans and reports.

Network Engineer, Senior

McLean, VA

Required:
– 3-5 years of HAND-ON network engineering experience in customer environment
– Hands-on Cisco firewall experience (ASA/Firepower 5510, 5515X, FP4100’s, etc…)
– Hands-on Cisco Catalyst switch experience (Nexus switch experience would be a HUGE plus)
– CCNP-level knowledge of Cisco networking (No requirement for certification, but understanding at this level is required)
– Familiarity with cabling types/standards (i.e., Single Mode vs. Multi Mode, LC connector vs. SC connector, Cat5/6/7, etc…)
– Good understanding of network link virtualization technologies (i.e., Ether-channel/Port-channel, Nexus virtual port-channels (vpcs))
– Willingness to perform layer 1 tasks as needed (pulling cable, racking/stacking, etc…)
– Strong troubleshooting skills
– Strong project management experience (i.e., ability to manage projects through their full lifecycle in order to meet deadlines)
– Ability to use MS Visio to produce network diagrams
– Must be able to survive and thrive in a non-enterprise, fast paced environment
– Ability to create and present presentations for Engineering Review Boards and other ad-hoc technical briefings as necessary

Desirable:
– Understanding of how mission enclaves communicate with Enterprise networks
– Familiarity with the Enterprise ticketing system
– Familiarity with Cisco Firewall Management Center to manage Firepower firewall
– Experience with Cisco Nexus Ethernet switching platforms (Nexus 5500, 5600, 7700, and 9500)
– Experience with Cisco MDS Fibre Channel switching platforms (MDS 9000)
– Familiarity with Storage Area Networking (SAN) and Fibre Channel protocols and standards
– Familiarity with Linux operating system
– Familiarity with SolarWinds network management/monitoring tool
– Familiarity with virtual appliances (switches, firewalls, etc…)
– Familiarity with JIRA
– Experience working in a ‘mission-like’ environment (outside of Enterprise comms)
– AWS/Cloud familiarity

Title: Applications Developer
Location: Herndon, VA

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

Seeking a Full Stack DevOps Applications Developer to support applications development and operations and maintenance of a variety of systems and initiatives focused on streamlining operations, automating processes, and aligning customer solutions to the overarching digital architecture. The ideal candidate will help promote state-of-the-art IT solutions, collaborating with IT mission partners to share technology and lessons learned and ensure records management processes and requirements are included in the early design stages of IT solutions across the Intelligence Community. Additionally, this individual will work in concert with the customer technical interfaces to ensure future plans for technology are in line with the plans for the overall customer architecture.
 

1. • Ability to lead and direct design thinking for applications
2. • Experience with Cloud Formation
3. • Experience with Automation and Containerization
4. • Knowledge of Kubernettes
5. • Strong working knowledge of Angular 8+, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Google Material
6. • Working experience with Git, GitHub or GitLab, code reviews
7. • Experience with Jenkins
8. • Experience with Rest APIs
9. • Working experience with AWS technologies (EC2, S3, SQS, SNS)
10. • Experience with application frameworks (Spring Boot, NodeJS-NestJS)
11. • Expert knowledge of UI design principles and techniques
12. • Ability to work well with others as well as independently
13. • Ability to work well in a constantly evolving work environment
14. • Strong presentation skills
15. • BS/BA in Software Engineering, Science, Mathematics, or similar OR equivalent combination of education and experience

 

1. • Experience with UI testing frameworks
2. • Experience with Docker/Docker Compose
3. •       Experience with Python or willing to learn
4. • Experience with JavaScript charting libraries such as ChartJS, D3
5. • Experience with PDF JavaScript libraries such as pdf.js
6. • Experience building js libraries/NPM modules
7. • Experience with multi-environment deployments
8. • Experience in an Agile environment

 

0Title: Cyber Security Analyst
Location: McLean, VA
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

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

Coordinate hunt activities between various internal and external hunt groups 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Manage, share, and receive intelligence on APT adversary groups

Generate intelligence from their own data sources and share it accordingly

Identify, extract, and leverage intelligence from APT intrusions

Expand upon existing intelligence to build profiles of adversary groups

Leverage intelligence to better defend against and respond to future intrusions

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

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

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

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

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

Required Qualifications:

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

Experience with working nation state intrusion sets

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

Windows and/or Linux operating systems

Network forensics

Expertise at enterprise scale:

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

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

Malware analysis/reverse engineering

Exploit development

On-net pursuit/response

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

Knowledge of the following classes of enterprise cyber defense technologies:

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems

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

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

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

Network and Host forensic applications

Web/Email gateway security technologies

Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR)

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

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

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

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

Active/Current TS/SCI with polygraph clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

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

Shifts for this role are:
Sunday – Wednesday – 6am – 4pm, noon – 10pm and 9pm – 7am
Wednesday – Saturday – same as above

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

This role requires a highly skilled problem-solver who has the business knowledge and technological expertise to build upon, maintain, and grow an innovative data analytics platform that supports the ever-changing needs of our customers.

Required Qualifications: 

2+ years' experience with programming and scripting

Knowledge of software version control systems 

Experience consuming Application Programming Interfaces (APls) and manipulating large datasets

Experience with defining enterprise information system requirements, performing system or application design, developing capability prototypes, and transitioning applications to production

Knowledge of AWS cloud services, such as Lambdas, EC2s, or S3

Knowledge of analytic platforms, such as Splunk, Elasticsearch/Kibana or others

Current/Active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience programming an/or scripting in Python

Experience using Git

Experience working in AWS or other cloud environments

Knowledge of drafting technical program documentation, such as end user operational instructions or training guidelines

Ability to collaborate with others who are conducting research in the same, similar, or different areas (strong teamwork skills)

Effective research and analytical skills

Excellent problem-solving skills

Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

Strong oral and written presentation skills and the ability to brief others on your findings and recommendations

 

Title: Technical Targeter

Location: McLean, VA

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

Company Overview:

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

Technical Targeter

McLean, VA

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

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

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

Title: Software/Application Support Specialist
 

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

 

Company Overview:

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

 

Software Application Support Specialist
Herndon, VA

The Software Application Support Specialist is responsible for providing professional and efficient helpdesk support. A strong customer service mindset is the key to succeeding in this role.

Job Requirements:

Required Experience:

Desired Experience:

 

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

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

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Position: Cloud Engineer (Salary Range: $150,000 – $210,000)
Location: Chantilly, VA

Responsibilities:

Requirements:

Intel Ops Support Advisor
Chantilly, VA

Cornerstone Defense is looking for a highly motivated and experienced Senior Intelligence Operations Support to join our team. The ideal candidate is responsible for gathering, analyzing, and disseminating intelligence information to support decision-making at all levels of the organization. This includes collecting, triaging, and reviewing information from a variety of sources. The Intelligence Analyst then analyzes this information to identify trends, patterns, and threats. Finally, the Intelligence Analyst disseminates this information to decision-makers in a clear and concise way.

Duties and Responsibilities

Desired Skills and Abilities

Education Requirement

Experience Requirement

 

Intel Ops Support
Chantilly, VA

Cornerstone Defense is looking for a highly motivated Intelligence Operations Support Analyst to join our team. The ideal candidate is responsible for gathering, analyzing, and disseminating intelligence information to support decision-making at all levels of the organization. This includes collecting, triaging, and reviewing information from a variety of sources. The Intelligence Analyst then analyzes this information to identify trends, patterns, and threats. Finally, the Intelligence Analyst disseminates this information to decision-makers in a clear and concise way.

Duties and Responsibilities

Desired Skills and Abilities

Education Requirement

Experience Requirement

 

Technical Targeter
Chantilly, VA

Cornerstone Defense is looking for a highly motivated and experienced expert Cyber Technical Analyst to join our team. The ideal candidate is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the organization's cyber security assurance processes. This includes developing and implementing security policies and procedures, conducting security assessments, and monitoring the organization's cyber security posture.

Duties and Responsibilities

 
Education Requirement

 
Experience Requirement

General Technical Targeting Analyst
McLean, VA

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

Company Overview:

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

Required Qualifications:

 

 

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

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

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

 

 

Title: Tempest Engineer
Location: Linthicum Heights, MD

*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Salary Range: $200,000-$220,000

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.
 

As part of our team, you'll get to work on a team of TEMPEST engineers and SMEs performing TEMPEST testing and providing TEMPEST engineering recommendations to help ensure the security of our nation's systems. You'll get to work onsite with the customer, integrated into their team to ensure mission success.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
– 3+ years of experience with TEMPEST testing, design, or engineering
– TEMPEST certified technician (Certified TEMPEST Professional Level II)

Capabilities / Duties:

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

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

​Required Education, Experience, & Skills :

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

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

 

Title: Reports Officer
*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.

This position represents multiple openings. The position level contingent on applicant specific qualifications and experience. 
Applicants will be evaluated and placed in a level from 1-5 based off their experience and customer feedback after multiple assessments.

Required Qualifications:

Desired Qualifications:

Title: Watch Officer

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

The position represents multiple openings. This position level is contingent on applicant specific qualifications and experience. Applicants will be evaluated and placed in a level from 1-5 based off their experience and customer feedback after multiple assessments

Required Qualifications:

Desired Qualifications:

Title: Counterintelligence Officer 

*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.

This position represents multiple openings. The position level is contingent on applicant specific qualifications and experience. Applicants will be evaluated and placed in a level from 1-5 based off their experience and customer feedback after multiple assessments.

Required qualifications:

Desired qualifications:

Title: Executive Officer 
*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.

This position represents multiple openings. The position level is contingent on applicant specific qualifications and experience. 
Applicants will be evaluated and placed in a level from 1-5 based off their experience and customer feedback after multiple assessments

Required Qualifications:

Desired Qualifications:

Title: Desk Officer 
*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.

This position represents multiple openings. The position level contingent on applicant specific qualifications and experience. 
Applicants will be evaluated and placed in a level from 1-5 based off their experience and customer feedback after multiple assessments

Required Qualifications:

Desired Qualifications:

Title: Target Officer 
*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.

This position represents multiple openings. The position level is contingent on applicant specific qualifications and experience. 
Applicants will be evaluated and placed in a level from 1-5 based off their experience and customer feedback after multiple assessments.

Required Qualifications:

Desired Qualifications:

Title: Software Integration Engineer 3
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
Compensation Range: $190 -$210K
*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 *

Position Description:
The Software Integration Engineer shall be responsible for the installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of a large-scale multi-tenant Kubernetes “on-prem” cluster which serves as the foundation for mission-critical applications across multiple tenants.
In this role, the Software Integration Engineer shall collaborate closely with DevOps, Security, and Application teams to implement automation, enforce best practices, and support integration of new services within the Kubernetes cluster ensuring the reliability, performance, and security of the Kubernetes-based infrastructure.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and have at least eight (8) years of demonstrable experience with integrating, installing, configuring, upgrading, compiling, and supporting COTS/GOTS software in a heterogeneous operating system environment.
OR
The individual shall have five (5) years full time Computer Science directly related work that can be substituted for a degree and have at least eight (8) years of demonstrable experience.
OR
An industry recognized professional certification, as defined in the TT0s, may substitute as one (1) year experience. A Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field may substitute for two (2) years' experience.
Position Required Skills:

Position Desired Skills:

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Title: MySQL Database Administrator
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
*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:
Candidate will be providing MySQL database administration support.
Skills:

 
Qualifications:

 

Title: Cloud Software Engineer 2
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
Clearance: TS/SCI w/ Polygraph
Compensation Range: $190k – $215k

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 Cloud Software Engineer develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse Big-Data Cloud systems based upon documented requirements. Directly contributes to all stages of back-end processing, analyzing, and indexing. Provides expertise in Cloud Computing, Hadoop Eco-System including implementing Java applications, Distributed Computing, Information Retrieval (IR), and Object Oriented Design. Works individually or as part of a team. Reviews and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results. Resolves software problem reports. Utilizes software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment. Provides specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of Commercial Off-the-shelf (COTS)/Government Off-the-shelf (GOTS) in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components.

The Level 2 Cloud Software Engineer shall possess the following capabilities:

Qualifications:

Company Benefits:

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

Cyber Vulnerability Assessment & Analysis Officer
Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph
Chantilly, VA

Supporting the Most Exciting and Meaningful Missions in the World

 We are looking for a team-members with creative talent who are ready to take on the challenge of, Cyber Security Vulnerability A&A Officer to support at a sponsor facility. The Cyber Vulnerability A&A Officer is deployed to collocate with Sponsor’s offices, departments, or programs. The officer shall perform the following functions and deliver outcomes as follows: please keep reading…

Core responsibilities of the position include:

· Perform vulnerability assessment against system baselines to evaluate effectiveness of system configurations to include validation of system software, software patching and hardware configurations.

· Conduct compliance checks for patches on deployed program systems.

· Conduct vulnerability assessment to support sponsor with Assessment & Accreditation Security Policies & procedures, and compliance with ISSO/ISSM requirements and sponsor’s security regulations.

· Assure compliance with accreditation documentation in coordination with program ISSO/ISSM staff.

· Conduct Nmap port scanning as needed.

· Operate open source security tools, such as Nmap, or other applicable products approved and provided by the sponsor.

· Operate sponsor provided proprietary security tools such as Tenable Nessus, WebInspect, AppDetective, Rapid 7 Nexpose, RoadRunner, Greenlight, TEMIS, etc..

· Understand and operate network device implementations.

· Coordinate with ISSO on security incident response for Information Assurance concerns.

· Assist the sponsor with vulnerability assessment, including evaluation of specific configurations of program network devices and network enable software applications on both window and Linux platforms.

· Ensure program laptops are configured in accordance with sponsor’s Laptop Compliance Process, or current sponsor’s regulations/requirements by either completing configurations or by providing advice/resources of who can configure the laptop based on the customer’s office.

· Maintain the sponsor’s laptop security program, to include updating sponsor’s system of record and/or enduring responsible officers update the system of record.

· Develop and maintain a program that supports and encourages 100% laptop compliance providing options and standard operating procedures that account for mission requirements and a geographically distributed workforce.

· Provide ad-hoc security administration or communication security (COMSEC) support, as required.

Required experience:

· Minimum 6 years’ experience performing full range of Cyber A&A functions

· Relevant industry certifications

· Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal guidance and in small dynamic teams often under time-constraints

· US government issued Top Secret/SCI security clearance required at time of application

· Must be a US Citizen at time of application

Preferred Qualifications

· 8 years’ experience working in the Cyber A&A field.

· Previous experience working within the customer space

· Proficient in Microsoft office suite of products

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

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

Title: Integration Developer

Company Overview:

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

Integration Developer
Reston Location highly preferred
Potential for remote work
Unclassified

Key skills needed:
UI, UX, API
Microsoft stack
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Integration Developer

Job Description:

Seeking highly motivated Developers/Engineers to build and implement functional software solutions, that thrives in a fast-paced, agile environment including the ability to engage in open and animated peer review sessions, able to change direction quickly, and an eagerness to learn new technologies.

All development staff experience full exposure to application lifecycle management (ALM), which affords our employees the opportunity to learn and work across many functional areas including UI/UX, business layer, database design, application architecture, etc.

The ideal team member is a self-starter with effective problem-solving skills, excellent written and verbal communication, and a curiosity for new challenges and experiences. Additionally, candidates will ideally have experience that highlights their critical thinking skills, lifelong learning habits, and effective presentation skills to help team members and clients understand issues, opportunities, and proposed solutions.

The selected candidate will build and implement functional software solutions in a fast-paced, agile environment and have the ability to engage in open and animated peer review sessions, change direction quickly, and an eagerness to learn new technologies.

Job Requirements:

•            Collaborate with software architects and developers.

•            Collaborate with the project managers, analysts, and customers in the analysis, design, creation, and maintenance of integration solutions.

•            Produce code to develop easy maintenance and extension of DSI software products.

•            Integrate software components and third-party programs.

•          Understand and demonstrate development skills utilizing ASP.NET, .NET Core, .NET Framework, C#, and JavaScript/JQuery.

•            Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing software.

•    Perform validation and verification testing prior to deploying implementations.

•           Recommend and execute improvements.

•          Create technical documentation for reference and reporting.

•           All other duties as assigned.

Required Experience:

•            5+ years of experience with software development, infrastructure development, or related field.

•            Working understanding of SQL, SSL Certificates, and Single Sign on Configurations.

•            Understanding of the asp.net application lifecycle from IIS to the DOM.

•            Create and consume REST and SOAP web services.

•            Experience with Windows environment and Visual Studio.

•            Experience with .NET, SaaS.

•            Experience with Scrum/Agile methodologies.

•            Good verbal and written communication skills.

•            Able to multitask and manage time efficiently.

•            Ability to work independently and in a team.

Desired Experience:

•            Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field.

Title: DevOps Systems Engineer

Location: Herndon, VA

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

 

Company Overview:

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

DevOps Systems Engineer

Job Description

DevOps Systems Engineer
Herndon, VA

Required Experience:

 
Desired Experience:

Position: Linux Systems Engineer (Salary Range: $140,000 – $210,000)
Location: Chantilly, VA

HOW A LINUX SYSTEMS ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED: