Title: System Engineer SME
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. 

Required Education, Experience, & Skills :
We are looking for experienced SharePoint Engineer/Developers to join our technology-based program supporting a key Government customer. A bachelor’s or master’s degrees are preferred with a minimum of eleven (16) year’s relevant experience with the following skillsets:
Developing, implementing, and maintaining SharePoint infrastructure services to support information sharing throughout the customer environment. Migrate legacy applications and Web services to core and shared infrastructure services.
Work with SQL Database
Create complex workflows.
SharePoint portal server infrastructure
Custom workflows
HTML
Support the configuration, security, and maintenance of web portal and document library.
Site creating
Powershell
JQuesry
Content development
Core hours: 9:30 – 2:30
Location: Herndon

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills :
Experience with:
Microsoft SQL Server
Nutanix
Tanium
Deploying/managing servers in AWS environment

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Title: Systems Engineer Senior
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. 

We are looking for experienced Systems Engineers to join our technology-based program supporting a key government customer in a fast paced, challenging, and career rewarding experience. This program delivers Enterprise Computing engineering services with modern technology solutions with that function both on customer premise, and via remote Cloud services.  As a mission-focused Systems Engineer that solve problems on the program, you will be expected to: Recognize the issue(s), Identify the facts, Define additional data that would be helpful, Make assumptions as necessary, Determine alternative approaches, Evaluate alternatives, Make recommendations, Alter assumptions and rework solutions, and Reflect on lessons learned.

Required:
Strong Engineering experience using the latest virtual or published desktop technologies:
o Citrix, XenApp/XenDesktop, AHV/ESXi
o Server 2012r2/16/19 and Win 10 Workstations
o DNS, DFS, and DHCP
o Active Directory (including software deployment) and administration of Group Policy (GPOs)
o Storage Concepts
o Deploy, upgrade, and patch Microsoft products
o Strong verbal communication and documentation skills

Preferred:
• Knowledge of Security Development Operations (SecDevOps) on iterative development projects
• Knowledge of Agile development principles
• Microsoft AZURE certifications resulting in the ability to cloud design, implementation, and configuration
• Knowledge of modern software languages (e.g. Java, C, C++, C#, Python, Perl, etc.) or the ability to automate through PowerShell script

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Title: Systems Engineer Senior
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. 

The candidate must have demonstrated engineering and support experience with the software product suites working, configuring, deploying, and maintaining to the enterprise. Demonstrated experience with building and configuring programs for enterprise security continuous monitoring and cyber security incident response and management. 

Engineer is responsible for the staging, piloting, and full deployment of releases to production within a DevOps environment.
This position will require scripting, database query (SQL), and experience with collecting, ingesting, analyzing, visualizing machine data and dashboard creation and maintenance.
Have extensive experience in systems engineering, application deployment, and AWS, Windows and Linux operating environments. Must be familiar with working in an agile environment and skilled in some form of scripting, and possess technical problem solving and trouble shooting skills.
Engineers will support manual and automated testing to identify software problems and their causes in an agile scrum sprint development environment. Candidates must have experience in automation tool(s) and scripting, hands on experience with test tools. Engineers must have the ability to translate customer and systems requirements into test cases in a Linux, Windows, AWS, Java, and scripting environment.
Engineers must support, troubleshooting, and providing technical resolution for escalated service requests for users and customers on existing operating systems and/or application specific related issues. Systems Engineer is responsible for the staging, piloting, and full deployment of releases to production within a DevOps environment for Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), creating and editing new and existing Group Policy Objects (GPOs).
Responsibilities will include:
• Scheduling pilot and deployment dates.
• Submitting activity requests for approval to deploy.
• Working on multiple networks.
• Coordinating pilots for all appropriate platforms.
• Identifying risks and deficiencies, gathering requirements, performing R&D, performing testing and quality assurance (QA), and providing releases and implementations.
• Providing recommendations for engineering solutions.​

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Title: Systems Engineer Expert
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. 

Requirements:

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (ASP.NET), LINQ, JavaScript, JQuery)
WebAPI
PowerShell
SQL Server
TFS/GitHub
 
Below are desired skills:
Ability to work simultaneously in multiple MS Windows Server environments
SharePoint Admin experience
Understanding of Active Directory/Exchange/Skype
Advanced CSS
ServiceNow
C2S Experience
Agile Methodology​

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Title: Systems Administrator Senior
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. 

Required Education, Experience, & Skills :
We are looking for candidates must have at least 11 years' experience plus a bachelor's degree, master's degree preferred.  Other requirements are listed below:
Engineering experience supporting a Windows platform environment with the following core MS Windows platforms, services, and tools:
Windows 10 desktop operating system
Wndows 2016 and 2022 server operating systems
Active Directory
Group policy
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
DNS, DHCP
McAfeee ePolicy Orchestrator (EPO)
MS PowerShell scripting
Strong verbal communication and documentation skills

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills :
Basic hardware knowledge including disk formatting and driver installation
Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK)
Windows Pre-Installation Environment (WinPE)
MS Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP)
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Title: Software Engineer SME
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. 

SME/Expert Software Developer: 
Tasking includes:
You will be challenged to create and to innovate.
You will deliver functional requirements and technical solutions by coordinating with product owners, product teams, and IT cross functional groups.
You will be responsible for designing, developing, testing (automation), deploying, and self-documenting working software.
Design, code, test, and deploy systems.
Utilize DevSecOps frameworks and processes to continuously and rapidly deliver requirements.
Possess the ability to fit into a collaborative work environment.
Solve complex and challenging business problems with cutting edge technologies.
Produce technical software architectures and components to meet customer requirements.
 
Strong experience with the following
Java
Spring
Linux
 
Experience with:
AWS
Cloud Formation
VPCs
Load Balancing
Launch Templates
Auto Scaling Groups
JavaScript
Shell scripting
Github
Nexus
LDAP
SQL
Basic PKI understanding

 

Title: Software Engineer Expert
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. 


Required Education, Experience, & Skills :
We are actively seeking candidates with a minimum of 11 years' experience, and a range of skill levels from basic to advanced. Bachelor's or Master’s Degree are preferred in one or more of the disciplines described below where specific skills may include the following…

Software Developer will develop new automation capabilities that utilize infrastructure as code best practices and establishes a continuous integration /continuous delivery pipeline
Responsibilities include (but not limited to):
Create and innovate
Deliver functional requirements and technical solutions by coordinating with product owners, product teams and IT cross functional groups
You will be responsible for designing, developing, testing (automation), deploying and self-documenting working software
Design, code, test and deploy systems
Utilize DevSecOps frameworks and processes to continuously and rapidly deliver requirements
You will manage data sources and data flows across network and domain boundaries using UI design, development using frameworks such as Angular and React
Solve complex and challenging business problems with cutting edge technologies
Produce technical software architectures and components to meet customer requirements

Required Skills, Responsibilities and Experience:
Java
Spring
Linux

 Core hours: Day Shift from 9am-3pm

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills :
JavaScript
JavaScript frameworks
REST Services
UI Design
MVC
Shell scripting
AWS
Github
Maven
Nexus
LDAP
SQL
Basic PKI understanding

 

Title: Systems Engineer Expert
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. 

Required:
• Experience scripting and automating workloads within continuous integration (C) and
• continuous deployment (CD) environments
• Experience analyzing, designing, and developing test driven solutions
• Ability to design and develop solutions using network device and configuration data
• Agile Methodology and Continuous Improvement mindset
• GitHub experience and other source control systems
• Strict adherence to security standards and organizational requirements
• Willingness to mentor and train other engineers as well as seek to continually improve
• Processes

Desired Qualifications:
• Hands-on experience working within AWS/Azure/cloud environments
• Hands-on experience developing with Python
• Hands-on experience developing with Java
• Hands-on experience developing with Ruby on Ralls
• Hands-on experience developing with Ansible
• Hands-on experience developing with Cisco NSO
• Strong DevOps focus and experience building and deploying infrastructure with cloud
• deployment technologies like Ansible, Chet, Puppet, etc.
• Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks
• Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks
• Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies
• Capable of delivering on multiple competing priorities with little supervision
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Beneficial Qualifications:
• Experience with infrastructure automation technologies like Docker, Vagrant, etc.
• Experience with build automation technologies like Maven, Jenkins, etc.
• Experience with building APIs and services using REST, SOAP, etc.
• Experience with scripting languages like Perl, shell, etc.
 

Title: Network Architect SME
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. 

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

Required Education, Experience, and Skills including the following:

Preferred Experience and Skill include the following:
 

Senior Oracle Database Engineer 
Annapolis Junction, MD
Top Secret/SCI w/ Polygraph

Cornerstone Defense is looking for a Senior Oracle Database Engineer to join a very unique engineering program located in Annapolis Junction, MD.  This program is working on enterprise level problems that touch multiple programs within the customer space.

Description:

Technical Manager leads experienced consulting teams and responsible for the day-to-day implementation and operations aspects of the system for high quality, integrated solutions within constraints of time and budget. Develops detailed design of Oracle IT capabilities which may involve integration with third party products and/or GOTS capabilities. This includes designing, implementing, testing, and deploying more complex extensions or configurations needed to address customer unique business processes and workflows. Works on substantive and unique issues that identifies risks and risk mitigations. Develops methods, techniques and evaluation criteria providing functional and technical experience on on-premise, cloud, and hybrid based solutions.
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Required Skills: 

8-10 years of Oracle Database experience
Experience in understanding the business/functional requirements
Have strong knowledge of Oracle Database technologies 
Experience with Oracle APEX is a plus
Experience with Oracle Middleware products such as Weblogic is a plus

Title: System Engineer 
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD

*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. 

Job Description:

Additional Requirements:

Required Experience:

Education:

Title: System Engineer
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD

*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. 

Job Description:

Additional Requirements:

Required Experience:

Education:

Title: Software Developer – Team Lead/ Practice Manager
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD

*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. 

Job Description:
Practice/Technical Manager leads experienced consulting teams and responsible for the day-to-day implementation and operations aspects of the system for high quality, integrated solutions within constraints of time and budget. Develops detailed design of Oracle IT capabilities which may involve integration with third party products and/or GOTS capabilities. This includes designing, implementing, testing, and deploying more complex extensions or configurations needed to address customer unique business processes and workflows. Works on substantive and unique issues that identifies risks and risk mitigations. Develops methods, techniques and evaluation criteria providing functional and technical experience on on-premise, cloud, and hybrid based solutions.

Required Qualifications:

Professional skills:

Effective communications skills & documentation skills
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Ability to work with large team of developers
Ability to manage a small team of administrators
Willingness to take direction
Willingness to interact with customer watch facilities
Understanding/appreciation of customer mission requirements
Strong analytical troubleshooting and performance evaluation skills
Must be an effective team member with strong communications skills and the ability to follow-through, stay motivated, and collaborate with all team members.

Title: Software Engineer 
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
*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. 

Job Description

The Software Engineer develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems (e.g., processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems) based upon documented requirements. 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

Required Skills:
Elastic, Spring Cloud DataFlow, Microservices, Streaming and batch data pipelines, Java Tools.

Requirements:
Twenty (20) years experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelors degree.

Title: Software Engineer 

Location: Annapolis Junction, MD

*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. 
 

Job Description

The Software Engineer develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems (e.g., processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems) based upon documented requirements. 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.
Tech Stack:
Server Side:  Java Servlets, Embedded Jetty Server, MongoDB Instance, Spring Beans, GIT Repository with Atlassian BAMBOO integration, and Node JS (for Web sockets functionality only)
Front End:  HTML 5, Polymer Java Script Framework, and Jquery

Qualifications: