Systems Engineer

• Location: Chantilly, Virginia
• Type: Contract
• Job #3869

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

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

The office independently operates a hybrid-cloud mission infrastructure hosting applications and a large data lake, requiring them to manage all infrastructure components and enterprise services like Active Directory. The office requires support specializing in systems engineering and IT project management to guide systems through security accreditation and create essential documentation, including System Security Plans and SOPs. System Engineers will decompose customer requirements into technical solutions, considering architectural impacts, performance, and life cycle costs, while also assisting with project estimation, scheduling, and cost of cloud solutions. The team is responsible for managing the storage, security, and maintenance of data, including patching, upgrades, and monitoring the physical infrastructure.

• Demonstrated experience using forensic software such as Cellebrite, XRY, WinHex, FTK, and Autopsy.
• Demonstrated experience utilizing bash scripting, and bash command lines using Ubuntu and RedHat.
• Demonstrated experience using Storage system installation design and architecture in multi-petabyte environments.
• Demonstrated experience using various instances of Windows - troubleshooting, patching, updates, managing active directing, supporting users and supporting security posture.
• Demonstrated experience installing, maintaining, and configuring Aspera Enterprise Server and Aspera P2P.
• Demonstrated experience maintaining, configuring, administering Mongo Databases.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing existing systems and identifying necessary corrective actions and improvements.
• Demonstrated hands on experience performing server installation, rack or capacity planning, facility and space management, equipment commissioning and decommissioning.
• Demonstrated ability to create and maintain SOP documentation used by technical and non-technical personnel.
• Demonstrated ability to teach digital forensics to large audiences of diverse backgrounds.
• Demonstrated experience creating, maintaining and sharing curated work data.
• Demonstrated experience providing aftercare support, such as integration support for previously installed software and programs.
• Demonstrated experience performing tier 1 thru tier 3 support, including both systems troubleshooting and incident tracking and management.
• Demonstrated hands on experience serving as an Engineering Lead, coordinating, scheduling, deconflicting, and resolving conflicts between IT engineering projects.
• Demonstrated experience using Sponsor's digital forensic triage application.