Description
The DarkStar Group is seeking a Software Engineer with a TS/SCI + Poly clearance (applicable to this customer) to join one of our top projects in Herndon, VA.  Below is an overview of the project, as well as information on our company, our benefits, and our $25,000 referral program.

THE PROGRAM
The DarkStar Group is a member of 100% of the winning teams for the largest technology program in the Intel Community.  We've been supporting this customer on many different sub-projects of this program since our founding in 2013.  We've grown on this effort by providing the customer with Engineers who have done exceptional work, and we've retained our staff by paying very strong salaries, and working hard to ensure each Engineer is doing work that aligns with their career interest.

THE PROJECT
The Sponsor requires a team to develop, enhance, and perform Operations and Maintenance (O&M) support for Sponsor applications. The applications include both mature capabilities, products under active development, and emerging (to be developed) requirements. The Sponsor requires an agile team that can both sustain existing applications and rapidly develop new tools to address needs. Existing applications include a custom developed workflow tool for production of a high-visibility analytic product, a custom developed personnel tracking tool used for operational support to VIPs, a custom developed tool for alerting on threats, and the Sponsor’s cloud-hosted data science environment that leverages commercial software (Databricks). The Sponsor requires technical support, to include system assessment and authorization support. The Team shall provide technical support response dependent upon priority which includes on-call support that is defined as contract personnel action required for resolution of a critical or high priority event outside of the Normal Business Hours. The Team shall demonstrate a high degree of flexibility and agility and must be comfortable addressing unexpected requirements through rapid development of new tools, applications, and capabilities. Operations and Maintenance / System Accreditation. The Team shall perform regular O&M support of core Sponsor applications, to include the workflow, personnel tracking, alerting applications. The Team shall perform O&M support of the Sponsor’s cloud hosted data science environment. The Team shall perform software updates, including but not limited to, bug fixes, formatting fixes, usability fixes, changes, and enhancements as needed. The Team shall perform system scans for vulnerabilities, address any issues discovered, and install security patches as needed. The Team shall be responsible for the overall security of the noted systems and shall lead the system Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process, ensuring that all Sponsor systems are compliant in according with Sponsor’s information security standards. The Team shall address any Plan of Action and Milestone (POAM) items that are assessed during the A&A process. New Application Development and Enhancement The Team shall design, develop, and maintain applications, including new applications development, and transition of legacy applications to new technologies. The Team shall develop code, test, and debug new software or enhancements to software. The Team shall refine existing tools, incorporating new features and capabilities based on Sponsor requirements. Data acquisition and ingestion support The Team shall assist the Sponsor with acquiring and ingesting new data sources to support the Sponsor’s mission requirements. The Team shall perform data ingestion by interacting with Sponsor systems in other parts of the Sponsor’s organization and external partners via web application interfaces, database connections, web-scraping, and custom solutions. The Team shall monitor data ingestion processes and address any issues that arise.

THE ROLE

• We are looking for a candidate with front end experience using Java, Angular, & Bootstrap. A successful candidate will also have C#, MS SQL Sever, & AWS experience.

Required Skills

• Demonstrated experience using Splunk for monitoring activity, performance, and issues for applications.  
• Demonstrated experience with Microsoft SQL Server.
• Demonstrated experience leveraging Sponsor procured software within system builds.
• Demonstrated experience developing custom Windows services. 
• Demonstrated experience developing custom web applications tailored to mission needs.  
• Demonstrated experience deploying applications using Amazon web services, cloud infrastructure.
• Demonstrated experience with Python for data extraction and transformation.
• Demonstrated experience using Javascript and CSS for application development. 
• Demonstrated experience with modern web development frameworks including Angular, JQuery, Node.js, and Bootstrap.
• Demonstrated experience using REST web services.  
• Demonstrated experience using C# for server-side application development.
• Demonstrated experience administering a Databricks environment.  
• Demonstrated experience performing database administration to include standing up new databases, configuration, user administration, and scripts to backup, restore dev, test, and prod database instances.

Desired Skills (Optional)

• Demonstrated experience with the Sponsor’s organization or mission.  
• Demonstrated experience addressing problem sets within security domains such as executive protection, threat identification, personnel vetting, counterterrorism and counterintelligence.
• Demonstrated experience interacting with Sponsor’s authentication services and PKI certificates.  
• Demonstrated experience with Sponsor’s A&A process and supporting systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science.

About The DarkStar Group

Our Company

The DarkStar Group is a small business that solves BIG problems. We're one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the US, and our engineers and scientists support the most critical national security missions in Virginia, Maryland, and elsewhere. Data Science, Software Engineering, Cloud/AWS Infrastructure, and Cyber/CNO are our core areas of expertise. We offer interesting and important work, job security, some of the best and most flexible benefits you'll find in the IC, and salaries so strong that they'll likely surprise you. 

Our Benefits

The DarkStar Group offers exceptional compensation and benefits:

• very strong salaries;
• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and all dependents;
• the ability to get increased salary if you don't need medical/dental/vision;
• 100% company-paid disability and life insurance benefits;
• a generously-funded HSA;
• an 8% 401(k) contribution; 
• 31 days of PTO/holidays to start (more with tenure);
• the ability to flex time across pay periods without using your PTO;
• a generous training budget;
• $25,000 employee referral bonuses;
• business development / growth incentives; and
• top notch company swag.

** We have a huge growth opportunity, so we are offering up to a $25,000 reward for anyone new you refer whom we hire. **

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.