Description

The DarkStar Group is seeking an Applications Integration Developer with a TS/SCI + Poly clearance (applicable to this customer) to join one of our top projects in Dulles, 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 Role

• The Application Integration Developer position requires the ability to design, develop, troubleshoot, and debug complex software applications. The candidate must be passionate about programming, passionate about quality, and enjoy communicating and working with end-users. The ability to work in a team environment is critical.

Duties: 

• Support a team in maintaining and enhancing enterprise applications
• Tracking highly technical data on a regular basis and working closely with team members to retain the information for analytical/troubleshooting efforts.
• Communicate with team members to clarify requirements and overcome obstacles to meet the team goals
• Develop cutting edge solutions to maximize the performance, scalability, and distributed processing capabilities of the system
• Maintain appropriate technical training to ensure skills are kept current with evolving technology
• Performs other duties as assigned at the direction of Project Management
• Travel: Limited travel opportunities

Required Skills

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience specific to the skills identified in a position's Qualification Summary, plus the Education qualification.    
• Bachelor's degree related to the specific skill from an accredited college or university, preferred. Relevant work experience related to the labor category may be substituted for the degree requirement.    
• Willingness to travel    
• Two (2) or more years of experience as a Full Stack software developer.    
• Experience in backend development and creating APls    
• Experience deploying automation applications in a cloud­ based environment. (e.g., Terraform, Puppet, Ansible)    
• Experience in working with major cloud service providers (e.g., Azure, AWS)    
• Experience with Big Data platforms (e.g., DynamoDB, OpenSearch, Solr)   

Desired Skills (Optional)

• Experience with Operating System automation    
• Experience with Relational Databases (e.g., SQL, MySQL, Oracle)    
• Experience developing applications using Java, Sencha EXTJS, or Node JS    
• Experience with deployment of business intelligence applications (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI)    
• Experience in creating and maintaining a Cl/CD pipeline

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.