Description

The DarkStar Group is seeking a HPC Infrastructure Engineer with a TS/SCI + CI Poly clearance 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 PROJECT

The DarkStar Group's team solves unique and challenging intelligence problems for a Special Operations customer. This work is as close to the mission as a technologist can get, so the environment is fast-paced: team members face rapidly-changing requirements and priorities as mission needs evolve. If you hate monotony and want to use your skills to have a direct impact on real-world operational success, this is the project for you.

We are a multi-faceted software development and systems administration team working to build and maintain software applications backed by a self-managed cloud infrastructure (OpenStack) with a true big-data footprint (over 10 petabytes). Our diverse background of experience in mission support and software development serves as a catalyst to solve unique and challenging intelligence problems in support of special operations analysts and their on-going activities. Prototyping and frequent, iterative feedback are core to our delivery approach, anchored by a need to work quickly in support of our missions.

The technical stack is quite robust and includes Java, Python, C#, C/C++, Geospatial tools, Big Data and Graph Products (Hadoop, MapReduce, Spark, ElasticSearch, Neo4j), Linux, OpenStack, AWS, Ansible, SQL/NoSQL, Text Processing, Cloud Services, Containerization, Infrastructure as Code (IAC), and more.

Work on this program takes place in the Herndon, VA area (we cannot support remote work) and requires a TS clearance and a willingness to obtain a CI Poly: a current TS/SCI + CI Poly is preferred.

Required Skills

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.
• Willing to work 100% onsite in a secure environment 
• Basic linux skills (3-5 years admin):  Install/update/administer linux (rhel/rocky/debian/ubuntu).
• Be able to manage bare-metal hardware installs (pxe/manual/automated install of OS).
• Working skillset including: users, applications, OS packages, kernel/OS configuration, filesystems (xfs, ext4, nfs, fuse), networks, firewall, security/hardening (STIG, OSCAP).
• Hardware skills (3-5 years, various hardware vendors: Dell/SM/HPE):  Hands on experience racking systems, connecting network and direct attach storage devices.  Lights-out management of systems local/remote.  BMC management/firmware updates/setup.  
• Familiar with storage hardware: NAS, SAN, direct attach, sata/sas/nvme drive.
• Working knowledge of PCIe cards: Raid/network/GPU/other.
• Basic knowledge of HPC technologies (experience work of at least 1-3 years)  such as
  • parallel/distributed file systems (e.g. Lustre, Ceph, GPFS, GlusterFS, BeeGFS)
  • high speed interconnect fabrics (e.g. Infiniband, Omni-path, RoCE)
  • HPC batch schedulers (e.g. PBSpro, OpenPBS, SLURM, Torque, HTCondor, SGE)
  • Basic understanding of how HPC environments function
  • Able to work with users and help them understand how HPC systems function
  • Nice to have working knowledge of cluster managers (Bright Cluster Manager now named Base Command Manager;  xCAT, Warewulf, Rocks,  Scyld)
• The willingness to gain a better understanding of HPC methods and applications, someone who wants to be mentored.

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.