Description

The DarkStar Group is seeking a Software Developer with a TS/SCI + Poly clearance (applicable to this customer) to join one of our top projects in Chantilly, 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’s business environment is fast-paced and dynamic. The Sponsor maintains a network, records system, and other analytical applications to collect and analyze data on the Sponsor’s business operations. The Sponsor’s goal is to improve the integrity and usability of its data collected during its day to day operation. It performs this duty through the development of software systems. The Sponsor requires support specializing in development and maintenance of software that extracts, transforms, and loads data from various data formats into data models. The Sponsor also requires expertise that will appropriately secure those capabilities.

THE ROLE

• The Contractor shall work within a data engineering team. This team works closely with operations officers, analysts, and external engineers to gather requirements and refine systems.
• The Contractor shall assess and validate development requirements across Sponsor organization.
• The Contractor will develop software to extract, transform, and load data.
• The Contractor shall help architect and implement a framework for extraction, transformation, and loading data.
• The Contractor shall assess and validate system integration requirements across Sponsor organization.
• The Contractor shall provide Operations and Maintenance (O&M) for Sponsor’s data related software systems.
• The Contractor shall finesse cyber data models.

Required Skills

• Demonstrated experience identifying and validating requirements for Extract, Transform, and Load systems.
• Demonstrated experience developing software.
• Demonstrated experience in Python development.
• Demonstrated experience in integrating new technology stacks into software systems.

Desired Skills (Optional)

• Demonstrated experience with NiFi.
• Demonstrated experience with Kafka.
• Demonstrated experience with Logstash.
• Demonstrated experience with SQL.
• Demonstrated experience with building modular systems.
• Understanding of the Cyber Security domain.

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.