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 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 PROJECT
The Sponsor's Office is accountable for clearance processing of all individuals with access to Sponsor data and facilities. The office is charged with fulfilling requirements in the most timely and efficient manner possible. The Sponsors office has requirements to communicate with various partners and Industrial and Independent Contractors using unsecure means. The Sponsor seeks to gain efficiencies in communication and workflow processes by optimizing communication using cross domain network
solutions (i.e., unsecure to secure network connections) in conjunction with Optical Character
Recognition (OCR) software. The Sponsor needs specialized support in IT Program Management,
Software Engineering, Test Engineering, and Systems Engineering.

The Role

• The Contractor Team shall provide expertise and guidance in the procurement of cross domain solutions and maintain such solutions and systems for the Sponsor.
• The Contractor Team shall conduct research into all aspects of existing and future aspects of cross domain solutions the Sponsor currently or could potentially leverage such as AWS ProServe.
• The Contractor Team shall recommend and perform implementation and integration strategies for cross domain solutions into existing Sponsor business practices and systems.
• The Contractor Team shall conduct O&M on Sponsor cross domain platforms.
• The Contractor Team shall provide guidance to the Sponsor regarding past, current, and future business practices.
• The Contractor Team shall develop and maintain cross domain system documentation.
• The Contractor Team shall attend regular meetings to understand and suggest requirements and workflow enhancements.
• The Contractor Team shall document meeting discussions.
• The Contractor Team shall build rapport with stakeholders and influence outcome of decisions on behalf of the Sponsor.
• The Contractor Team shall contribute to data collection and analysis discussions and realign priorities and collection strategies during evolving mission priorities
• The Contractor Team shall provide expertise to implement and integrate the Sponsors OCR software.
• The Contractor Team shall engineer solutions with OCR and data capture technology such as IBM Datacap Taskmaster Capture, version 22.0.1.
• The Contractor Team shall enable the Sponsors OCR efforts to ingest multiple form types such as .pdf.
• The Contractor Team shall map their data fields to other forms of varying types, such as JSON.
• The Contractor Team shall store and send all files to appropriate storage or destruction/deletion locations as necessary.
• The Contractor Team shall conduct full system development lifecycle analysis to include requirements, activities, and design.
• The Contractor Team shall code, test and deploy a cross domain scheduling solution.
• The Contractor Team shall enable the Sponsors scheduling of tests between secure systems and unsecure systems.
• The Contractor Team shall provide written reports, spreadsheets, briefings and briefing material, technical solutions presentations, technical papers, analysis by specified timelines as directed by the Sponsor on a case-by-case basis, within the contract period.
• The Contractor Team shall document and gather requirements and track/document progress accordingly.

Required Skills

• Demonstrated experience understanding various security systems, including as but not limited to: ARES (Oracle), INSPIRE, PSARS, COGNOS.
• Demonstrated experience in AWS ProServe, IaC (Infrastructur-as-code), and AWS cloud services.
• Demonstrated experience with software engineering, DevOps, Cross domain transfer, and O&M.
• Demonstrated experience with OCR, including data extraction and restructuring into other formats, particularly with IBM Datacap Taskmaster Capture, version 22.0.1.
• Demonstrated experience in the field of AGILE software.
• Demonstrated experience supporting the development of metrics and visualization tools.
• Demonstrated experience eliciting requirements using interviews, document analysis, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, and task and workflow analysis.
• Demonstrated experience integrating information from multiple sources.
• Demonstrated experience with JIRA and Confluence.
• Demonstrated experience documenting and gathering requirements, and tracking their progress accordingly.
• Demonstrated experience with SharePoint and document control management.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing and designing business processes.
• Demonstrated experience implementing management reporting workflows.
• Demonstrated experience exhibiting oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated experience working independently and interacting regularly with government and non-government stakeholders.

Desired Skills (Optional)

• Demonstrated experience having a basic understanding of the Sponsors overall community security processes and industry best practices.
• Demonstrated experience obtaining full understanding of the personnel security process with expectations of reviewing and analyzing current trends for improvement of security processing systems.

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.