Description

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

Required Skills

• Within the last five (5) years, a minimum of three (3) years experience programming with a combination of any or all of the following: Java, C, or C++
• Within the last three (3) years, a minimum of one (1) year experience designing and developing applications in a Windows or UNIX/Linux operating environment
• Demonstrated experience with OpenSource (NoSQL) products that support highly distributed, massively parallel computation needs such as Hbase, Apache Accumulo, and/or Big Table
• Demonstrated experience with Map/Reduce
• Demonstrated experience with the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)
• Demonstrated experience with requirements analysis and design for one (1) or more object-oriented systems
• A bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline; an associate's degree in computer science or related discipline and two (2) years programming experience or five (5) years programming experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree

Desired Skills (Optional)

• Demonstrated experience designing and developing web applications with JavaScript
• Familiarity with python data science and machine learning libraries can be added to desired Demonstrated experience designing and developing automated analytic software, techniques, and algorithms
• Demonstrated experience with compute cluster monitoring tools (e.g. Nagios, Ganglia)
• Demonstrated experience with Apache Accumulo internals, to include configuring, tuning, and testing the same in many configurations (>200 node clusters)
• Demonstrated experience developing Restful services
• Demonstrated experience with Big-Data Cloud Scalability (e.g. Amazon, Google, and/or Facebook)
• Demonstrated experience with Kubernetes
• Experience with SALT
• Experience with ElasticSearch

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.