Description

The DarkStar Group is seeking an Applications 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.

Required Skills

• Demonstrated experience with Agile methodology from inception through integration and deployment.
• Demonstrated experience with supporting production systems and assisting customers with timely issue resolution.
• Demonstrated experience with gathering and identifying technical requirements.
• Demonstrated experience with Cloud infrastructure like Amazon Web Services or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience developing JavaScript web services using Node.js, to include ExpressJS applications and Micro Services.
• Demonstrated experience with Representational State Transfer (REST) APIs, Spring Model View Controller (MVC), and Spring Boot.
• Demonstrated experience with Web Application Programming to include developing JavaScript, HTML, or CSS web user interfaces.
• Demonstrated experience with web UI frameworks such as React or Extended JavaScript (ExtJS).
• Demonstrated experience developing Java-based APIs.
• Demonstrated experience deploying and maintaining APIs on AWS infrastructure.
• Demonstrated experience with Back-End API, integrating, operating, or deploying MySQL.
• Demonstrated experience with Front-End UI/UX JavaScript UI framework(s) such as Angular, React, or Vue.

Desired Skills (Optional)

• Demonstrated experience with establishing data, performance, and communications objectives for prototype systems.
• Demonstrated experience understanding the Sponsor’s Cloud environment. 
• Demonstrated experience understanding the Sponsor’s data architecture.
• Demonstrated experience understanding the Sponsor’s application environment.
• Demonstrated experience with Back-End SecDevOps principles and CI/CD pipelines. 
• Demonstrated experience with Back-End Container technologies such as Docker. 
• Demonstrated experience with Front-End UX design frameworks such as Bootstrap or Material Design.

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.