Description
The DarkStar Group is seeking a Network 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 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 designs, builds, and maintains all of the Sponsor’s production acquired mission infrastructure and associated data storage and test networks, that supports ongoing requirements. The Sponsor requires support specializing in network and cloud engineering of complex networks. The work may be performed independently or within a team environment. The Sponsor needs polished skills in network architecture and cloud services while managing a moderate workload of forementioned architecture and cloud service documentation. Work will include engineering and designing updates to current virtual and physical network and future innovation builds.
THE ROLE

• The Contractor shall assess and make recommendations of current network infrastructure.
• The Contractor shall asses and validate ongoing Sponsor requirements.
• The Contractor shall asses and recommend the Sponsors network architectures, for future innovation.
• The Contractor shall assess cloud requirements and design optional network infrastructure opportunities.
• The Contractor shall create new updates and features to improve performance with current network infrastructure.
• The Contractor shall create technical documentation in support of design network infrastructure.
• The Contractor shall provide O&M and support for Sponsor’s network infrastructure.

Required Skills

• Demonstrated experience with designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining complex, multi-segmented secure network infrastructures, virtual and physical.
• Demonstrated experience with virtual and physical firewalls
• Demonstrated experience with network hardware designing and engineering.
• Demonstrated experience with Cloud Services.
• Demonstrated experience with creating technical documentation in support of network infrastructure.
• Demonstrated experience with presenting designs and ideas.

Desired Skills (Optional)

• Demonstrated experience as an Amazon AWS Solution Architect.
• Demonstrated experience as a Google Cloud Architect.
• Demonstrated experience with pfsense.
• Demonstrated experience with designing and deploying complex secure network infrastructure.
• Demonstrated experience with Linux.
• Demonstrated experience with Ansible.
• Demonstrated experience with Python.
• Demonstrated experience with presenting and communicating technical designs.
• Certification(s):
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate or Professionals

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.