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 Herndon, 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

ARS represents a new capability for the Alumni Relations Office. The new system will leverage the latest cloud technology to provide an internal and external interface and custom applications for the two networks to communicate and transfer information. The ARS shall maximize UI/UX, shall include a centralized data repository with a case management platform, and data storage/retrieval to support multiple Sponsor offices. 

THE ROLE

• Analyze complex system requirements.
• Design software tools and subsystems to support software reuse and domain analyses.
• With Sponsor oversight, manage the implementation of new software tools and subsystems.
• Translate detailed design into software.
• Conduct development activities such as coding, testing, debugging and refining the software.
• Prepare documentation such as program-level, user-level and security documentation.
• Enhance software to improve efficiency.
• Deploy and maintain a cloud-based infrastructure to support a web application with micro services backend.
• Develop detailed designs.
• Decompose requirements.
• Develop key features and enhancements.
• Work with other systems engineers and developers.
• Provide technical guidance in software engineering techniques.
• Provide guidance on the use of automated support tools.
• Prepare required documentation, including both program-level and user-level documentation. 

Required Skills

• Demonstrated experience translating detailed design into computer software.
• Demonstrated experience developing and conducting software compatibility tests with programs, hardware, operating systems, or network environments.
• Demonstrated experience ensuring the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Demonstrated experience preparing documentation such as program-level, user-level, and security documentation.
• Demonstrated experience performing as an Agile Scrum Master.
• Demonstrated experience translating database requirements into end-to-end design for databases that may involve multiple interfaces to other database systems.
• Demonstrated experience designing, developing, implementing and maintaining database structures.
• Demonstrated experience designing interactive web databases and web services; and user interfaces.
• Demonstrated experience developing security procedures to protect databases from unauthorized usage.
• Demonstrated experience developing, testing, and implementing complex functions, scripts, stored procedures and triggers to support application development.
• Demonstrated experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and MS Azure cloud technologies.
• Demonstrated experience with Jenkins, Github, Docker, and orchestration tools such as Ansible, CloudFormation, or Terraform.
• Demonstrated experience with Linux administration and scripting languages including Bash and Python.
• Demonstrated experience with full ELK stack such as ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Filebeat.
• Demonstrated experience with JavaScript/HTML/CSS web user interfaces. 
• Demonstrated experience with web UI frameworks, such as React and/or Extended JavaScript (ExtJS).

• Demonstrated experience analyzing customer requirements and providing technical expertise on cloud cluster computing techniques and technologies.
• Demonstrated experience designing software tools and subsystems to support software reuse and domain analyses and manage their implementation.
• Demonstrated experience working with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.
• Demonstrated experience designing and customizing software for client use in a cloud environment with the aim of optimizing operational efficiency.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical support during software installation or configuration.
•  Demonstrated experience developing formal database requirements.

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.