Description
The DarkStar Group is seeking a Systems Engineer with a TS/SCI Poly clearance (applicable to this customer) to join one of our top projects in McLean, 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 provides exceptional analysis on a wide range of topics in the growing area of national security concerns in the space domain. The Sponsor requires support specializing in web-based tool maintenance for mission planning and unique expertise in space topics – from orbital dynamics to satellite design to academic research on space. The work may be performed independently or within a team environment. The Sponsor needs unique professional skills in many areas of the outer space domain to support analysis on various topics. Work will include maintenance of existing software tools; advanced orbital modeling; deep understanding of space satellite systems; and production of analytic reports.
THE ROLE

• The Contractor Team shall work closely with analytic teams and with software tool users.
• The Sponsor task manager will manage the priorities.
• The Contractor Team shall manage existing web-based, cloud-hosted databases.
• The Contractor Team shall manage accesses and accounts to databases.
• The Contractor Team shall provide O&M and content management support for Sponsor’s databases and web-based tools sites.
• The Contractor Team shall research, as tasked, space and counterspace issues.
• The Contractor Team shall create written reports on space and counterspace issues.
• The Contractor Team shall passively collect open source information on space and counterspace issues.
• The Contractor Team shall ingest open source information into database repository and shall provide regular written updates on content to Sponsor

Required Skills

• Demonstrated expertise in space and counterspace issues.
• Demonstrated expertise in advanced orbital modeling.
• Demonstrated experience in passive open-source research.
• Demonstrated experience adding new features, optimizing, scaling, or improving stability and performance of JavaScript-based web-tools.
• Demonstrated experience with AWS Services and Cloud-based development.
• Demonstrated experience performing application O&M to include accreditation, security protocols and hosting requirements.
• Demonstrated experience configuring security features in a managed cloud environment.
• At least one Team member should have demonstrated experience with Russian language proficiency.
• At least one Team member should have demonstrated experience with Chinese language proficiency.

Desired Skills (Optional)

• Demonstrated experience writing analysis of source documents.
• Demonstrated experience with technical documentation.
• Demonstrated experience with advanced modeling software.
• Demonstrated experience with orbital dynamics.
• Demonstrated experience with satellite design.
• Demonstrated experience with overhead intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.

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.