Description
The DarkStar Group is seeking a Cloud 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 is seeking support for a joint Department of Homeland Security initiative. This program is comprised of frontend, backend, and DevOps operations that includes development of new system capabilities; extension and maintenance of bulk data pipeline; and enhancements for the program’s application hosted on multiple platforms including the Sponsor’s cloud computing environment.
THE ROLE

• The Contractor shall provide ongoing maintenance, support, and enhancements in existing systems and platforms.
• The Contractor shall troubleshoot complex problems.
• The Contractor shall provide customer support for software systems and application issues.
• The Contractor shall collaborate cross-functionally with data scientists, analysts, project managers, and engineers.
• The Contractor shall provide recommendations for continuous improvement.

Required Skills

• Demonstrated experience with Amazon Cloud Services (AWS) solutions.
• Demonstrated experience with Linux server administration and web application support.
• Demonstrated experience creating documentation in source code and project management repositories such as Git, Jira, or Confluence.
• Demonstrated experience using MySQL or other non-relational databases such as Elasticsearch.
• Demonstrated experience with build automation technologies like Jenkins, Rundeck or similar.

Desired Skills (Optional)

• Demonstrated experience supporting the technical processing of vetting support requests for analytical comparison against the Sponsor’s holdings.
• Demonstrated experience with computer processing platforms such as computers, mobile, I.O.T., and using that knowledge in a clustered computing environment.
• Demonstrated experience designing new AWS architecture for a screening and vetting application.
• Demonstrated experience creating Packer scripts to automate Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) Amazon Machine Images (AMI) builds.
• Demonstrated experience writing Bash script for the automated deployment of Elastic, RabbitMQ, MySQL, and Apache Tomcat.
• Certification(s): Active CNCF Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification.

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.