Description

The DarkStar Group is seeking a Software Developer with a TS/SCI CI Poly clearance 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 PROJECT

The DarkStar Group's team provides Analytic Software Development, Data Engineering, and Cloud Migration services, as well as interagency communication and data-sharing solutions, as part of an enterprise program that spans two major Intelligence Community customers. This project regularly has new openings for Software Engineers, Cloud Infrastructure Experts, DevOps Engineers, Data Engineers, SharePoint Developers and Administrators, ServiceNow Developers, and various other types of IT professionals.

Work on this program takes place in Herndon, McLean, and Bethesda (we cannot support remote work) and requires a TS/SCI Polygraph clearance (acceptable to this customer).

THE ROLE

The DarkStar Group is seeking a motivated Software Developer with agile methodology experience to augment a team of developers, in support of the development of a Java application in high paced, technologically evolving environment. We value team members who strive to produce high quality work through collaboration with team members and customers while making a difference through individual contributions to ensure project success for our team and our customers. We are leading the charge for digital transformation in the intelligence community so we are seeking team members who are optimistic about leveraging emergent technologies that are strategically aligned to AWS best practices. As part of our Intel Application Services, you will support the men and women charged with safeguarding the American people and enhancing the Nation’s safety, security, and prosperity.

Duties included but are not limited to:

• Participate in long- and short-term sprint planning and daily scrum events.
• Develop capabilities based upon described and detailed requirements.
• Adhere to source code development standards and source code version control processes. 
• Document testing requirements and strategies, and work with Test Team to remediate identified issues.
• Work collaboratively with other development team members, synchronizing development efforts.

Required Skills

• BA/BS in a related discipline
• Team Delivery Mentalit
• 10 Years of Related Experience
• Experience with:
• Java Development
• Angular Interfaces
• Spring Boot
• Maven
• Git
• COTS Tool Integration
• JIRA and/or Confluence knowledge
• AWS experience and/or knowledge

Desired Skills (Optional)

• Scrum, SaFE and Kaban experience
• Apache PDFBox
• Junit
• Data Analytics Dashboard Tool Integration
• Data Governance and Management Integration
• AWS DevOps and/or AWS Certified Practitioner certification
• Commercial or national security sector DevOps knowledge

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.