Applications Developer (TS/SCI + Poly)

Description

The DarkStar Group is seeking an Applications Developer 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

The office develops and implements the overarching technology strategy for Sponsor business systems which builds, deploys, and maintains corporate business applications supporting financial, security, medical, human resources, facilities, logistics, travel, and acquisitions. The office supports corporate business applications, while identifying and promoting information technology and program management best practices. The office also promotes integration by providing tools to streamline corporate business processes and systems, support data-driven decisions by providing access to usable and reliable information, quickly and easily. The organization is interested in improving accessibility of its internal IT systems. Accessibility in this context includes Section 508 requirements and other reasonable accommodations in application design to make system more useable for all users.

The Role

• The Contractor shall, as a member of a mixed skills team, provide project management, User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX) designer, and User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX) developer support to manage the accessibility program for the office, define accessibility standards, consult with development teams about improving accessibility, and provide surge support to the development teams as needed.
• The Contractor shall use User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX) skills to design and shape Human Centered Design (HCD) products and experiences.
• The Contractor shall create and design web elements that optimize user interaction and experience.
• The Contractor shall collaborate to define solutions for product direction, visuals and user experience.
• The Contractor shall implement solutions for product direction, visuals and user experience.
• The Contractor shall identify design problems and devise solutions.
• The Contractor shall implement user friendly solutions to simplify complex design roadblocks.
• The Contractor shall build wireframes and storyboards to conceptualize design.
• The Contractor shall establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards.
• The Contractor shall manage and track requirements through the team’s JIRA site.
• The Contractor shall implement customer design standards and create templates for reuse.
• The Contractor shall support user experience and user interface enhancement requirements.
• The Contractor shall assess, monitor, develop, report, and coordinate a comprehensive accessibility program plan for the office.
• The Contractor shall track of various accessibility improvement activities
• The Contractor shall recommend future initiatives
• The Contractor shall develop enhanced testing producers

Required Skills

• Demonstrated experience in software development with Java and UI frameworks such as Angular, Vue, or React.
• Demonstrated experience with Agile/DevOps processes
• Demonstrated experience with Section 508 requirements and WCAG 2.1 AA standards
• Demonstrated experience with UI/UX
• Demonstrated experience with COTS accessibility issues
• Demonstrated experience with Project Management
• Demonstrated experience designing complete user interfaces and user experiences that meet client needs and vision.
• Demonstrated experience iterating designs and solutions efficiently using agile/scrum development processes.
• Demonstrated experience using wire-framing tools, storyboards and user flows.
• Demonstrated experience using and establishing UI/UX design best practices.

Desired Skills (Optional)

• Demonstrated experience working directly with supporting large organization with dozens of development teams in a primary role of promoting and improving accessibility.

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.