Software Developer (Systems Software) (TS/SCI + Poly)

Description

The DarkStar Group is seeking a Software Developer (Systems Software) with a TS/SCI Poly clearance (applicable to this customer) 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 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’s centralized set of tools ensures consistent compliance with classification standards that are configurable and aligned to central policy. Sponsor software products allow users to apply approved classification and control markings to their data. These tools are comprised of classification and control marking values derived from approved policy. The Sponsor requires support in providing these mission critical desktop, web, and email classification tools, to the Sponsor and Sponsor’s Partners, on multiple platforms.

THE ROLE

• The Contractor Team shall provide optimization, operations, and maintenance of the Tool Suite for all platforms.
• The Contractor Team shall deliver capabilities as requested by the Sponsor in accordance with approved Sponsor working group requirements.
• The Contractor Team shall apply approved requirements derived from policy and implement new functionality to products.
• The Contractor Team shall architect all aspects of the tool suite development and test LAN to the cloud.
• The Contractor Team shall develop systems architecture artifacts for all phases of tool suite architectures.
• The Contractor Team shall assist in performing transition and implementation planning for the deployment of new capabilities for the Sponsor and Sponsor’s Partners.
• The Contractor Team shall develop the tool product suite for M365 in an unsecure and secure environment.
• The Contractor Team shall develop and maintain Products for Sponsor partner agencies on multiple networks.
• The Contractor Team shall provide Tier 2/3 support, with onsite support during normal business hours (6:00 am to 6:00 pm EST) and on-call support during non-standard business hours.
• The Contractor Team shall ensure system maintains a 1-hr Recovery Time Objective (RTO).

Required Skills

• Demonstrated experience in creating system engineering documentation
• Demonstrated experience in multiple programming and testing languages (e.g., Java-Script, TypeScript, .Net, JAVA, C, C , HTML, and XML)
• Demonstrated experience in managing and developing desktop and web software
• Demonstrated experience in Cloud development
• Demonstrated experience using Windows or Unix
• Demonstrated experience in critical thinking and strong analytic skills that quickly resolve complex issues
• Demonstrated experience with web development
• Demonstrated experience planning, coordinating, tracking, and executing multiple simultaneous tasks with competing priorities
• Demonstrated experience in transforming policy into requirements
• Demonstrated experience with development on multiple network domains
• Demonstrated experience with DevOps

Desired Skills (Optional)

• Demonstrated experience and expertise with Sponsor’s financial systems
• Demonstrated experience in managing and developing classification marking tools or software
• Demonstrated experience in the Sponsor’s standard operational environment, including desktop, servers, and peripherals
• Demonstrated experience in deployment and delivery for the Sponsor or Sponsor’s partners
• Demonstrated experience in classification markings with Microsoft Office products, emails, and web development

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.