Systems Integrator (TS/SCI + Poly)

Description

The DarkStar Group is seeking a Systems Integrator 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 office is responsible for the architecture, engineering, implementation, and operation of various infrastructure components (computer, network, and storage) as well as enterprise services relating to building and operating a hybrid cloud mission infrastructure. The Sponsor must deploy the infrastructure at various sites and as part of the deployment, track and maintain documentation of procurement activities, system build activities, training requirements, and shipping logistics, as well as manage field-deployed data exfiltration and exploitation platforms. The Sponsor needs project integration support for these activities.

THE ROLE

• The Contractor Team shall work with users, developers, and the Sponsor’s technical leadership team to collect functional requirements and coordinate the decomposition of the functional requirements into technical requirements.
• The Contractor Team shall assist the Sponsor with administrative activities relating to system security accreditation processes.
• The Contractor Team shall create documentation such as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), user manuals and troubleshooting guides or other integrated documentation to support the success of field users and the program.
• The Contractor Team shall decompose customer requirements into technical solutions.
• The Contractor Team shall participate and brief at systems various customer boards, at all levels.
• The Contractor Team shall provide support enhancing business efficiency and insights.
• The Contractor Team shall work with the Sponsor’s requirements managers and stakeholders to identify requirements issues, analyze complex requirements and negotiate requirements changes.
• The Contractor Team shall use the Sponsor’s project tracking system to manage scheduled deliverables, program level requirements and project prioritization.
• The Contractor Team shall work with the Sponsor’s task leads to provide recommended prioritization of tasks and levels of effort.
• The Contractor Team shall work within a multidisciplinary team and assist in technical project management, situational awareness reporting and horizontal integration planning for IT projects.
• The Contractor Team shall provide regular communications to both internal and external stakeholders including senior management.
• The Contractor Team shall prioritize resources, monitor progress, and work closely with stakeholders to deliver projects on time and within budget.
• The Contractor Team shall register students for courses, sending out reminders and cancellations.
• The Contractor Team shall monitor incoming email traffic for course registrations, purchases, and kudos on Sponsor product.
• The Contractor Team shall create and maintain Sponsor product information from multiples sites.
• The Contractor Team shall maintain schedules, feature lists, and programmatic materials.

Required Skills

• Demonstrated experience assisting with project management, project schedule and cost estimation.
• Demonstrated experience creating and delivering informational and decision briefings to peers, divisional, group, and enterprise-level boards.
• Demonstrated experience creating complex technical documentation in MS Office applications such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Demonstrated experience generating and delivering briefing materials to gain approval of technical solutions.
• Demonstrated experience identifying and managing technical risks including alternatives analysis and making recommendations to leadership.
• Demonstrated experience managing and coordinating IT procurements including estimation, tracking, and execution.
• Demonstrated experience managing project documentation in Confluence or JIRA, and MS Project, and ServiceNow.
• Demonstrated experience managing requirements, including gathering requirements from users, decomposition of user requirements into technical solutions, and performing traceability of features to requirements.
• Demonstrated experience managing the integration of multiple software and hardware components into a functional system by estimating, scheduling, and monitoring the execution of complex technical tasks.
• Demonstrated experience planning and implementing IT standards, guidelines, and governance.
• Demonstrated experience driving project integration efforts to completion.

Desired Skills (Optional)

• Demonstrated experience creating and managing technical documentation meeting the Sponsor’s Project Management Framework.
• Certifications
  • Project Management such as PMP, PMI-ACP, or ILI

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.