Software Engineer (TS/SCI + Poly) with Security Clearance

Description

The DarkStar Group is seeking a Software Engineer 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 ROLE

• Ensures systems are built to meet performance, security, and functional requirements.
• Assists with testing, debugging, documentation, and overall quality assurance of systems.
• Develops software solutions by gathering stakeholder requirements, conferring with users, and studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes.
• Stays current and provides insight on cutting edge software approaches, architectures, and vendors.
• Writing Jira tickets and providing design guidelines while working closely with developers.

Required Skills

• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java, PHP, Ruby, or another web-focused object-oriented programming language.
• Application architecture and design patterns.
• Experience serving as technical lead throughout the full software development lifecycle, from conception, architecture definition, detailed design, scoping, planning, implementation, testing to documentation, delivery and maintenance is preferred.
• Knowledge of professional software engineering and best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Experience in development of distributed/scalable systems and high-volume transaction applications.

Desired Skills (Optional)

• Awareness of critical concepts in DevOps, experience as a DevOps engineer.
• Agile certified or knowledge of Agile principles.
• Proficiency with Git and Github workflows.
• Working knowledge of databases, MySQL & MariaDB.
• Using a virtual development environment.
• Angular/Vue/React or other JavaScript based framework.
• Metrics analysis and visualization tools such as Matomo, Google Analytics, or Tableau to perform analysis and to assist in UI/UX design decisions.

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

• 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.
• 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.