Web Developer (TS/SCI + Poly)
Apply NowCompany: The DarkStar Group, LLC
Location: Herndon, VA 20171
Description:
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 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 Sponsor delivers human capital management technologies and services to the workforce, including data analytics that enable business decisions. The Sponsor seeks to build an integrated enterprise IT support model to drive efficiencies in the talent space and better address strategic requirements associated with learning, training compliances, foreign language development and retention, job advertisements, selection, and performance. The development and successful implementation of this model requires experience with multiple IT skill sets, including project management, systems engineering and architecture, Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) integration and configuration, application design and development, enhancement, transformation, security risk management, certification and accreditation, system and database administration, testing, service management, and operations and maintenance (O&M).
THE ROLE
Required Skills
Desired Skills (Optional)
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:
** 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.
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 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 Sponsor delivers human capital management technologies and services to the workforce, including data analytics that enable business decisions. The Sponsor seeks to build an integrated enterprise IT support model to drive efficiencies in the talent space and better address strategic requirements associated with learning, training compliances, foreign language development and retention, job advertisements, selection, and performance. The development and successful implementation of this model requires experience with multiple IT skill sets, including project management, systems engineering and architecture, Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) integration and configuration, application design and development, enhancement, transformation, security risk management, certification and accreditation, system and database administration, testing, service management, and operations and maintenance (O&M).
THE ROLE
- The Contractor shall work core hours from 0900 hours to 1500 hours.
- The Contractor shall follow an Agile methodology for software development.
- The Contractor shall gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with Sponsor Product Owners and managers and the Development Team.
- The Contractor shall illustrate design ideas using storyboards, wireframes, process flows, and sitemaps.
- The Contractor shall develop User Interface (UI) mockups/wire diagrams and prototypes that clearly illustrate system functionality, look and feel, while incorporating high accessibility and user experience (UX).
- The Contractor shall present rough drafts, site maps, user flows, customer journey maps, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes to Sponsor teams.
- The Contractor shall identify and troubleshoot UX problems
- The Contractor shall support the implementation of a security, development, and operations (SecDevOps) plan, with roles, for adoption by all Sponsor applications.
- The Contractor shall follow the Sponsor's document management plan that addresses documents required for all Sponsor applications and systems, their storage locations and versioning requirements.
- The Contractor shall follow the Sponsor's service management plan, documenting Sponsor's tiered support for all applications and systems.
- The Contractor shall support the implementation of a reference architecture for adoption by all Sponsor applications and systems.
Required Skills
- Demonstrated experience implementing industry best practices of user experience design and associated technical solutions consistent with accessibility standards and agile methodology.
- Demonstrated experience providing solutions that facilitate end-to-end process execution and increase to automation and advanced analytics.
- Demonstrated experience working with Java and ServiceNow developers to articulate material design with front end components such as Angular and React.
- Demonstrated experience using UX/UI technologies such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe XD, Bootstrap, CSS3 and HTML5.
- Demonstrated experience proposing recommendations that provide business value while supporting Customer goals and objectives, with an emphasis on improving User Experience/User Interface (UX/UI), reducing O&M, increasing quality and speed of delivery, transforming, and modernizing web-based application, system, and service components.
- Demonstrated experience in analyzing and documenting web-based application, system, and service components and associated interfaces, including those with databases and web services/APIs to assist in decision-making regarding future development.
Desired Skills (Optional)
- Demonstrated experience working with Sponsor and partner IT organizations.
- Demonstrated experience working with learning applications.
- Demonstrated experience working with language, compliance, and performance management applications.
- Demonstrated experience working with COTS products.
- Demonstrated experience with cloud technologies.
- Demonstrated experience with networking and platform hosting technologies.
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.