Systems Engineer (TS/SCI + Poly)
Apply NowCompany: The DarkStar Group, LLC
Location: Chantilly, VA 20152
Description:
Description
The DarkStar Group is seeking a Systems 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 PROJECT
The Sponsor relies on a variety of specific software capabilities to perform duties. The Sponsor requires support specializing in system engineering to perform operational and system administrative tasks, identify and remediate system risks, and implement proactive solutions that address evolving technological infrastructure needs. Work will include assisting with Operations and Maintenance (O&M) tasks.
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 Systems 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 PROJECT
The Sponsor relies on a variety of specific software capabilities to perform duties. The Sponsor requires support specializing in system engineering to perform operational and system administrative tasks, identify and remediate system risks, and implement proactive solutions that address evolving technological infrastructure needs. Work will include assisting with Operations and Maintenance (O&M) tasks.
THE ROLE
- The Contractor shall work closely with the Sponsor for work prioritization.
- The Contractor shall execute systems engineering tasks as necessary to support the Sponsor's information technology enterprise.
- The Contractor shall provide technical support and assist in the resolution of escalated technical issues.
- The Contractor shall plan and manage hardware (HW) and software (SW) modifications and upgrades.
- The Contractor shall support the activities and future growth of the Sponsor's virtual environment through vendor discussions, Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs), system patching and upgrades, Assessment & Accreditation (A&A) efforts, backup solutions, and Disaster Recovery (DR) implementation in furtherance of an adoption of a cloud environment.
- The Contractor shall work occasional nights, weekends, and Holidays as necessary.
Required Skills
- Demonstrated experience supporting a stand-alone environment.
- Demonstrated experience planning and leading software modifications and upgrades.
- Demonstrated experience managing an on-premises virtual infrastructure.
- Demonstrated experience planning, implementing, and maintaining a Disaster Recovery Site.
- Demonstrated experience transitioning an on-premises virtual solution to a virtual private cloud (VPC).
- Demonstrated experience managing SW and HW systems within an infrastructure that includes Microsoft (i.e. Remote Desktop and Active Directory), Nutanix (i.e. AHV, Failover Cluster Manager, and Prism), Rubrik, Rapid7, SPLUNK, and McAfee.
- Demonstrated experience supporting the following tools: TeamMate+, TeamMateAM, TeamMate Analytics , Case Management Tracking System (CMTS), Idea, MS Office Suite, MS Server 2012/2019.
- Demonstrated experience interacting with end users to provide guidance and hands-on support to help resolve problems, concerns, and errors and to explain or demonstrate procedures and techniques.
- Demonstrated experience maintaining system accreditation.
- Demonstrated experience conducting security audits of virtual environments in collaboration with external groups.
Desired Skills (Optional)
- Demonstrated experience with process automation such as PowerShell, C, Python, GitHub.
- Demonstrated experience making virtual machine configuration changes necessary to resolve trouble tickets or to comply with Sponsor requirements and IT best practices.
- Demonstrated experience administering user access by adding and deleting user accounts, maintaining user permissions and access privileges.
- Demonstrated experience making applicati on software and operating system configuration changes necessary to resolve trouble tickets or to comply with Sponsor requirements and IT best practices.
- Demonstrated experience implementing, with oversight, the Sponsor's requirements.
- Demonstrated experience evaluating and mitigating software security vulnerabilities.
- Demonstrated experience with the Sponsors unique IT infrastructure and ongoing projects.
- Demonstrated experience with the Sponsors audit and analysis software packages
- Demonstrated experience communicating orally and in writing with stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience conducting data transfer operations.
- Demonstrated experience executing O&M tasks as necessary to support the Sponsor's software and hardware infrastructure.
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.