Cloud Engineer - McLean, United States - The DarkStar Group

Description

The DarkStar Group is seeking a Cloud Engineer with a TS/SCI + Poly clearance (applicable to this customer) to join one of our top projects in McLean, 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 is seeking support for a joint Department of Homeland Security initiative.

This program is comprised of frontend, backend, and DevOps operations that includes development of new system capabilities; extension and maintenance of bulk data pipeline; and enhancements for the program's application hosted on multiple platforms including the Sponsor's cloud computing environment.

THE ROLE * The Contractor shall design and develop complex new software products and make significant enhancements to existing software.

• The Contractor shall provide ongoing maintenance, support, and enhancements in existing systems and platforms.
• The contractor shall troubleshoot complex problems and provide customer support for software systems and application issues.
• The Contractor shall collaborate cross-functionality with data engineers, analysts, project managers, and other personnel.
• The Contractor shall provide recommendations for continuous improvement in an Agile environment.

Required Skills * Demonstrated experience in Linux server administration and web application support.

• Demonstrated experience and proficiency in Java and Angular.
• Demonstrated experience in operations including using Git, Jenkins, Rundeck,Jira and Confluence.
• Demonstrated writing short Python and Bash scripts.
• Demonstrated experience with AWS Cloud solutions.
• Demonstrated experience with MySQL system administration and script development.
• Demonstrated experience in Elasticsearch administration and script development.
• Demonstrating experience writing technical documentation for security (ATO), architecture, and implementation guides.
• Demonstrated experience with the concepts of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) demonstrated experience applying them to a successful and established program.

Desired Skills (Optional) * Demonstrated experience supporting the technical processing of vetting requests for analytical comparison against the Sponsor's holdings.

• Demonstrated experience with computer processing platforms such as computers, mobile, or I.O.T. and using that knowledge in a clustered computing environment.
• Demonstrated experience with application and infrastructure support to an organization's screening and vetting mission.
• Demonstrated experience in micro service architecture using Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Tomcat, AWS, Docker Container or Kubernetes solutions.
• Demonstrated experience in big data solutions (Hadoop Ecosystem, MapReduce, Pig, Hive, DataStax, etc.) in support of a screening and vetting mission. 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.