Python Developer TSSCI Poly
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Description
The DarkStar Group is seeking a Python Developer 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 $25000 referral program.
THE PROJECT
The DarkStar Groups team provides tactical data engineering solutions. We embed skilled Data Engineers Data Scientists and ETL Developers directly into intelligence analyst groups to be their goto data wranglers. We develop new tools code and services to execute data engineering activities. Our engineers work to collect process and feed analytic tools turning data into intelligence in response to immediate mission needs with direct impact on real world situations. You will see your work used here on a daily basis and youll have the opportunity to support a variety of Sponsor mission organizations and mission partner organizations.
This is a time of development and growth on the program with an increasing number of missions being supported. The work is high impact and important and the customer moves quickly. The environment is fastpaced flexible and open to innovation youll have more latitude here in choosing how to achieve results than on many other projects. The customer cares more about what you can do as opposed to your years of experience and work hours are typically quite flexible roll up your sleeves get things done and no one cares much about the specific hours that you work. The work space itself is also quite nice and there is an excellent cafeteria!
The tech stack on this team is rather huge and includes Python (Pandas numpy scipy scikitlearn standard libraries etc. Python packages that wrap Machine Learning (packages for NLP Object Detection etc. Linux AWS/C2S Apache NiFi Spark pySpark Hadoop Kafka ElasticSearch Solr Kibana neo4J MariaDB Postgres Docker Puppet and many others.
Work on this program takes place in Chantilly VA McLean VA and in various field offices throughout Northern VA (we cannot support remote work) and requires a TS/SCI Polygraph clearance (acceptable to this customer).
THE ROLE
Responsible for developing endtoend system features from user experience to backend code and deploying those systems across multiple environments. Provide expertise to the development team using Agile methodologies modern languages best practices cloud technologies and microservices. Ensure solutions align with current and future architecture and operational environments. Strong experience in Python coding API development and version control systems (e.g. GitHub) is required. Experience in a microservice / Kubernetes environment is preferred.Tasks:
- Work includes leveraging the Scrum methodology to plan and execute tasks within the project Program Increment strategy
- Software development includes the use of Python and shell scripting to interact with internal and external APIs databases and services.
- Cloud infrastructure is deployed using AWS C2S available services in the IDL VPC boundaries. Commonly used AWS tools include Managed OpenSearch EMR EC2 Lambdas etc.
- Microservices and Kubernetes container orchestration is used to deploy applications in a managed way
- Working with the ISSM and various networking professionals to ensure data routing and access needs meet customer requirements.
- Activity in the customer space requires the use of Python and/or Java while deploying the code in an automated fashion with Jenkins and GitHub. This facilitates unit testing code review code coverage etc. as part of coding best practices.
Required Skills
- Python 5 years experience in software/application development
- Fulltime onsite in Chantilly VA with core hours of 9am 3pm
- Python development experience including FastAPI and SQLAlchemy
- Familiarity with Linux OS Experience with Cloud Infrastructure (AWS etc.
- Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and GitHub
- Understanding of how to build and run containerized applications (Docker Helm)
- Familiarity with or a working understanding of big data search tools (Airflow Pyspark Trino OpenSearch Elastic etc.
- Docker
- Jenkins
- Hadoop/Spark
- Kibana
- Kafka
- NiFi
- ElasticSearch
About The DarkStar Group
Our Company
The DarkStar Group is a small business that solves BIG problems. Were one of the Inc. 5000 fastestgrowing 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 youll find in the IC and salaries so strong that theyll likely surprise you.
Our Benefits
The DarkStar Group offers exceptional compensation and benefits:
- very strong salaries;
- 100 companypaid medical dental and vision premiums for you and all dependents;
- the ability to get increased salary if you dont need medical/dental/vision;
- 100 companypaid disability and life insurance benefits;
- a generouslyfunded 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;
- $25000 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 $25000 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.
Employment Type
Full Time
