Systems Engineer TSSCI Poly

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 $25000 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. Weve been supporting this customer on many different subprojects of this program since our founding in 2013. Weve grown on this effort by providing the customer with Engineers who have done exceptional work and weve 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 requires technical expertise and guidance to drive the future of online operations in order to keep pace with industry standards. This includes understanding designing and developing infrastructure and infrastructure components that meet the Sponsors security needs. It also includes developing updated guidance for online operations and identifying new technologies for potential integration into the Sponsors technology and systems baseline. Finally this includes supporting current operations and keeping continuity while integrating any new technologies.

THE ROLE

• The Contractor Team shall with Sponsor oversight deliver and integrate new technical solutions and guidance to advance the Sponsors online operational objectives.
• The Contractor Team shall be capable of designing building configuring and maintaining infrastructure and infrastructure components to evolve online operations.
• The Contractor Team shall understand the tradecraft necessary for conducting secure online operations.
• The Contractor Team shall keep current with internet technologies and services and understand their applicability and security implications for the Sponsors operations.
• The Contractor Team shall evaluate new technologies components and services for applicability to the Sponsors activities.
• The Contractor Team shall integrate new technologies and services into an existing baseline with minimal disruption to operations.
• The Contractor Team shall research develop maintain and document new methods technology and services for integration into the Sponsors online operations.
• The Contractor Team shall conduct and provide quickturn security and product assessments for new technologies that will be utilized on the Sponsors network.
• The Contractor Team shall be required to communicate and collaborate across organizational boundaries.
• The Contractor Team shall fully describe and document mission solution architecture and interfaces.
• The Contractor Team shall comply with the Sponsors Risk Management (i.e. cyber security) Framework to ensure that the program addresses and mitigates vulnerabilities and risks identified throughout the lifecycle of the project.
• The Contractor Team shall coordinate stakeholder engagements such as user requirements sessions technical exchange meetings user feedback sessions and operational planning.
• The Contractor Team shall track work requirements and action items to meet program deadlines.
• The Contractor Team shall use a Sponsorapproved tracking system for issues and problems.
• The Contractor Team shall implement changes to current technical and networking solutions based on changing partner requirements legislation and policy.
• The Contractor Team shall conduct functionality testing for both new and existing operational systems and applications to ensure smooth integration of new technologies with existing systems.

Required Skills

• Demonstrated experience evaluating new technologies and services for compatibility with existing systems.
• Demonstrated experience researching and developing new technologies services or methods for integration into existing systems and baselines.
• Demonstrated experience integrating new technologies and services into existing systems and workflows.
• Demonstrated experience creating evaluation integration and test plans for new technologies services and components.
• Demonstrated experience with networks and network components to include ability to understand network architecture diagrams and related information.
• Demonstrated experience with Virtual Private Servers Virtual Private Networks and Virtual Private Clouds.
• Demonstrated experience with virtual environments and emulated mobile devices.
• Demonstrated experience with Android O/S to include an understanding of how the operating system works and its security settings.
• Demonstrated experience with domestic and foreign social media and security implications associated with utilizing social media sites.
• Demonstrated experience with commercial messaging applications and their security configurations.
• Demonstrated experience performing technical analysis on networks and applications to evaluate security and applicability to online operations.
• Demonstrated experience with browser security settings and addins.
• Demonstrated experience with technical troubleshooting related to networks hardware internet services and mobile applications.
• Demonstrated experience consulting with customers to determine present and futureuser requirements.
• Demonstrated experience communicating complex technical topics to nontechnical individuals.
• Demonstrated experience defining analyzing tracking and reviewing requirements.

Desired Skills (Optional)

• Demonstrated experience with working within commercial cloud providers (AWS GCP Azure or similar).
• Demonstrated experience utilizing network monitoring tools.
• Demonstrated experience with understanding of network fundamentals TCP/IP routing switching firewalls and VPNs Ethernet DS1 T1 routing concepts and routing protocols HSRP VRRP DHCP switching 802.1Q STP VLANs EtherChannel IP Addressing Subnetting and VPN.
• Demonstrated experience with cloud networking concepts.
• Demonstrated experience utilizing Tor as a means of obfuscating online activities.
• Demonstrated experience with internet encryption protocols.
• Degree or educational background in computer science information science systems engineering or a related discipline.

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.