Full-Stack CNO Developer (TS/SCI + Poly)

Description
The DarkStar Group a GRVTY Company is seeking a Full-Stack CNO Developer with a TS/SCI Poly clearance (applicable to this customer) to join one of our top projects in Laurel MD. 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 conducts R&D and prototyping of new CNO capabilities for our customer. The work involves Vulnerability Research Exploit Development CNO tool development and enhancement and infrastructure support (DevOps) for access operations. Platforms involved include iOS Android MacOS Linux Windows and other environments. This is some of the most impactful work in the Intelligence Community with the new capabilities developed by this team getting rapidly deployed and into the hands of users. One of the best things about this project is the customer. They give Engineers huge latitude in choosing programming languages and technologies and they encourage exploration of new tech. There is almost no distinction here between blue-badgers and green-badgers: the team is highly-competent and the Branch and Section Leads do an excellent job of shielding the engineers from any organizational politics. This team regularly needs Vulnerability Researchers Exploit Developers CNO Tool Developers Reverse Engineers and other types of technologists. While roles open and close the program Leads attitude is find us good people; well find good places for them.

Work on this program takes place in various locations at and around the Ft. Meade MD area (we cannot support remote work) and requires a TS/SCI Polygraph clearance (acceptable to this customer).

THE ROLE

• The candidate will join a team of developers designing developing and testing a interactive task management framework.

Required Skills

• Bachelors Degree and six (6) years of experience OR minimum ten (10) years of experience in relevant field
• Minimum eight (8) years of experience programming in Assembly C C Java Perl and/or Python
• Minimum seven (7) years of experience developing in one (1) or more of the following: Windows applications using Visual Studio or .NET environments; UNIX applications using make files or comparable build environments
• Minimum six (6) years of experience with programming CNO tools and techniques
• Minimum five (5) years of experience managing and supervising teams in support of Government CNO capability development
• Minimum five (5) years of experience programming CNO tools for the US Government
• Minimum four (4) years of experience programming techniques to evade host and/or network-based IDS and
• Minimum four (4) years experience in network sockets programming and application-level protocols.
• Experience with designing and writing code in Python and/or JavaScript
• Understanding of the entire web development process
• Solid grasp of content management systems (e.g. Django) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. )
• Strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with designers developers and mission customers
• Willingness to troubleshoot and solve complex problems
• Flexibility to adapt to changing instructions and requirements
• Ability to gather requirements and design a solution with minimal oversight
• Experience with project management best practices such as Scrum and Kanban methodologies and
• Experience with version control systems (e.g. Git) along with understanding of basic configuration management principles.

About The DarkStar Group

Our Company

The DarkStar Group is a small business that solves BIG problems. Were 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 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% company-paid medical dental and vision premiums for you and all dependents;
• the ability to get increased salary if you dont 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;
• $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. **

The DarkStar Group A GRVTY Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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 and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Anyone requiring reasonable accommodations should email with requested details. A member of the HR team will respond to your request within 2 business days.

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