Senior Software Developer (TS/SCI + CI Poly) with Security Clearance

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Job description

Description The DarkStar Group is seeking a Senior Software Developer with a TS/SCI + CI Poly clearance to join one of our top projects in Springfield, VA. Below is an overview of the project, as well as information on our company, our benefits, and our $25,000 referral program. THE PROJECT The DarkStar Group's team solves unique and challenging intelligence problems for a Special Operations customer. This work is as close to the mission as a technologist can get, so the environment is fast-paced: team members face rapidly-changing requirements and priorities as mission needs evolve. If you hate monotony and want to use your skills to have a direct impact on real-world operational success, this is the project for you. We are a multi-faceted software development and systems administration team working to build and maintain software applications backed by a self-managed cloud infrastructure (OpenStack) with a true big-data footprint (over 10 petabytes). Our diverse background of experience in mission support and software development serves as a catalyst to solve unique and challenging intelligence problems in support of special operations analysts and their on-going activities. Prototyping and frequent, iterative feedback are core to our delivery approach, anchored by a need to work quickly in support of our missions. The technical stack is quite robust and includes Java, Python, C#, C/C++, Geospatial tools, Big Data and Graph Products (Hadoop, MapReduce, Spark, ElasticSearch, Neo4j), Linux, OpenStack, AWS, Ansible, SQL/NoSQL, Text Processing, Cloud Services, Containerization, Infrastructure as Code (IAC), and more. Work on this program takes place in the Herndon, VA area (we cannot support remote work) and requires a TS clearance and a willingness to obtain a CI Poly: a current TS/SCI + CI Poly is preferred. THE ROLE The DarkStar Group is seeking an independent, creative, and driven Software Developer/ Data Scientist to join our team at a Northern VA government customer site. The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, and is an expert in computer vision models and other data-driven solutions. Our customers have some of the most interesting needs and hardest challenges to resolve. Our solutions require integrated models based on large and varied datasets, feeding analytic applications so that we can extract patterns and behaviors obscured within the data to augment the capabilities of human operators. We need experienced Software Developers/Data Scientists to work on all stages of the data science pipeline, to include applying existing machine learning software across large hyper-parameter trade spaces, developing new machine learning algorithms and evaluating the best the commercial AI/ML industry has to offer to our problem set. Responsibilities Extracting and transforming data using programming languages such as Python and associated open-source data analytics libraries
Ascertaining unique ways to apply algorithms to derive specific customer data analytic results
Applying big data analytics tools to large, diverse sets of collection data to assess risk of adverse threat activities
Extending existing algorithms as required to support customer requirements
Applying data science methods to create and optimize convolutional neural networks that will perform classification, localization and segmentation of various modalities of remotely-sensed imagery
Contribute to the development of data analytics, user workflows and interfaces, security authentication, and service call architecture comprising a family of applications in our software suite
Create rapid prototypes and design and implement complex, cutting-edge systems with a focus on collecting, parsing, managing, analyzing, and visualizing large sets of CV data to extract meaningful knowledge
Work with emerging technologies and data science techniques in support of endeavors to address the critical needs of the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, and other government agencies.
Required Skills BS in Computer Science or related degree with 15 years experience; or 10 years and a Masters degree; or a PhD with 8 years experience
Strong developer, particularly in C++, Python, R, SQL and shell script
Experience writing and working with GPU-accelerated software
Experience using Docker for packaging and delivering data science capabilities
Experience developing and testing machine learning, deep learning, or computer vision models
Experience with Data Analytics
Experience in machine learning and data science
Experience conducting model feasibility research and algorithm development for machine learning
Desired Skills (Optional) Graduate experience working with probabilistic and stochastic statistical analysis or computational intelligence Strong object-oriented programming skills
Containerization experience is a plus, particularly using Docker and Kubernetes
Cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Experience with development tools such as Git, GitLab CI/CD
Ability to work both independently and in a team environment
Effective oral and written communication skills to include active listening
Experience with different flavors of Linux including Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, etc.
Programming in parallel computing
Experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Keras
Experience working with open-source resources in a government computing environment 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.

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