Cloud Developer

Description

The DarkStar Group, a GRVTY Company is seeking a Cloud Developer 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 and our benefits.

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 provides data-driven, business analysis to support senior organizational leaders and requires support specializing in cloud development of relevant processes, tools, and integrated systems to format, load, analyze, and display large-volume data streams, arriving in a variety of formats.

THE ROLE

• The Contractor shall work with data scientists and data engineers to architect, operate, and document relevant cloud-on prem hybrid solutions to optimize relevant workflow components for advanced artificial intelligence applications.
• The Contractor shall lead work to optimize cloud-based computing technologies, such as leveraging pyspark, distributed computation, and model training/inference, and integrate solutions into relevant delivery mechanisms or partner systems.
• The Contractor shall build tools and scripts to monitor, troubleshoot, automate, and deploy AI models and outputs as part of a variety of existing business analytic platforms.
• The Contractor shall be directly responsible for solutions related to the Sponsor’s analytic work in these key areas: availability, latency, performance, efficiency, documentation, change management, monitoring, security, emergency response, and capacity planning.
• The Contractor shall apply, develop and deploy cloud microservices and integration of cloud resources with on prem high performance computation servers to support the Sponsor’s efforts.
• The Contractor shall create and use optimal solutions to store and host information.
• The Contractor shall create software pipelines to query databases of interest, combine and merge data sources, and analyze information.
• The Contractor shall use the Sponsor’s knowledge management, version control, coding standards, and delivery platforms.
• The Contractor shall champion and manage requirements, builds, upgrades, and fixes within multiple (dev, test, production) environments.
• The Contractor shall assist developers and data scientists with code deployments, particularly providing CI/CD configuration.
• The Contractor shall leverage available solutions to create automations that enable timely tipping and queuing.
• The Contractor shall optimize open-source software to accelerate mission solutions and minimize proprietary dependencies at the direction of the Sponsor.
• The Contractor shall use a microservice-based architecture and agile coding for engineering and development activities to support reliable network performance, modern resource management, and security processes.
• The Contractor shall develop analytical software packages, pipelines, and custom virtual environments for deployment in secure environments including standalone workstations, standalone compute clusters, secure cloud environments, and on-premises network infrastructure.

Required Skills

• Demonstrated experience with Python, Bash, and Terraform.
• Demonstrated experience Anaconda for development purposes.
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with software such as source control (Git/GitHub), continuous build/delivery (Jenkins), issue management (Jira), and documentation/collaboration (Confluence).
• Demonstrated experience with automated testing and deployment of infrastructure or configurations.
• Demonstrated experience in the administration, provisioning, and use of cloud technologies (i.e. AWS) particularly with application of data science approaches in the cloud.
• Demonstrated experience deploying and tuning Apache NiFi or other ETL workflows.
• Demonstrated experience hosting and managing Structured Query Language (SQL) databases within cloud based relational databases.
• Demonstrated experience optimizing connectivity between cloud-based services and on prem high performance cloud compute servers.
• Demonstrated experience with DevSecOps solutions and tools.
• Demonstrated experience in the cyber security domain to include: governance and risk
• management, compliance, encryption, software development security, access control, network security or secure architecture, or security operations.
• Demonstrated experience preparing presentations and presenting to senior stakeholders.

Desired Skills (Optional)

• Demonstrated experience supporting data scientists to create—through fine tuning, transfer learning—models for classification, prediction, generative AI, or other similar tasks.
• Demonstrated experience optimizing the deployment of AI models in the cloud.
• Demonstrated experience with front-end web development frameworks such as Flask.
• Demonstrated experience using Tableau to connect cloud serves to Tableau output visualizations.

Why Choose The DarkStar Group, a GRVTY Company

The DarkStar Group, a GRVTY Company, started with a simple, American idea: we do things not because they are easy but because they are hard. The DarkStar Group, a GRVTY Company, exists to answer challenges. We do it for customers in defense, intelligence, homeland security—anyone whose job it is to advance America’s strategic position. The size of the challenge we face demands new skills, new backgrounds, and new thinking. That’s what we’re here to deliver. And when you work shoulder to shoulder with brilliant people tackling the most high-stakes challenges, it’s invigorating. Our culture is built on collaboration, mission-focused innovation, and a commitment to excellence, where every challenge we answer opens the door to a new possibility.

The toughest national security challenges demand vision and ingenuity, not just resources. We deliver mission and technical expertise to outpace our adversaries. We’re purpose-built to tackle the most entrenched, systemic national security issues around the world.

We partner with our customers to help them overcome challenges in every corner of technology and defense—including the ones still being explored. Our growing capabilities create complementary advantages, giving on-the-ground operations the edge they need to succeed. We muster everything we have to answer every challenge presented, every day of our lives.

At The DarkStar Group, a GRVTY Company, we believe that when our employees thrive, our company thrives. That’s why we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.

• Robust health plan including medical, dental, and vision
• Health Savings Account with company contribution
• Annual Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401k with generous company match
• Training and Development Opportunities
• Award Programs
• Variety of Company Sponsored Events

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 ds_recruiting@grvty.com or call 703-544-7930 with requested details.  A member of the HR team will respond to your request within 2 business days. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal