The DarkStar Group is seeking an Applications 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 $25,000 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. 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 training across multiple sub-occupations. The Sponsor’s web team supports the office’s web development, web hosting, content management, web illustrations, web sites for courses, accessibility standards, and web support. The Sponsor requires support specializing in Joomla websites, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, Chronoforms, and a desire for PHP. The work may be performed independently or within a team environment. The Sponsor needs polished skills in concept development and execution while managing a moderate to heavy workload. Work will include development of new Joomla websites and administration of existing Joomla websites and applications.

THE ROLE

1. The Contractor Team shall work closely with management, web development, communication, marketing, and graphics teams as well as group requirements analysts; however, the Sponsor project manager will manage the priorities.
2. The Contractor Team shall assess and validate current web site requirements across the Sponsor organization.
3. The Contractor Team shall design, build, or maintain websites, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, management tools, and digital media.
4. The Contractor Team shall design, develop, and prioritize projects to include; graphics, multimedia, web development, design, and application workflow architectures.
5. The Contractor Team shall redesign existing websites and forms.
6. The Contractor shall design or redesign applications to add new features, optimize, scale or improve stability and performance.
7. The Contractor shall ensure content changes were successfully updated or implemented, to include performing user testing analyses to determine web sites’ effectiveness or usability.
8. The Contractor Team shall provide Operations & Maintenance (O&M) support for Sponsor’s websites.
9. The Contractor Team shall provide content management support for Sponsor’s websites.
10. The Contractor Team shall create Sponsor graphics and multimedia for websites.
11. The Contractor Team shall work and coordinate with external partners with regards to web hosting.
12. The Contractor Team shall maintain all necessary security approval and training to manage and maintain websites.

Required Skills

1. Demonstrated experience with HTML and CSS.
2. Demonstrated experience with User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) centric design.
3. Demonstrated experience with accessibility standards and compliance (Section 508 and WCAG 2 or WCAG 3).
4. Demonstrated experience with Content Management Systems (CMS), preferably Joomla.
5. Demonstrated experience with UI and wireframe design applications with Adobe XD or Figma.
6. Demonstrated experience translating conceptual requirements into technical requirements.
7. Demonstrated experience in Chronoforms.
8. Demonstrated experience with JavaScript.
9. Demonstrated experience with Bootstrap.
10. Demonstrated experience with PHP.
11. Demonstrated experience with drafting technical documentation.

Desired Skills (Optional)

1. Demonstrated experience with Adobe CC applications to include Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, and InDesign.
2. Demonstrated experience with documentation or project management tools such as Confluence, Jira, Trello, or other Atlassian products.
3. Demonstrated experience with Sponsor’s knowledge management tools.
4. Demonstrated experience in maintaining SharePoint sites to include access control, workflows, and Site collection administrator (SCA).

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:

1. very strong salaries;
2. 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and all dependents;
3. the ability to get increased salary if you don't need medical/dental/vision;
4. 100% company-paid disability and life insurance benefits;
5. a generously-funded HSA;
6. an 8% 401(k) contribution;
7. 31 days of PTO/holidays to start (more with tenure);
8. the ability to flex time across pay periods without using your PTO;
9. a generous training budget;
10. $25,000 employee referral bonuses;
11. business development / growth incentives; and
12. 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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