REQUIRED: Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
LOCATION: Full-time, onsite in McLean, VA
We are looking for a Software Developer with Full Stack experience to join a high-performing, collaborative group tackling some of the most complex data engineering and application development challenges in the intelligence community. Our team works across the full stack — data pipelines, cloud infrastructure, web applications, and analytics tools — and every member plays a critical role.
Who We Are:
We offer advanced services in data science, data engineering, software engineering, AI solutions, cybersecurity, staff augmentation, and IT program management.
Passionate Integrity, Driven by Excellence
Ardent Principles offers a competitive salary range and a comprehensive, industry‑leading benefits package designed to support long‑term stability and employee well‑being. We provide more than a position—we offer a workplace committed to excellence, integrity, and mission‑focused impact. Our mission is to act as a bridge between satisfied clients and fulfilled employees, ensuring that your job and well-being are our top priorities because your satisfaction leads to the success of our clients.
Join us as we continue building the future of secure, high‑impact solutions.
LOCATION: Full-time, onsite in McLean, VA
We are looking for a Software Developer with Full Stack experience to join a high-performing, collaborative group tackling some of the most complex data engineering and application development challenges in the intelligence community. Our team works across the full stack — data pipelines, cloud infrastructure, web applications, and analytics tools — and every member plays a critical role.
Who We Are:
We offer advanced services in data science, data engineering, software engineering, AI solutions, cybersecurity, staff augmentation, and IT program management.
Passionate Integrity, Driven by Excellence
Ardent Principles offers a competitive salary range and a comprehensive, industry‑leading benefits package designed to support long‑term stability and employee well‑being. We provide more than a position—we offer a workplace committed to excellence, integrity, and mission‑focused impact. Our mission is to act as a bridge between satisfied clients and fulfilled employees, ensuring that your job and well-being are our top priorities because your satisfaction leads to the success of our clients.
Join us as we continue building the future of secure, high‑impact solutions.
Key Responsibilities
In this challenging yet rewarding role, you are an integral part of what brings our Company's mission to life. You must have the following required skills, certifications and demonstrated experience in and/or with:
- Recent professional experience engaging directly with data-related issues, including data quality and data curation activities.
- Collaboration tools and technologies such as Confluence, wikis, or similar.
- Ensuring data provenance, pedigree, and lineage for data sharing rules.
- Describing and characterizing datasets for knowledge management purposes.
- Professional experience with cloud services and tools, such as Databricks and EMR.
- Understanding of SQL database structures and mapping them between different SQL databases.
- Professional experience working with Nifi, and and Extract-Transform-Load processes.
- Creating operating system level scripts to perform ETL operations on SQL databases.
- Professional experience with version control systems, preferably Git.
- Testing the development of software solutions for the extraction, transacting, and loading of data using the most efficient languages for the task, e.g. Nifi, Python, and SQL.
- Professional experience in the development, customization, and use of developing applications for intelligence analysis.
- Professional experience using Python, JavaScript, and PostgreSQL stack.
- CSS, HTML, or web based development.
- Using Git for versioning.
- Developing algorithms to support graph theory-based methods.
- Professional experience using containerization such as Docker or developing and deploying containerized applications and databases.
- Working user-centered design principles and practices, web standards, typography and color, and web usability standards.
- Communicating technical issues in clear written and oral formats.
- Tracking projects, plans, and action items through completion.
- Translating business needs to skilled technology officers for future system requirement development.
- Professional experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or closely related discipline.
Highly Desired Qualifications
Other skills and demonstrated experiences that are highly desired but not mandatory to perform the work, include:
- On-the-job experience with datasets and data collections.
- Familiarity with data environment and analytic workflow processes.
- Supporting project managers, subject matter experts, and the client by planning projects, developing contingencies, and producing schedules.
- Strong coordination and collaboration skills with ability to work successfully across organizational boundaries.
- Customer service including working and communicating across various levels (peers, technical and mission partners, management, and executive level customers).
- Capturing meeting notes with all levels of personnel.
- Organizing and structuring solutions to complex problems.
- Strong coordination and collaboration skills.
- Full Stack Development in the cloud environment.
- Organizing and structuring solutions to complex problems.
- Strong coordination and collaboration skills.
What We Offer You
- Highly Competitive Salary: Recognizing and rewarding your expertise and contributions.
- Generous Paid Time Off: Providing ample time for rest, relaxation, and personal pursuits.
- Dedicated Training Budget: Supporting continuous learning and professional development.
- 100% Employer-Covered Family Vision, Dental, and Health Insurance: Ensuring comprehensive health coverage for you and your family.
- 100% Employer-Covered Life and Disability Insurance: Offering financial security and peace of mind.
- 401(k) Plan with a 6% Employer Match: Helping you plan and save for a secure retirement, with 100% vesting from day one.
- 11 Paid Government Holidays: Observing national holidays to ensure time off with family and friends.
- Spot Bonuses for Exceptional Performance: Rewarding outstanding contributions and achievements.
SCHEDULE:
This is a full-time position with consultants expected to be available and working onsite in McLean, VA during core hours.
Ready to take the next step in your career? Join us and be part of a team dedicated to driving positive change through technology. Apply now with our easy 3-minute, mobile-friendly initial application process. Your future starts here!