US Military Skillbridge Internship (Software Engineer)_Arlington, VA

Black Cape•Arlington, VA

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

Black Cape is seeking technologists who are actively using their software development skills and/or have a computer science background. We are a Veteran-Owned Small Business with expertise in developing Mission Applications and applying Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to hard problems in the Government and Commercial Sectors. Black Cape offers customized Internships designed to support the lifecycle of technology projects from inception to development, to leadership, to customer-interfacing, to transition. We are seeking candidates with a completed Bachelor of Science degree or candidates who are close to completion of a BS degree and/or a coding Bootcamp. A completed Associates degree may also be considered. Technical degrees are preferred (e.g., Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Information Systems, etc.). We know this is a Skillbridge internship program that bridges the gap from your military training to practical application in the civilian technical world, but we have found that candidates with three to six months (or more) of technical experience usually thrive best in our program. This could come in the form of military experience using Data Science, Software Development, DevOps, Cloud Computing, or other related skills. We are a company that prides itself on IMPACTFUL work for the Federal government, but we also have a Fun work culture centered around Team bonding and Team Building, serving the professional development of our teammates – and the greater good! Black Cape has offices in Arlington, VA (HQ), and Austin, TX, and has a small presence in Charlottesville, VA. We offer hybrid work opportunities that involve both remote work AND in-person presence, either in a Black Cape office or at a customer site - ONLY in the Arlington, VA area (DMV area) at this time. We cannot offer fully remote internships at this time. We look forward to hearing from you and hopefully shepherding you through our interview process!

Requirements

MUST be willing to get the TS/SCI CI Poly, if you do not already have one.
Will consider Secret clearances and above.
Actively using software development skills and/or have a computer science background.
Completed Bachelor of Science degree or close to completion of a BS degree and/or a coding Bootcamp.
Completed Associates degree may also be considered.
Three to six months (or more) of technical experience (military experience using Data Science, Software Development, DevOps, Cloud Computing, or other related skills).
Exceptional Full Stack, Language Agnostic coding Experts.
Mid-Senior Level software engineers.
Limited direction needed.
Passionate about technology.
Willingness and desire to pick up new technologies or languages quickly.
Proficient in at least ONE Object-Oriented language like Java, Python, C# or C++.
Experience with at least ONE MVC framework, such as Spring, Django, Flask or Rails.
Experience with at least ONE relational database, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL or sqlite3.
Experience working with Linux distributions like Ubuntu, RedHat, or CentOS.
Working knowledge of web application basics like HTTP, HTML, REST, CSS, and JavaScript.

Nice To Haves

Technical degrees are preferred (e.g., Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Information Systems, etc.).
Proficient in at least one scripting language like Python or Perl.
Familiar with web server configuration on NGINX, Apache, or similar.
Familiar with a JavaScript framework like Backbone, Angular, Ember or Vue.js.
Familiar with Bootstrap and Less.
Experience with NoSQL storage like ElasticSearch, Accumulo, MongoDB, HBase is a plus.

Responsibilities

Support the lifecycle of technology projects from inception to development, to leadership, to customer-interfacing, to transition.
Create cloud-native web applications, advanced data analysis tools, and new machine learning capabilities.
Develop and implement technical solutions on an aggressive schedule across the US Intelligence Community (IC) and the Department of Defense (DoD).
Build and deploy machine learning models and artificial intelligence applications using Google TensorFlow and Python scikit-learn.
Work with Intelligence Community to accomplish their goals.
Provide full-stack software development and software integration capabilities for traditional, cloud, and hybrid-cloud environments.
Work hard and play hard.