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Peraton · 1 month ago

High Performance Computing Software Security Engineer, Journeyman Level

Fort Meade, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$104K/yr - $166K/yr

5+ years exp

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe. They are hiring a Journeyman High Performance Computing Software Engineer to perform security-related development for a large HPC-related program, which includes designing, developing, and maintaining complex software for HPC systems.

Information TechnologyRobotics

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Support Secure-the-Enterprise / Secure-the-Network (STE/STN) automation and monitoring sustainment including:

Frontend hardening

Utility front door and courier containers

Implement container security in LatteArt Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM), Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) etc

RBAC and CMS product creation & sustainment:

Mapping of roles to permission sets

Implement general solution security

Background hardening, as applicable

Security reviews and audits for other team's products

Define, develop, test, and deploy components of the solution

Work with an Agile team to create and refine user stories and acceptance

Collaborate with other team member to build and test software and hardware components

Participate in daily stand-up/scrums meetings

Conduct research, prototyping, and exploration activities

Develop, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse infrastructure as code (IaC) for large-scale computing systems

Work with installation, configuration, testing, and operational management of system solutions

Qualification

High Performance ComputingLinuxInfrastructure automationAnsiblePythonContainer orchestrationBash scriptingDevSecOps best practicesOrganizationCommunicationCollaboration

Required

Position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph

High School Diploma or GED plus Nine (9) years of High Performance Computing Software Engineering experience, OR

Bachelor's degree in Math, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus seven (7) years of systems engineering experience, OR

A Master's degree OR PhD in a in Math, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus five (5) years of systems engineering experience

Linux, Linux tools

Infrastructure automation technology: Ansible, SaltStack, Puppet, Chef, Terraform, etc

Willing and able to learn Ansible

Adapting to and adhering to project-specific Ansible coding standards

Familiar with and able to perform full software-development lifecycle support with version-control tools (Git, GitLab)

Works independently, as well as with a team, to ensure that all components are functioning properly

Stays abreast of the latest industry trends in both open source and commercial solutions. Supports determination of if-and-when to incorporate them into an IAC solution

Communicative, collaborative, and organized

Willing and able to learn new tools, protocols, custom software, firmware, and hardware

Preferred

Programming in Ansible

Bash scripting

Python

Container orchestration technologies

Rancher Kubernetes Engine 2 (RKE2)

Best practices in DevSecOps, system administration, infrastructure network services (DNS, DHCP, PXE, NTP, etc.)

Security concepts pertaining to one or more of: identity and access management (IAM), access control, secrets management, and/or any security products related to these concepts: Security architecture, Cloud security, Red Hat IDM, Keycloak, HashiCorp Vault, Delinea/Centrify