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Akina, Inc · 1 month ago

HPC Software Engineer- 3 (Ansible, SaltStack, Puppet, Chef, Terraform)

Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$217K/yr - $266K/yr

5+ years exp

Akina, Inc is a Woman Owned, Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business seeking a HPC Software Engineer 3. The role involves designing, developing, testing, and maintaining complex software for high performance computing systems, requiring strong math or computer hardware knowledge.

Computer Software

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Define, develops, tests, and deploys components of the solution

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

Collaborates 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

Develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse infrastructure as code (IaC) for large-scale computing systems

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

Qualification

AnsibleTerraformLinuxSaltStackPuppetChefPythonBash scriptingContainer orchestrationDevSecOpsSecurity architectureCloud security

Required

TS/SCI - Polygraph required

Bachelor's degree in Math, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus seven (7) years of experience as an HSE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity

OR Master's degree in Math, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus five (5) years of experience as an HSE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity

OR Nine (9) years of experience as an HSE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity

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