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Akina · 1 month ago

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

Annapolis Junction, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$217K/yr - $266K/yr

5+ years exp

Akina, Inc. is a Woman Owned, Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business, looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join their team. The HPC Software Engineer 3 role involves designing and developing software for high-performance computing systems, requiring a strong background in math or computer hardware, and collaboration within an Agile team to ensure effective software solutions.

Health CareSoftwareTherapeutics

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Designs, develops, tests, deploys, documents, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software for HPC systems based upon documented requirements

Works individually or as part of a team

Reviews and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results

Resolves software problem reports

Utilizes software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment

Provides specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of Open Source Software (OSS) and/or Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS)/Government Off-The- Shelf (GOTS) software in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components

Defines, 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

Participates in daily stand-up/scrums meetings

Conducts 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

HPC systemsInfrastructure automationLinuxAnsiblePythonBash scriptingContainer orchestrationSoft skills

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