Software Engineer - Data and Monitoring

Based in Southern California with locations in Malibu, Calabasas, Westlake Village and Camarillo; HRL has been on the leading edge of technology, conducting pioneering research and advancing the state of the art. 

General Description:

As a senior software engineer in the Internal Tools group you will be responsible for building tools to collect logs and metrics from various hardware and software components of our quantum infrastructure; examples include making key data searchable, building endpoint monitoring into existing APIs, and maintaining the monitoring software stack across multiple enterprise networks. You will operate as part of a cross-functional team (IT, Physicists, Software Engineers, Data Scientists, and Industrial Technicians) and will often be the main link between otherwise disparate groups. This role is high-impact with high visibility, and the services you build and maintain will be an essential part of the function of the Quantum Software team.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Expected to display technical leadership

May be required to mentor junior staff and oversee their contributions to specific projects

Essential Duties:

Build and maintain infrastructure for scraping logs, capturing metrics, enriching/processing data, and sending it to Elasticsearch

Build endpoint monitoring into APIs

Profile and tune Elasticsearch deployment to maintain performance

Develop internal tools written in Python as well as various shell-scripting languages (batch, powershell, and bash)

Develop procedures and standards for archival and backup of data stores

Work with developers and end-users to build queries, dashboards, and reports to support business objectives

Work with data scientists and engineers to develop and implement anomaly detection routines and machine-learning algorithms

Maintain a high level of industry knowledge and best practices; stay abreast of new tooling options; provide recommendations for enhancing, upgrading, deprecating monitoring stack as appropriate

Required Skills:

Demonstrated expertise with Elasticsearch ELK stack

Familiarity with medium- to high-volume logging, syslog, and its associated services

Experience writing SQL queries

Experience writing shell scripts

Solid understanding of core computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and computer architectures

Basic familiarity with statistics and data science

Strong communication skills; ability to write and maintain comprehensive, readable documentation

Required Education:

7+ years relevant software engineering experience.

Physical Requirements:

Strong verbal communication skills

Program a computer via keyboard or some other method that is as fast as a typical programmer on a keyboard

Program a computer with visual feedback from a computer monitor

Long hours sitting or standing to program a computer

Special Requirements:

U.S. citizenship; active security clearance or ability to obtain one. 

Personable and pleasant to have on a team

Compensation:

The base salary range for this full-time position is $145,745 - $186,688 + bonus + benefits. 

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HRL offers a generous and very competitive total compensation and benefits package. Our Regular/Full Time benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401K match, gym facilities, PTO, growth potential, and an exciting and challenging work environment ().

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