Senior HPC Software Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

The HPC Software Engineer designs, develops, tests, deploys, documents, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software for HPC (high performance computing) systems based upon documented requirements. Critical for an HSE is either a very strong math background and/or a very strong computer hardware background. One or both of these are required for the HSE to be able to understand the intricacies of the HPC architecture that is being targeted by the software being developed, or to understand the complex mathematical principles which underlie the software applications being developed. The HPC systems might include, but are not limited to, processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and systems which incorporate data repositories, data transport services, and application and systems development and monitoring. 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. Working knowledge of Configuration Management (CM) tools and Web Services implementation. The project represents a growing group of efforts targeted at understanding the performance limitations encountered by FOSS, COTS and GOTS software, frameworks and tools deployed on High Performance Computers. Team members design, build, deploy, test and interpret output from metrics collection capabilities to identify performance limiters and develop courses of action to overcome them. Test results are used to inform software modification, deployment of alternate software architectures and hardware architecture enhancement.

, Required Skills

• 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

, Desired Skills

• 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

, Additional Details

Company Overview:

Vetegrity is an employee-focused small business, founded in 2008. We are passionate about supporting the missions of the Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense. As a Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business, we pride ourselves on our commitment to excellence and integrity in everything we do.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits to include:

- Medical/Dental/Vision

- 20 Days of Paid Time Off (PTO) + Federal Holidays

- 401k with Employer Match

- Profit Sharing

- Tuition Reimbursement

- Flex Spending Account

- Life Insurance, Long Short-Term Disability

- Pet Adoption Reimbursement

- Annual Physical Fitness/Wellness Allowance

- Supplemental Insurance

- Employee Referral Program

- Performance Incentives

- On-The-Spot Rewards

Other company-sponsored perks include after-hours events, logo apparel, holiday parties, and more!

Vetegrity provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

, About Vetegrity

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