HPC Monitoring & Observability Engineer

Shield Consulting Solutions, Inc.; Maryland; On-site; USD 255,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days PTO

11 paid holidays

100% employer-paid healthcare

8% 401(k) employer match

Job summary

Shield Consulting Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer in Maryland who will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining distributed Metrics and Monitoring solutions for HPC systems.

Qualified candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, a minimum of 12 years of experience in software engineering, and proficiency in Python and Splunk. Excellent benefits include 25 days PTO and healthcare coverage from day one.

Qualifications

• 12 years of experience as a software engineer.
• 2 additional years of experience as a software engineer may be substituted for a degree.
• Experience in developing Shell/Perl scripts to automate manual processes.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain a distributed Metrics and Monitoring solution for HPC.
• Ensure reliability, performance, and scalability of HPC infrastructure.

Skills

Python

Linux CLI

Shell/Perl scripting

Splunk SPL

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD principles

Git

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Splunk

Ansible

GitLab CI

Atlassian Tool Suite (JIRA, Confluence)

Job description

Active TS/SCI w/Polygraph REQUIRED. Please do not apply if you do not currently possess this level of clearance.

Telework: None

Basic Requirements

• 12 years of experience as a software engineer
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline
• 2 additional years of experience as a software engineer may be substituted for a degree

Job Description

The Software Engineer shall be part of a team responsible for designing, developing and maintaining a comprehensive distributed Metrics and Monitoring solution for HPC systems to ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of HPC infrastructure.

In this position, the Software Engineer must be proficient with Splunk.

Required Experience

• Experience using the Linux CLI and the Linux suite of tools
• Experience developing Shell/Perl scripts to automate manual processes
• Recent software development experience using Python
• Experience with Splunk SPL, dashboard creation, and report development
• Experience with Splunk data onboarding, field extractions, data models, and performance tuning
• Experience with Splunk alerting, incident management workflows, and event correlation
• Familiar interfacing with Log Management tools including Syslog-ng and rsyslog
• Familiar Message Brokers such as Kafka
• Experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) principles and automation tools including Ansible
• Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools such as GitLab CI
• Experience with Git Source Control System

Desired Experience

• Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (JIRA, Confluence)

Salary: $255,000 - $265,000 annually

Excellent benefits package including 25 days PTO, 11 paid holidays, 100% employer-paid healthcare for employees and dependents – available day 1, 8% 401(k) employer match – immediate vesting.

Disclaimer: The salary range provided is an estimate based on current market conditions and may be adjusted based on factors such as experience, skills, and qualifications. The final salary offer will be determined after a thorough review of the candidate's background and alignment with the role. Please note that this range is subject to change and should be considered as a guideline rather than a definitive figure.

Shield Consulting Solutions is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

This is a full time position