Lead HPC Software Integration Engineer

Columbia Technology Partners, Inc; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Vision and Dental plans

6% 401k company contribution

Paid PTO/Leave with flexible options

Career growth assistance up to $10,000

Life and AD&D Insurance; Short/Long‑to

Profit sharing bonus

Referral bonus program

Job summary

Columbia Technology Partners, Inc. is seeking a Software Integration Engineer 4 to support advanced integration and operation of software within high-performance computing (HPC) environments.

The role emphasizes mission operations infrastructure, automation, monitoring, and resiliency at scale. The ideal candidate will lead software integration efforts, troubleshoot complex customer configurations, and ensure high availability across enterprise HPC environments while developing tools in Python,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (5 additional years of experience may substitute).
• Minimum 10 years of experience supporting software integration in complex Linux environments.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (or equivalent).
• Advanced experience with Linux systems (RHEL, CentOS, Rocky, SLES, Ubuntu) and programming/scripting (Python, Bash, C).
• Experience leading automation, monitoring, and infrastructure tooling efforts (Ansible, Salt, Nagios/Thruk, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk).

Responsibilities

• Integrate, install, configure, upgrade, and maintain software in heterogeneous environments.
• Support HPC systems and applications to ensure continuous mission operations.
• Troubleshoot complex software and infrastructure issues across Linux environments.
• Lead automation, monitoring, and resiliency initiatives across mission systems.
• Oversee customer use case configuration and advanced troubleshooting efforts.
• Develop and optimize scripts and tools using Python, Bash, and C.
• Implement and manage automation frameworks (Salt, Ansible).
• Architect and maintain monitoring/alerting solutions (Nagios/Thruk, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk).
• Manage code repositories and workflows using Git-based tools (Gitbucket).
• Collaborate across teams using Jira, Confluence, and Slurm for system orchestration and workload management.

Skills

Advanced Linux administration

Python scripting

Bash scripting

C programming

Automation leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (or equivalent)

Tools

Ansible

Salt

Nagios/Thruk

Prometheus

Grafana

Splunk

Gitbucket (Git-based workflows)

Jira

Confluence

Slurm

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/SLES/Ubuntu

Job description

Columbia Technology Partners, Inc. is seeking a Software Integration Engineer 4 to support advanced integration and operation of software within high-performance computing (HPC) environments.

The role emphasizes mission operations infrastructure, automation, monitoring, and resiliency at scale. The ideal candidate will lead software integration efforts, troubleshoot complex customer configurations, and ensure high availability across enterprise HPC environments while developing tools in Python,