Software Integration Engineer 4 - (HPC, Linux, Bash)

Akina, Inc.; Maryland; On-site; USD 228,000 - 279,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days PTO

11 federal holidays

401k with 10% company match

Healthcare covered for employee

Job summary

Akina, Inc. is seeking a Software Integration Engineer 4 to lead the test, evaluation, integration, and troubleshooting of the HPC software stack at Annapolis Junction, MD.

TS/SCI with Polygraph required, strong Linux/Bash/Python scripting, and expertise in Slurm, HPC systems, and automation. The role demands extensive experience integrating and sustaining HPC environments, with responsibilities including documentation, tool ownership, and collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with at least 10 years of demonstrable experience integrating, installing, configuring, upgrading, compiling, and supporting COTS/GOTS software in a heterogeneous OS environment.
• Five years of full-time CS-related work can substitute for a degree, with at least ten years total experience.
• A recognized professional certification may substitute as one year experience.
• A Master's Degree may substitute for two years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Test, evaluate, integrate, and troubleshoot the HPC software stack and related system issues.
• Generate documentation for the full software stack and update software for sustainment.
• Provide software product ownership for HPC tools and assist with system administration tasks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to install, configure, upgrade, and support COTS/GOTS software.
• Implement IaC and automation to streamline HPC environments.

Skills

Linux CLI

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Slurm scheduler

HPC systems

Ansible

Salt

GPFS/Lustre

Ganglia/Nagios

GPU/FPGA/ASICs

InfiniBand/Slingshot

Open-source HPC benchmarks

Root cause analysis

COTS/GOTS integration

Documentation

CM tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

10+ years of related experience

Industry certification substitution

Master's Degree substitution for experience

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Software Integration Engineer 4 - (HPC, Linux, Bash)

• Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Software Integration Engineer 4 - (HPC, Linux, Bash)

Clearance: TS/SCI - Polygraph required
Position ID: 02-523-SIE4
Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Description:

The Software Integration Engineer shall be responsible for the test, evaluation, integration, and troubleshooting of the HPC software stack and related system issues.

Position Required Skills:

• Experience with the Linux CLI, and the Linux suite of tools
• Extensive recent experience using Bash/Python to develop scripts
• Solid understanding of the Slurm resource management and job scheduling tool
• Experience with integration, evaluation, and system administration of HPC systems
• Experience troubleshooting HPC system problems, including basic system administration tasks, including software stack issues and hardware issues
• Experience with IaC principles and automation tools such as Salt and Ansible
• Familiar with HPC shared file systems such as Lustre, GPFS, and Panasas
• Familiar with system monitoring tools such as Ganglia and Nagios
• Familiar with acceleration technologies such as GPU, FPGA, and ASICs
• Familiar with high-speed network interconnect technologies such as InfiniBand and Slingshot
• Familiar with open-source industry-standard HPC benchmark tooling
• Ability to troubleshoot problems with a rigorous, analytical approach that enables diagnosis of root causes and discovery of mitigation/solution paths
• Ability to integrate, install, configure, upgrade, compile, and support COTS/GOTS software
• Generate documentation for the full software stack
• Update software for sustainment support
• Basic Linux system administration skills and shell scripting
• Execute test codes for characterization of software performance
• Provide software product ownership for HPC tools
• Working knowledge of CM tools, web documentation, and issue tracking
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment and switch between various architectural paradigms
• Develop software tool plugins in the language in which the tools are written
• Determine the optimal, or best available, HPC configuration for customer needs

Position Desired Skills:

• Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (JIRA, Confluence)
• Experience supporting HPC large-scale systems and customers

SIE4 Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and have at least ten (10) years of demonstrable experience with integrating, installing, configuring, upgrading, compiling, and supporting COTS/GOTS software in a heterogeneous operating system environment.

The individual shall have five (5) years full time Computer Science directly related work that can be substituted for a degree and have at least ten (10) years of demonstrable experience.

An industry recognized professional certification, as defined in the TT0s, may substitute as one (1) year experience.

A Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field may substitute for two (2) years' experience.

Salary Range: $228k-$279k (Annually)

The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possible contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Akina is a Woman Owned, Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business, looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team. We offer a generous compensation package that includes 24 days PTO accrued annually and 11 federal holidays. Our 401k is 100% vested on your start date and the company makes a direct contribution worth 10% of your salary. Akina covers 100% of healthcare costs for employees and 50% toward dependents. We offer educational assistance towards college classes and will cover costs associated with job related training and certifications.

Akina is committed to excellence and creating innovative and flexible solutions for our clients. We are a small company with an open ear to our employees' needs in order to attract and retain quality talent that enables our customer's mission.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.