Software Engineer Staff

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Work as an active member of the Technical User Support (TUS) team, interacting with team members, team lead, program Chief Scientist, customers, users, and site staff.
• Assist HPC users in porting, optimizing, and parallelizing codes according to their requirements.
• Conduct system performance analysis through benchmarking, tuning libraries, and focusing on scientific modeling, numerical processes, and scientific software issues.
• Investigate, analyze, and make recommendations regarding user codes and other HPC software issues.
• Understand best practices for utilizing HPC resources, research storage systems, and secure computing environments.
• Help users adapt to production shared resources, scheduling systems, and high-performance data storage systems.
• Apply problem-solving skills to address technical challenges in a flexible and adaptive manner.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience developing system software in heterogeneous, multi-platform environments.
• Proficiency with Fortran, C, and/or C++.
• Experience with one or more of Python, BASH, Korn, and/or Perl.
• Linux Operating System knowledge, with the ability to solve end-user computer system problems independently in a lab environment.
• Experience with Linux RedHat Operating Systems, Computer Networking, and Communications Systems.
• Experience with RedHat Satellite or other provisioning software.
• Basic software practices such as coding standards, unit testing, and configuration management.
• Strong ability to analyze, debug, and maintain the integrity of existing code bases.
• Solid understanding of the software development process including requirements, use cases, design, coding, documentation, and testing of scalable, distributed applications in a Linux environment.
• Must have TS//SCI with CI Poly security clearance to start.

Nice to Have

• Strong communication skills, results-oriented team player, creative thinker, and problem-solver.
• Good organization skills to balance and prioritize work, and ability to multitask.
• Familiarity with High Performance Computing (HPC) environment and related technologies.
• Experience with revision control software (CVS, SVN, Git).
• Experience with build/install tools (e.g., CMake, Makefile, autoconf).
• Experience with Splunk, Security Center, Nessus.
• Experience with Lustre, NFS, file system management.
• Experience working with customer/user representatives.
• Knowledge of Agile processes and Atlassian suite (Confluence, JIRA).
• AI/ML/Neural Networks experience.

Qualifications

• Degree (BS) in a STEM related discipline with solid mathematics and/or physics background.

Benefits & Perks

• Medical
• Dental
• 401k
• Paid time off
• Work/life balance
• Career development
• Mentorship opportunities
• Rewards & recognition