Software Engineer IV

About the role

The Software Engineer will be part of a team responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining a comprehensive distributed Metrics and Monitoring solution for High Performance Computing (HPC) systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain a comprehensive distributed Metrics and Monitoring solution for HPC systems.
• Ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of HPC infrastructure.
• Proficient with Splunk.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI + FS Polygraph
• Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus 10 years of experience as a Software Engineer, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity
• OR Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus 12 years of experience as a Software Engineer, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity
• OR Fourteen (14) years of experience as a Software Engineer, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.

Qualifications

• 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

Skills

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