Professional Services
Consulting Engineer * Level I

Responsibilities
All Professional Services engineers perform the following functions to one degree or another. However, most have one or two areas where they focus their efforts.
* Solution Scoping and Architecting
o Work with customers to determine customer needs and current situation
o Develop proposed solutions supported by Cluster Resources* tools
o Estimate level of effort and timelines for proposed solutions
o Effectively present solutions to customers and other co-workers
* Implementation and Integration
o Implement solutions with a closed environment for testing and development.
o Working closely with the customer, implement solutions in the field that may include integration with 3rd-party and custom software solutions
* Software Development
o Develop software integration solutions
* Customer Interaction
o Interact with customers on the phone in pre-sale, demo, and support roles
o As required, work on-site directly with customers to build and deploy solutions (up to 50% of the time)
* Training
o Train small and medium sized groups in the use of software and other technologies

Required Skills
* Ability to think quickly and precisely in a changing environment
* Ability to develop software on a pre-arranged timeline, conforming to pre-defined specifications
* Strong verbal and written communication skills
* Linux scripting experience
* Presentation skills
* Systems design experience
* Software design theory
* Networking experience
* Linux fluency

Desired Skills
* HPC programming/administration experience
* Data center administration
* Perl programming language
* Web software development
* Microsoft development experience
* C programming language
* Familiarity with gdb, valgrind, autoconf, make, and other Linux development tools
* Good grasp of multi-platform portability issues and concerns
* Linux server administration experience
* Experience in open source community projects
* Virtualization technology experience

Education
* Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems or related field
* Industry certifications preferred, but not required