Batch Compute Engineer

Overview

Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

CI/CD
PostgreSQL
Linux-based systems
Kubernetes
or DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph)
Grafana
SLURM

Job Details

About Beacon Systems, Inc

Beacon Systems, Inc, delivers Program Management, Science, Engineering, and Technology Solutions to Federal, Commercial, State, and Local Agencies. We are a subsidiary of Radiant Digital Solutions. Our Technology support to many DoD Agencies, NASA, Voice of America, FDA, and State Agencies such as State of FL, RI, MS, ND, VA, and WV extends our delivery of solutions worldwide.

Position: Batch Compute Engineer

Location: Hybrid - Dallas, TX

Duration: 12 Months plus

Job Description:

Key responsibilities of the role include:

  • Designing and developing high-quality software solutions using procedural programming languages, with a focus on Golang
  • Building and maintaining highly scalable, highly available and globally distributed systems to support large-scale research workloads
  • Managing and optimising data interactions across relational and non-relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL
  • Developing and operating containerised applications within Kubernetes, ensuring effective orchestration and workload scheduling
  • Supporting, tuning and troubleshooting Linux-based systems as part of our core compute platform
  • Applying core networking knowledge to help debug, optimise and enhance platform connectivity and performance
  • Independently diagnosing and resolving complex technical issues across infrastructure and software layers
  • Applying solid software architecture principles, computer science fundamentals and data structure knowledge to guide design decisions and code quality
  • Driving continuous improvement by contributing to CI/CD pipelines and engineering best practices
  • Staying up to date with emerging technologies and approaches, and applying new knowledge across disciplines

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:

  • Experience with developing Kubernetes components, such as controllers and operators
  • Experience with event-driven programming and message queues, such as apache Kafka and Pulsar
  • Experience of high-performance computing, Kubernetes, or DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph) workflows
  • Experience of operating or using job scheduling systems, e.g. SLURM
  • Use of operational and runtime tools and practices, including monitoring and logging with systems such as Prometheus and Grafana

Compensation

Compensation for roles at Beacon Systems Inc depending on a wide array of factors including, but not limited to, the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience.

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About Beacon Systems, Inc