DevOps Software Engineer 3 (HPCaaS)

• Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland
• Type: Contract
• Job #3866

Title: DevOps Software Engineer 3 (HPCaaS)
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
Compensation Range: $190 -$210K
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *

Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission. Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation's toughest and most secure problems. If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don't look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Benefits Overview:
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *

Summary:
The DevOps Software Engineer shall be responsible for the Operational and Maintenance (O&M) efforts including installation, configuration, integration, monitoring, and sustaining of a large multi-tenant containerized Kubernetes High Performance Computing as a service (HPCaaS) platform for a large Linux computing environment.

Required Skills:

• Experience using the Linux CLI
• Experience developing and maintaining scripts using Bash/Python
• Experience developing with Python and Java in a Linux environment
• General HPC technical knowledge regarding compute, network, memory, and storage system components
• Experience installing, configuring, and supporting COTS/GOTS/FOSS software, libraries, and packages in a Linux environment
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and containerd
• Experience with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes
• Experience administering Kubernetes clusters on bare metal in a Linux environment
• Experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) concepts, principles and automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform
• Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools such as GitLab CI
• Experience with Git Version Control System

Desired Skills:

• Familiar with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and applications
• Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (JIRA, Confluence)
• Experience using system monitoring tools such as Grafana/Prometheus

Qualifications:
Master's degree in computer science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus five (5) years of experience as a SWE, 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 seven (7) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity
OR
Nine (9) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.