Software Engineer Level 3

What you will be doing

The Software Engineer shall be responsible for software development, test, integration, and DevOps solutions across a wide variety of HPDA Compute Platform activities to meet project requirements.

What you will need

• Experience using the Linux CLI to perform basic operations and package management
• Experience writing scripts using Shell/Bash/Python to automate administrative tasks and workflows
• Experience developing with multiple programming languages including Java and Python
• Experience with SQL technologies such as MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL
• Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools such as GitLab CI
• Experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) principles and automation infrastructure provisioning and configuration using tools such as Ansible
• Experience installing, configuring, and supporting COTS/GOTS/FOSS software, libraries, and packages involving stream/batch data processing and analytic frameworks
• Experience with data parsing/transformation technologies and file formats including JSON, XMl, CSV, TCLD, and Parquet
• General Cloud and HPC knowledge regarding computer, networking, memory, and storage components
• Experience with Linux administration including software integration, configuration management and routine O&M operations related to provisioning, storage, and networking
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker
• Experience with containerization deployment, orchestration, management and sustainment within a Linux production environment
• Experience with Git for source code management

Desired Skills

• Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (JIRA, Confluence)
• Experience developing, configuring, troubleshooting, and sustaining large Accumulo deployments in a Linux environment
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies
• Familiar with GPU acceleration tools such as PyTorch
• Familiar with HPC workload managers such as Slurm
• Familiar with ML frameworks such as Hugging Face

SWE-3 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.

Clearance:
Active TS/SCI with an appropriate polygraph is required to be considered for this role

Salary range:

$101,996.00 - $219,107.00 (Annually)*

Req ID PRX 25-643

*The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Who are we?
Praxis Engineering* was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Annapolis Junction MD - with growing offices in Chantilly VA and Aberdeen MD.

Praxis Engineering is a consulting, product, and solutions firm dedicated to the practical application of software and system engineering technologies to solve complex problems.

With over 50 contracts (Prime + SubK), Praxis brings together world class engineers with proven engineering best practices, domain expertise, commercial technologies and proven agile management approaches to create high value solutions aimed at helping our customers meet their most critical business and mission objectives.

*Praxis Engineering is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics IT .

Why Praxis?
We are focused on continual learning and evolution. We don't do things because "that's the way we've always done things"; we listen to our employees and adapt to the changing marketplace. We look at the big picture and encourage our engineers to get training and certifications in emerging technologies that will help shape our customer's mission. We've been profitable year after year. We're always on the lookout for great engineers to join the team and we recognize that our employees are the heart and soul of what we do. We focus on recruiting talented people, treating them right, and then allowing them to do what they do best. No red tape. No micromanagement. Smart people want to work with smart people, and we love people who are passionate about what they do, and finding ways to do it better.

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Benefits

• Attractive total compensation package to include competitive salary and medical benefits!
• Office perks such as free soft drinks and snacks (both healthy and not-so-healthy)
• Praxis swag (annual gift certificate to purchase top brand Praxis apparel)
• 401K contribution/match.
• 4 weeks Paid Time Off + 10 holidays
• Training is a priority! Take advantage of our endless in-house training opportunities - or seek out vendor offered (paid) training opportunities like conferences, certification courses and seminars.
  • Conferences (recently attended by Praxis employees): AWS Summit, IoT World, Black Hat and DefCon.
  • Training & Certifications: Splunk, AWS, Big Data/Cloudera, VMWare, Scrum Master...the list of certifications goes on and on!
  • Praxis University: Cyber Research, Data Analytics, IoT, AWS and RedHat course offerings and hands-on training.
• Tuition reimbursement!
• Opportunity for career advancement - Grow with the company!
• Employee Discounts!
• We truly believe the right work-life balance can exist, and it's here at Praxis. Our work is extremely important, but your job is just a part of who you are. When you enjoy your life outside of our walls, you're at your best the next time you walk through our doors. We do all we can to assure that happens every day.

Praxis Engineering is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans.