Systems Engineer (HPCC)

The Swift Group is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, Logistics, and Training. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers across the country and around the globe.

We are looking for a Systems Engineer with High-Performance Computing Cluster (HPCC) experience to join our high-performing team in Tysons Corner, VA to architect, build, manage, maintain, operate, and monitor a robust multi-cluster HPCC environment. This environment features Thor clusters for data processing workloads and Roxies for high-speed, high-volume queries. The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer with significant experience in HPCC and Linux OS tools. They must have strong, firsthand technical expertise in a variety of operations automation, data deployment, and continuous integration. They must have the proven ability to rapidly provide solutions that can keep pace with mission. They must be accustomed to working in an Agile environment with several cross-functional teams. In this role, the candidate will operate and improve our HPCC systems, orchestrate and monitor operations, and troubleshoot across Dev, Test, and Prod environments. In this role, the candidate will support a variety of HPCC users, manage workloads, orchestrate loading of new data, assist with the building of new models, and assist with the integration with AI/ML tools.

Responsibilities:

• Update, automate, deploy, and operate data processing and model building workloads using the HPCC system, collaborating with a team
• Coordinate with model building and data engineering teams to ingest, model, and deploy new and updated data sources
• Support model building, data analysts, and other HPCC users with ECL workunit issues, code corrections, and code improvements
• Collaborate cross-functionally with systems engineers, software engineers, data scientists, analysts, project managers, and other engineering groups
• Troubleshoot complex problems and provide customer support for software systems and application issues
• Write and update technical documentation such as system documentation, training materials, processes, and procedures
• Provide recommendations for continuous improvement
• Work alongside other engineers on the team to sustain and advance our organization's capabilities

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or other related technical discipline, or equivalent combination of education, technical certifications, training, and work/military experience
• 5+ years of related HPCC experience
• 5+ years of related Linux OS tools experience
• Experience with operating, configuring, and deploying the HPCC platform, to include Thor and Roxie, in physical server, VM, and Kubernetes environments
• Design, develop, and maintain infrastructure configurations
• Proficiency in scripting and query languages including Python, Bash, PHP, and SQL
• Understanding of large data, complex, and parallel processing techniques
• Familiar with file formats like CSV, Parquet, JSON, and XML
• Sound knowledge of Linux OS and demonstrated hands-on experience with Linux-based systems and shell scripting
• Understanding of PKI, TLS, X.509, and LDAP authentication
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) environments, large-scale software deployments, and/or monitoring and testing, such as continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD)
• US citizenship with an active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance

Desired Experience:

• Familiarity with date modeling processes
• Familiarity with Machine Learning or Artificial Intelligence capabilities
• Demonstrated hands-on experience in data loading and model building operations
• Familiar with monitor, configuration, and operations tools to include Rancher, Grafana, Alloy, Kibana, Niagara Files, and/or vSphere

Do you know anyone for this position, or other positions open at The Swift Group? We offer a $5,000 bonus for any referral candidate we hire, paid out at the new hire's 90-day mark.

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