Senior Software Integration Engineer

Company Overview

Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, Synergy ECP is a leading provider of cybersecurity, software and systems engineering and IT services to the U.S. intelligence and defense communities. The company leverages its expertise in data transport solutions, software and systems engineering, and other solutions to deliver critical and innovative capabilities to high-level decision makers that enhance our nation’s security.

In an ultra-competitive environment, Synergy ECP has thrived by adhering to our name, making sure excellence is displayed by our Employees, to our Customers and by Improving Performance (ECP). It’s what sets us apart, enabling us to be an autonomous yet agile business that delivers huge results—showing we’re ready to meet our customers’ evolving demands. Synergy ECP has earned a client list that includes numerous Fortune 100 companies, in addition to multiple branches of the US government and military services.

Provides expertise in integrating, installing, configuring, upgrading, compiling and supporting COTS/GOTS software in a heterogeneous operating system environment.

• Ability to integrate, install, configure, upgrade, compile, and support COTS/GOTS software
• Generate documentation for the full software stack
• Update software for sustainment support
• Basic Linux system administration skills and shell scripting
• Execute test codes for characterization of software performance
• Provide software product ownership for HPC tools
• Working knowledge of CM tools, web documentation, and issue tracking
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment and switch between various architectural paradigms
• Develop software tool plugins in the language in which the tools are written
• Determine the optimal, or best available, HPC configuration for customer needs

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field and at least ten (10) years of demonstrable experience with integrating, installing, configuring, upgrading, compiling, and supporting COTS/GOTS software in a heterogeneous operating system environment.
• Five (5) years full time Computer Science directly related work that can be substituted for a degree and at least ten (10) years of demonstrable experience.
• Industry recognized professional certification, as defined in the TT0s, may substitute as one (1) year experience.
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related field may substitute for two (2) years' experience.

The Software Integration Engineer shall be responsible for executing and maintaining automated integration and system testing processes across a diverse range of HPC operating environments. This role involves the development of scripts and playbooks to be leveraged for system-level integration, development of technical documentation, coordination of integration activities, and clear communication of results to key stakeholders. In addition, the Software Integration Engineer shall conduct performance, functional, redundancy, and failover testing to ensure system stability and reliability under various conditions.

• Experience with the Linux CLI, and Linux tools
• Recent experience using Bash/Python to develop scripts to automate testing of HPC systems
• Recent Linux administration experience in an HPC multi-host/multi-instance environment
• Experience troubleshooting hardware and software issues operating in an HPC environment
• Experience with tracking and reporting issues to key stakeholders
• Experience configuring and sustaining VMware ESXi/Virtualization environments
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker
• Experience with IaC principles and automation tools including Ansible
• Familiar with metrics and monitoring tools used for ingesting, indexing, searching, monitoring, and analyzing data
• Demonstrated experience with network monitoring tools, including the ability to configure, analyze, and troubleshoot network performance in HPC systems
• Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools including Git Lab CI
• Experience with Git Source Control System