HPC Software Engineer Python, C++, DevOps

Position

HPC Software Engineer – 3 (Python, C++, DevOps)

Location

Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Clearance

TS/SCI - Polygraph Required

Job ID

15-5.1-003-SWE3

Description

The Security Architecture defines components, interfaces, and relationships among software and hardware that establish trust, identity, authentication, and authorization. The architecture will also include processes and tests. The complexity of this product stems from the diversity and distribution of “clients” and “interests” and no one commercial product can provide all the USG’s security needs.

Skills and Experience

• System architecture and design
• System scanning, audit, detection, and prevention
• High-performance computing (HPC) engineering and/or systems
• Cloud engineering and/or systems
• Container security
• Container orchestration technologies, such as Kubernetes, RKE2
• Dev Sec Ops

Credential Management System

The Credential Management System is a suite of services, libraries, plugins/modules, and tools that implement identity roles, authentication, and authorization management both programmatically and through standard OS interfaces. The USG’s capability could have thousands of credential checks per minute depending on how pervasively the system services check for permissions, so the CMS may have multiple tiers of credential strength or permissioned surface exposure, e.g., prevent loss due to typos, accidental spills, authority escalation, and intrusion, etc.

• Attribute-based access control (ABAC)
• Host-based access control (HBAC)
• Role-based (RBAC)
• Credentials/Secrets management and automation
• Data protection
• Enterprise security software solutions, such as Delinea Server Suite, Centrify, Red Head SSO (Keycloak), Red Head IDM (FreeIPA Server), Hashi Corp Vault
• Linux server authentication, such as NSS, PAM, SSSD
• Cloud-based authentication
• Authentication protocols, such as OIDC, LDAP

Broadly Applicable Skills and Experience

• Scripting languages, such as Bash, Python
• Programming languages, such as C, C++, Rust, and Assembly-level
• Automation languages, such as Ansible, YAML, JSON
• Automation frameworks, such as AAP, Salt Stack
• Version‑control systems, such as Git and Git Lab
• Linux operating systems
• Dev Ops
• CI/CD
• Atlassian Confluence and Jira

Educational Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Math, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus six (6) years of experience as an HSE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Master’s degree in Math, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus five (5) years of experience as an HSE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Nine (9) years of experience as an HSE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.

Salary

$230k-$270k (Annually)*

• 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 possible contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

About Akina

Akina is a woman‑owned, service‑disabled veteran‑owned small business looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team. We offer a generous compensation package that includes 24 days PTO accrued annually and 11 federal holidays. Our 401k is 100% vested on your start date and the company makes a direct contribution worth 10% of your salary. Akina covers 100% of healthcare costs for employees and 50% toward dependents.

We offer educational assistance toward college classes and will cover costs associated with job‑related training and certifications. Akina is committed to excellence and creating innovative and flexible solutions for our clients. We are a small company with an open ear to our employees’ needs in order to attract and retain quality talent that enables our customer’s mission.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.