DevSecOps Research Computing Software Engineer
The Pennsylvania State University3 months ago
Reston, VA, USAEntry Level / Mid Level
Base Salary
$69k - $103k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop, deploy, enhance, and maintain software applications, infrastructure-as-code, and research computing tools.
- Integrate software with high-performance computing systems and cloud platforms through automation and deployment pipelines.
- Write clean, documented, maintainable code and infrastructure automation scripts, including Ansible tooling.
- Analyze and optimize software performance, memory usage, and computational research workloads.
- Collaborate with researchers and systems engineers to integrate and support software tools.
- Provide technical troubleshooting and support for researchers using the software environment.
- Propose and implement software features, improvements, and updates, including efforts involving AI and large language models.
- Lead or participate in software projects across planning, development, testing, and deployment.
- Manage project timelines and deliverables when applicable and supervise staff members when needed.
Requirements
- Associate degree and 2 or more years of relevant experience for the Scientific Computing Engagement Specialist intermediate professional classification, or a bachelor's degree with no prior relevant work experience required for the Scientific Computing Software Specialist professional classification.
- Relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of education, and an equivalent combination of education and experience is accepted for the intermediate professional classification.
- Experience integrating software with high-performance computing environments and cloud platforms through automation and deployment pipelines.
- Ability to analyze and optimize software performance for computational research workloads.
- Ability to develop, deploy, enhance, and maintain software applications and research computing tools.
- Proficiency writing clean, well-documented, and maintainable code or scripts.
- Ability to contribute to or lead software projects across planning, development, testing, and deployment.
- Preferred ability to manage project timelines, deliverables, and milestones.
- Preferred capacity to supervise staff, support employee development, and assist with performance management.
- Current eligibility for access to classified information at the Secret level or higher, potential government background investigation, eligibility to obtain a government security clearance, and U.S. citizenship are required.
- Employees must participate in the ARL drug testing program and comply with applicable electronic and physical monitoring requirements.
Benefits
- Competitive full-time employee benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Benefits include retirement plans and substantial paid time off, including holidays, vacation, and sick time.
- Employees and eligible spouses and children receive a 75% tuition discount.
- The working location is onsite in Reston, Virginia, with project-dependent hybrid work-from-home options; remote or hybrid approval is not guaranteed.
Tech Stack
Ansible
Categories
About The Pennsylvania State University
The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State is a University Affiliated Research Center that delivers contract research, prototyping, and systems engineering for U.S. national security and related sponsors. Its work spans undersea systems, communications, navigation, acoustics, fluid dynamics, and advanced materials and manufacturing. Founded in 1945 and based in State College, Pennsylvania, ARL operates within The Pennsylvania State University and is funded largely through federal contracts and grants.