Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Oak Ridge, TN
posted 6 months ago
About the position
We are hiring a DevOps Build & Release Engineer! This position resides in the DevOps Engineering Team within the Research IT Infrastructure group of the Research Computing Support Division of the Information Technology Services Directorate (ITSD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). This position will require a regular on-site presence. We optimize our workflows and monitoring solutions to take advantage of our 24/7 operations staff, which significantly reduces the need for off-hours support. DevOps Engineering facilitates the delivery, operation, and monitoring of developed applications for R&D projects. We operate within an Agile Scrum workflow and work with scientific researchers to provide automation solutions. Our success is measured by the additional capabilities, cost savings, and optimizations we provide to our research partners. To achieve this, we are growing our team and offering new capabilities. Our goal is to allow researchers to focus on their projects rather than IT concerns.
Responsibilities
- Directly collaborate with research teams to develop a suite of applications.
- Provide support for continuous integration and delivery, configuration management, and release management throughout the SDLC.
- Coordinate with the team to identify, track and address priorities, discrepancies, dependencies, and risks associated with releases, while ensuring alignment with proper processes.
- Collaborate with the HPC engineering team to optimize solutions for performance and scalability in HPC environments.
- Deliver ORNL's mission by aligning behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service.
- Promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility by encouraging a respectful workplace.
Requirements
- A BS in computer science, computer engineering, information systems, science, business, or a related field of study and five (5) to seven (7) years of aligned professional experience is required for consideration.
- Three (3) years of proven ability leading software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes.
- Experience using configuration management and automation tools including Git, Jenkins, Ansible, Puppet, or other CI/CD pipeline tools.
- Moderate proficiency in C/C++ and Python, and the usage of different compilers including CMake.
- Experience documenting and producing build/release documents.
- Experience using package managers for software build processes such as Anaconda and Spack.
- Proven experience producing technical documentation.
Nice-to-haves
- Active DOE Q Clearance.
- Experience with automated code review tools such as Sonarqube or Checkmarx.
- Experience building, utilizing, and managing containers in a Linux environment.
- Experience developing tools for use on multiple operating systems.
- Experience with performance and diagnostic tools for benchmarking, analysis and tuning of systems, networking, and storage.
- Previous experience working in a government, scientific, or other highly technical environment.
- Excellent interpersonal skills suitable for user support and ability to work well with peers.
- Demonstrated ability to balance sophisticated research and security requirements.
Benefits
- Medical and retirement plans
- Flexible work hours
- On-site fitness, banking, and cafeteria facilities
- Prescription Drug Plan
- Dental Plan
- Vision Plan
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Contributory Pension Plan
- Life Insurance
- Disability Benefits
- Generous Vacation and Holidays
- Parental Leave
- Legal Insurance with Identity Theft Protection
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Savings Accounts
- Wellness Programs
- Educational Assistance
- Relocation Assistance
- Employee Discounts
