RedLine Performance Solutions (RedLine) has been in the HPC solutions engineering services business for 25 years and is consistently determined to keep the “bar of excellence” quite high for new hires. This enables RedLine to accomplish what other firms cannot and promotes a high level of staff retention. We offer services ranging from full life cycle HPC systems engineering to remote managed services to HPC program analysis.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Advanced knowledge and experience of modern programming languages such as Python and C/C++, as well as later Fortran releases
• Working knowledge of shell scripting
• Experience in working with HPC platforms (e.g., MPI, OpenMP)
• Experience in debugging code and developing codes with abstraction layers that can be used for multiple programs
• Working knowledge of Git branches, forks, and submodules, and GitHub features such as Actions
• Modern software engineering practices (requirements gathering, design, prototyping, version control, continuous integration, testing and documentation)
• Experience developing software in a Linux environment
• Build and testing mechanisms (e.g., CMake, ctest)
• Knowledge of package managers (e.g., Spack, EasyBuild, pip, conda)
• Good communication skills in English
• Ability to work as part of a diverse team that includes software engineers and scientists across different agencies
• Experience with the development of weather-related software including forecasting models and workflows, weather-related file formats, and/or experience in the meteorological/government/academic computing space is desirable but not required.
  To learn more about RedLine, please visit our website at www.RedLinePerf.com

WHAT YOU WILL DO

EMC modeling systems use a vast array of third party and in-house developed libraries to drive the systems from start to end. The libraries are installed and maintained on multiple HPC platforms to support EMC and its development partners to run the modeling systems. This position is part of the EMC libraries team that supports the development, maintenance and modernization of the library and modeling suite. The engineer will work with a team of developers that include other engineers and scientists to modernize legacy libraries, and develop new tools to deploy the packages on target HPC and cloud systems.
U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a Public Trust security clearance are mandatory requirements for this position. This position is remote. There will be requirements to work Eastern Time zone business hours as the customer site is College Park, MD.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage library installations using modern package management systems, including Spack
• Incorporate modern software management techniques such as unit testing, continuous integration, and other Agile development techniques
• Modernize the build systems that EMC uses for their Earth system models
• Use modern code management principles to manage Git repositories
• Maintain a high standard for modernizing legacy libraries and bring them up to date with current coding standards
• Deploy and maintain libraries on multiple HPC and cloud platforms
• Develop new tools as the need arises
• Maintain documentation standards that are used in community model development