Praxis Engineering Careers

Senior Software Integration Engineer

The Integration Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing and delivering an integration environment, to facilitate the work of AI engineers and Data Scientists/Analysts (users). This integration work enables commercial components to seamlessly operate in a firewalled environment. The delivered environment is on the critical path supporting the analysts.

After this project is completed, the integration engineer will work with the HPC Engineering Team, to take on responsibilities to transition software and code into the environment for delivery to users on cutting edge GPU and CPU clustered fabrics.

What you will be doing

The Software Integration Engineer will initially integrate a commercial data science environment that enables publishing custom packages and executing jobs in a firewalled environment. Successfully delivering this project requires developer and system administration skills, combined with technical problem solving.

The position will work with the users, cloud service providers and other engineering talent on the team to succeed. This position will own the delivery of the system.

As that project moves to maintenance, the role will have the opportunity to take on responsibilities working with and delivering the AI, ML and Scientific Computing fabric as part of the program’s larger mission.

What you need:

• Expertise operating and administering Linux environments as a developer
• Cloud experience, specifically AWS
• Senior software development skills
• Mastery of scripting and programming (Java, Bash, Python, etc.)
• Troubleshooting and implementing solutions related to technical network issue.
• Can operate at a senior level with minimum guidance
• Comfortable working directly with users and briefing clients on status
• Experience documenting (requirements, code, briefings/primers, status, etc.)
• Agile development experience
• Familiarity with industry standard tools
• An eagerness to learn and collaborate
• Is comfortable in a fast-paced environment
• Working knowledge of security compliance risk assessment and mitigation.
• A degree in a related field and/or commensurate experience in developing and delivering software. Experience of 12+ years experience with a relevant degree.

Clearance
Active TS/SCI with an appropriate polygraph is required to be considered for this role

 

Who are we?
Praxis Engineering* was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Annapolis Junction MD - with growing offices in Chantilly VA and Aberdeen MD.

Praxis Engineering is a consulting, product, and solutions firm dedicated to the practical application of software and system engineering technologies to solve complex problems. 

With over 300 employees supporting more than 50 contracts, Praxis brings together world class engineers with proven engineering best practices, domain expertise, commercial technologies and proven agile management approaches to create high value solutions aimed at helping our customers meet their most critical business and mission objectives.  

*Praxis Engineering is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics IT.

Why Praxis? 
We are focused on continual learning and evolution. We don’t do things because “that’s the way we’ve always done things”; we listen to our employees and adapt to the changing marketplace.   We look at the big picture and encourage our engineers to get training and certifications in emerging technologies that will help shape our customer’s mission.  We've been profitable year after year.  We're always on the lookout for great engineers to join the team and we recognize that our employees are the heart and soul of what we do.   We focus on recruiting talented people, treating them right, and then allowing them to do what they do best.  No red tape. No micromanagement.  Smart people want to work with smart people, and we love people who are passionate about what they do, and finding ways to do it better.

And then there is the...

Benefits

• Attractive total compensation package to include competitive salary and medical benefits with an option for FREE employee HSA medical plan!
• Office perks such as free soft drinks and snacks (both healthy and not-so-healthy)
• Praxis swag (annual gift certificate to purchase top brand Praxis apparel)
• 401k contribution/match: combination of profit share/contribution (3.5%) and employer match (up to 4.5%) for a total of 8%.
• Annual bonus plan
• 4 weeks Paid Time Off + 10 holidays + comp time eligibility. (30+ days of leave to start!)

• We reward longevity! On your 5th work anniversary – you will receive an additional week of PTO to 5 weeks of PTO. Making it 35+ days of leave altogether!
• On your 10th work anniversary – you will receive an additional week of PTO to 6 weeks of PTO. Making it 40+ days of leave altogether!
• At any time, your unused PTO can be traded in for $$$!

• Carryover a max of 380hours of leave from year to year. You can choose to have a sabbatical one year or trade in your unused PTO for something nice!
• Student loan repayment Assistance – COMINGSOON!
• Training is a priority! Take advantage of our endless in-house training opportunities - or seek out vendor offered (paid) training opportunities like conferences, certification courses and seminars.

• Conferences (recently attended by Praxis employees): AWS Summit, IoT World, Black Hat and DefCon.
• Training & Certifications: Splunk, AWS, Big Data/Cloudera, VMWare, Scrum Master...the list of certifications goes on and on!
• Praxis University: Cyber Research, Data Analytics, IoT, AWS and RedHat course offerings and hands-on training.

• We truly believe the right work-life balance can exist, and it's here at Praxis. Our work is extremely important, but your job is just a part of who you are. When you enjoy your life outside of our walls, you're at your best the next time you walk through our doors. We do all we can to assure that happens every day.

Praxis Engineering provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, or any other protected class.