Rust Jobs for Rustaceans

Key Responsibilities:
Scientist 1 ($94,5-$154,600)

• Researching, analyzing, developing, implementing, and testing solutions and infrastructure which allow organizations within the weapons directorate to carry out the weapons mission at LANL.
• Evaluate and implement solutions within scientific software engineering teams within the area of weapons physics research.
• Evaluate and implement solutions and infrastructure within operational technology tools to allow weapons programs related to weapons physics and production to effectively manage their workflows and internal processes.
• Efficiently leverage modern professional software development practices.
• Installing and configuring software tools in support of weapons programs across the LANL weapons directorate.
• Working with the WRS-SNA Network Security team to ensure established frameworks and solutions comply with required security controls.

Scientist 2 ($104,100-$172,200)

• Collaborate with project leadership and team leadership to propose and lead in the design of innovative project solutions related to software development, infrastructure improvements, and internal WRS-SNA processes.
• Support custom, off the shelf, and modified off the shelf software solutions in a production environment.
• Work independently on projects that require physics simulation experience which would require close collaboration with subject matter experts in this area.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Python Developer.
• Proven experience as a Rust or C/C++ Developer.
• Strong understanding of Python frameworks such as Django and/or Flask.
• Engineering and developing CICD jobs and pipelines using automation solutions like Jenkins, Gitlab Runner, Bamboo, etc.
• Designing and integrating UI/UX solutions for existing software projects, and upcoming software projects.
• Experience with databases (PostgreSQL).
• Experience with version control (Git).
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Technical Knowledge

Knowledge and experience in Linux. Experience working in Linux environments is imperative and object-oriented programming languages such as C, C++, and Rust. Ability to work with interpreted programming languages such as Python. This may also include troubleshooting and working with software compilers and linked libraries. Experience in algorithm development in the listed languages is preferred.

Technical Support

Experience establishing and supporting solutions to support software development projects. You must have experience establishing and managing code repositories, development efforts using source control and common software development practices using tools like Bitbucket, and Gitlab.

Collaboration

Ability to work with others in a team environment to analyze problems and work with other WRS-SNA operation support teams to deploy solutions as well as providing documentation of implemented solutions.

Computing Environments

Experience working in both classified and unclassified computing environments, with a strong understanding of the associated security protocols and best practices for handling sensitive information.

Linux Knowledge

You will need a basic working knowledge of a Linux-based operating system.

Additional Job Requirements for Scientist 2:

Intermediate Technical Support:

At this level experience in application administration/configuration of production services such as Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Gitlab, Gitlab Runner, Jenkins, etc. is preferred as well as a working knowledge of containerization of applications and deployment of those applications.

Intermediate Technical Contributions:

At this level custom software development contributions that were deployed to a production environment is required or contributions that integrate into commercial off the shelf solutions.

**Education/Experience for Scientist 1: **Position requires a Bachelor's d degree in a STEM field from an accredited college or university and 2 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.

**Education/Experience for Scientist 2: **Position requires a Bachelor' degree in a STEM field from an accredited college and university and 4 years of related experience, typically with post-doctoral research experience at a university or national lab or equivalent experience directly related to the occupation.

Desired Qualifications:

• Advanced Linux experience in a RHEL environment.
• Application Admin experience of COTS products.
• Full stack Python, C/C++, Rust development.
• Experience with CENTOS or RHEL is preferred.
• Software containerization and container deployment experience using Docker or Podman.
• Active DOE "Q" Clearance, and/or a DOE "SCI" Clearance.