Computer Integration Specialist

NCS Technologies • Manassas, VA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

NCS is seeking a strong, capable, and enthusiastic Computer Integration Specialist (CIS) to join their Engineering team. The CIS will play an active role in strengthening and growing the company's existing business. The selected individual will participate in an active role in the strengthening of our existing business while growing and diversifying it. The CIS will be a member of the Engineering team that develops our compute and storage server products. In this capacity, he/she will help build and integrate prototype and pre-production hardware, develop test scripts for them, stress test them, conduct environmental testing, and compiling and presenting test reports. The individual appointed to this position must possess a high level of Linux knowledge and be able to tailor software loads in a timely fashion. In addition, the person must also be flexible and agile to be able to respond to wide ranging customer testing requirements that may include not only technical but also schedule challenges. U.S. Citizenship or permanent residency required.

Requirements

• Minimum of three (3) years preferred experience in developing Linux test script.
• Strong preference for experience with hardware stress test applications and scripts (will consider experiences from work or pursuit of personal interests in computer, networking technologies, and programming)
• Familiarity with environmental MIL-STDs relevant to compute, storage, and networking systems and devices
• Familiarity with environmental MIL-STD test equipment, labs, and software tools
• Demonstrable experience with building and integrating servers, storage, and switches
• Demonstrable experience in documenting system building and testing instructions and environmental test reports
• Demonstrable enthusiasm for computer technologies and products
• Must work on-site at NCS full-time, maintain a consistent office schedule, and be willing to travel as business needs arise
• Once job offer is accepted you will be subject to a back ground check.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science degree preferred but not mandatory

Responsibilities

• Develop Linux test scripts running diagnostic utilities to stress test hardware, maintain, and adapt them as system configurations multiply and change over time and ensure output of scripts and applications are captured in the required formats for the purpose of review and report compilation
• Gain knowledge of the body of environmental military standards (MIL-STD) that are relevant to NCS' work and the company's testing equipment and use such knowledge to perform Environmental Qualification Test (EQT)
• Compile EQT test reports using automated tools, templates and scripts to create graphs from the test logs and data
• Investigate the feasibility of using AI to automate test reports and implement such a tool upon approval
• Build, integrated, and test prototypes, demo samples, First Articles, etc. that involve both hardware and software
• Test, benchmark, evaluate, and review hardware and software as needed and determination on their adoptions for NCS solutions
• Must be knowledgeable of disk imaging technologies to take a storage media's software load (operating system and applications) and be able capture, store and deploy this software load for later use.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level