Devops Engineer

Job Description:

This role supports the development and operation of software used for design, monitoring, and analysis of TerraPower's first-of-a-kind Natrium advanced reactor. Reporting to the Manager of Engineering Analysis Automation Software (EAAS), the engineer provides elevated technical leadership across software development, platform architecture, scientific computing, DevOps, and workflow automation. The successful candidate has a proven history of driving complex engineering efforts in a regulated environment and consistently delivering high-quality results.

Tasks

• Provide technical ownership by influencing software architecture and development approaches that support long-term reliability and sustainability.
• Design and implement new features and refactors with a focus on clarity, maintainability, and performance.
• Ensure consistent architecture, configuration, testing, and documentation practices that satisfy regulated-environment requirements.
• Create, maintain, and improve multi-repository CI/CD pipelines, testing strategies, and containerized workflows that provide consistent, traceable environments.
• Own and improve recurring release processes by streamlining workflows, reinforcing regression test infrastructure, minimizing manual steps, and driving effective cross-team coordination.
• Collaborate with IT, engineering analysts, and software developers to deliver robust tools, automated workflows, and sustainable practices that meet SQA requirements.
• Provide onboarding, mentoring, and hands-on technical leadership across a complex scientific software ecosystem, emphasizing practical, modern software engineering and DevOps practices.
• Reduce technical debt by championing maintainable design patterns, modernization opportunities, and consistent development standards.
• Take on additional systems, services, and workflows as EAAS technical scope evolves.

Key Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum 10+ years in software development plus B.S. in Computer Science, Nuclear Engineering, Physics, or related discipline; or an advanced degree with equivalent experience.
• Experience developing scientific software that schedules HPC workloads (e.g., via SLURM).
• Strong background in CI/CD, automated testing, and modern development practices.
• Proficiency with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Apptainer).
• Proficiency with Python and modern Git-based development workflows.
• Experience developing in SQA-regulated environments (e.g., NQA-1).
• Strong communication, analytical thinking, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to mentor contributors and guide teams through complex processes.

Additional Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting engineering, scientific, or nuclear software.
• Experience with automated documentation workflows.
• Experience supporting multiple teams or shared platforms (e.g., frameworks, toolchains, or multi-repository environments).
• Familiarity with compiled languages (e.g., Fortran, C/C++, Rust).
• Understanding of numerical methods, modeling tools, or reactor analysis workflows