Solving my own issue: The order of linking was incorrect.
Change the Makefile as follows to solve this issue.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dec892d..90d79df 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ all: banner $(AST_INC_CHECK) $(AST_VER_CHECK)
@echo
$(NAME).so
All,
I am experiencing this same issue. it seems that you were able to resolve
it offline. Could you by any chance post the solution.
telephonics1*CLI module load app_swift.so
Unable to load module app_swift.so
Command 'module load app_swift.so' failed.
[Aug 1 05:01:01] WARNING[28635]: