ARA is looking for a DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in OpenShift and you need to have a solid understanding of DevOps principles, container orchestration, and cloud-native application development. The DevOps Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring smooth deployment and scalability of applications within OpenShift environments.

DevOps Engineer Key Responsibilities

OpenShift Management: Design, deploy, and manage OpenShift clusters to support containerized applications
CI/CD Pipeline Development: Build and maintain continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to streamline development and deployment processes
Automation: Develop and implement automation scripts to optimize infrastructure deployment, scaling, and maintenance using tools like Ansible, Jenkins, or GitLab CI
Monitoring & Troubleshooting: Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting tools to ensure high availability and performance of OpenShift environments. Troubleshoot production issues and resolve them efficiently
Collaboration: Work closely with developers, QA, and operations teams to integrate DevOps solutions into the development lifecycle
Cloud Integration: Manage hybrid and multi-cloud deployments, ensuring seamless integration between OpenShift and cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP
Security & Compliance: Implement security best practices for containers and Kubernetes, ensure compliance with industry standards, and conduct regular security audits
Performance Optimization: Tune application performance, load balancing, and scaling strategies within OpenShift clusters
Documentation: Maintain thorough documentation of infrastructure, systems, and processes

DevOps Engineer Position Requirements

Must be a US citizen with an active TS/SCI security clearance
Bachelors degree in a related field along with 5-7 years of relevant work experience
Experience with OpenShift: 3+ years of hands-on experience managing and administering OpenShift clusters
Kubernetes Expertise: Strong knowledge of Kubernetes architecture, deployments, and associated tools
Containerization: Proficiency in Docker, container orchestration, and microservices architecture
Automation Tools: Experience with Ansible, Terraform, or similar IaC (Infrastructure as Code) tools
CI/CD Pipelines: Experience in setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, Minikube, or similar tools
Scripting and Programming: Proficient in scripting languages such as Bash, Python, Java, Terraform or Groovy
Cloud Platforms: Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure and their integration with OpenShift
Monitoring & Logging: Experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and logging tools like ELK stack or Splunk
Version Control: Proficiency in Git and experience with version control practices in a team environment
Security: Knowledge of container security best practices, including vulnerability scanning and network policies

DevOps Engineer Preferred Qualifications

An active TS/SCI with CI Poly security clearance
OpenShift Certified Administrator (OCA) or Kubernetes certification
Experience with hybrid cloud or multi-cloud architectures
Understanding of networking in Kubernetes/OpenShift environments
Familiarity with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or CentOS
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to incident resolution
Experience in implementing DoD STIG’s and RMF Assessment Knowledge

Who is ARA?

Do you want to work for a purpose? Applied Research Associates, Inc. (aka ARA) is an employee-owned international research and engineering company. We have been providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences since 1979. ARA has over 2,282 employee-owners and continues to grow rapidly. Together, our offices throughout the U.S. and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense, civil, and health technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement.

ARA also prides itself, on having a challenging culture where innovation & experimentation are the norm. The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. Employee ownership ensures you have a voice with what happens in the company. We are also very proud of our Women’s Initiative Network (WIN), whose purpose is to motivate, support, and encourage professional career development for women to maximize career and professional accomplishments.

To find out more about what the Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Division has to offer, visit our website at: https://www.ara.com/benefits/