Staff DevOps Engineer

ARA is looking for a Staff 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 Staff DevOps Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring smooth deployment and scalability of applications within OpenShift environments.

Staff 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

Offer is contingent upon contract award. 

Staff 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 OR 13-15 years of years of experience in lieu of a degree 
• 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

Staff 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 2,353 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. 

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