Senior DevOps Engineer

ARA is looking for a Senior 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 Senior DevOps Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring smooth deployment and scalability of applications within OpenShift environments. Senior 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. Senior DevOps Engineer Position Requirements • Must be a US citizen with an active TS/SCI security clearance • Bachelors degree in a related field along with 8-10 years of relevant work experience OR 16-18 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 Senior 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 2,300 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/