DevSecOps Engineer

About the role

This position supports the development, hardening, deployment and ongoing maintenance of tools that enable military wargamers to simulate nuclear, chemical and biological events in wargame scenarios and training. Based out of Raleigh, NC, this position is part of a multi-disciplinary collaborative team of software, cloud, and security engineers delivering the next generation of cloud and web enabled wargaming software.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines
• Work with developers to containerize both new and existing code
• Deploy to on-premises and cloud-based Kubernetes clusters
• Manage releases of the application to our customer environments
• Implement Terraform code to deploy security compliant cloud infrastructure
• Complete cybersecurity requirements of the production system in terms of achieving and maintaining an Authority to Operate (ATO) from our customer

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science (or related) along with 8-10 years of related experience or 6-8 years of experience with Master's Degree in Computer Science (or related)
• 3+ years experience with Terraform IaC for cloud providers (AWS preferred)
• 3+ years experience with Kubernetes & containers
• 3+ years experience with CI/CD systems (GitLab, GitHub, Atlassian, or similar)
• 3+ years experience with at least one object-oriented programming language (Python, Java, C++, JavaScript/TypeScript, Golang, or similar)
• U.S. Citizenship required

Qualifications

• Team player personality and excellent written/oral communication skills are essential

Skills

• CompTIA Security+
• AWS Certification (any of Solutions Architect, Developer, SysOps, DevOps) not required but strongly preferred
• Kubernetes Certifications (CKA, CKAD, CKS) not required but strongly preferred
• Linux OS Certification (Red Hat RHCSA/RHCE or similar) not required but strongly preferred

About Us

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 more than 2,223 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. We believe in the importance of open and honest communication as well as work/life balance. Employee ownership ensures you have a voice with what happens in the company.