DevSecOps Engineer

Applied Research Associates, Inc (ARA). Our innovative and growing company is seeking a talented individual to fill the role of an DevSecOps Engineer to join our dynamic team at our Emerald Coast Division, located in Niceville, Florida. ARA is a 100% employee-owned company that offers excellent benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, retirement and more.  

ARA offers an excellent benefits package that includes:

• 401-K Retirement (both Traditional and Roth) with employer matching
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Various insurance options including Flexible Spending Plan and a Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Paid leave and holidays

DevSecOps Engineer Duties include:

• Code, develop, and innovate technical solutions and automated CI/CD pipelines.
• You'll design, establish, enhance, and maintain DevSecOps OpenStack private cloud deployment
• DevSecOps DoD cyber strategy design and implementation for Continuous ATO
• Cyber strategies for execution and growth of the Machine Learning and AI operations across enclaves
• Coordinate with enclave security, engineering, administrative, and managerial personnel
• Automation of repeatable processes within infrastructure provisioning, configuration, hardening, documentation, and reporting 
• Identify and implement automation strategies in the SDLC process that enable high quality, rapid delivery of new solutions across multiple clouds. 
• You'll seek ways to continuously optimize and improve all operational aspects of our cyber solutions across Cloud and DevSecOps
• Collaborate with various teams of talented data scientists, software engineers, application developers, cloud engineers, system administrators, cybersecurity personnel, and stakeholders to create unique solutions and capabilities. 
• Lead and support DevSecOps technical challenges and proposals with team members.

DevSecOps Engineer Desired Skills:

• Experience with government cloud environments, AWS, open-source software, GOTS development, Linux administration, networking, API development, and scripting
• A solid understanding of data operations, network and software security concepts, containerization technologies, orchestration, and related best practices
• Hands-on engineer or coder with extensive experience in Linux, Python, Cloud (OpenStack, AWS, IaC, CaC, SaC), CI/CD tool stacks and configurations, Kubernetes implementation and planning for legacy applications, and other open-source technologies
• A strong track record of incubating/building DevSecOps capabilities, API platform strategies, integrating DevSecOps with Data platforms, driving platform execution with engineering, and launching DoD DevSecOps playbook implementation strategies
• A strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven ability to influence and build consensus across a broad range of backgrounds, organizational levels, and personalities
• Demonstrate extensive experience defining and driving platform-based products, services, or solutions with secure CI/CD appsec pipelines.

DevSecOps Engineer Qualifications:

• 2-4 years of related experience
• Active DoD 8140 certification

Applicant must be a United States citizen and be able to obtain and maintain an Active DoD Security Clearance.

Company Details:

Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2,300 professionals and is rapidly growing. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.

 At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership spawns’ greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are recognized and rewarded for their contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com.