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ARS is looking for a DevOps Engineer. As a DevOps Engineer, you will play a crucial role in automating and optimizing our DevOps toolchain, ensuring seamless collaboration between development and operations teams. Your expertise in automating processes and integrating tools will directly impact the efficiency and quality of our software delivery. This will include optimizing existing CI/CD pipelines to work in AirGap cloud settings and support automation of customer development desktops for the best customer experience possible.
Why Work with us? Applied Research Solutions (ARS) is respected as a world‑class provider of technically integrated solutions as we deliver premier talent and technology across our focused markets for unparalleled, continuous mission support. Awarded a Best Places to Work nominee since 2020, ARS recognises that without our career‑driven, loyal professionals we would not be able to deliver state‑of‑the‑art results for our mission partners. We firmly believe that prioritising our employees is of the utmost importance. We provide a culture where our employees are challenged to meet their career goals and aspirations, while still obtaining a work/life balance. ARS employees are motivated through our industry‑competitive benefits package, our awards and recognition programme, and personalised attention from ARS Senior Managers.
Responsibilities
Infrastructure Management
Deploy Azure resources using Azure Pipelines such as Azure Virtual Machines, Key Vaults, and other core Azure resources
Leverage a GitOps model for management of Azure Infrastructure code baseline
Leverage industry standards such as Packer for building golden images as code for a medium sized infrastructure environment
Ensure all Azure components meet industry standard configurations such as customer managed keys
Experience using Azure Infrastructure as Code such as Bicep or Terraform
Experience with Active Directory and Entra ID to leverage identity services and integration such as with Keycloak or other applications Security and Compliance
Maintain enterprise environment using DoD (U.S. Department of Defense) standard vulnerability tools such as Nessus Security Center
Audit all Virtual Machines in the environment are reporting logging information to a centralised enterprise Log Analytics workspace
Perform patching and update management of the Virtual Machine footprint using WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) or other enterprise‑scale update management system
Participate in change management review boards to support boundary changes in the overall enterprise. Customer Onboarding
Review customer onboarding information for workloads and update parameter templates to their matching hardware family (Compute Optimised vs. Memory Optimised)
Leverage existing CI/CD (continuous integration and continuous delivery) pipeline to deploy Azure infrastructure into an existing software enterprise
Ensure customer requirements are documented inside of a content management system such as Confluence
Collaborate with local onsite team members to ensure all required configurations have been completed and that services are ready to be turned over to software customer base
Provide basic tier 1 support in assisting customers installing software onto baseline desktops using an automation‑first mentality (DSC or Packer)
Experience with Kubernetes
Other duties as assigned
Key automation that will be desired
Bicep or Terraform
Skopeo/Crane/Podman for Container Movement
Requirements
Must be a US citizen
Security+ Certification
Experience using HCL languages such as Packer and Terraform
Experience using Microsoft Azure Bicep
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Business or related field
5‑8 years demonstrated performance in related technology
Experience with Kubernetes
Minimum Security Clearance Required
Top Secret w/ SCI eligibility
All positions at Applied Research Solutions are subject to background investigations. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation including criminal history and identity check.
This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60‑741.5(a). This regulation prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability, and requires affirmative action by covered prime contractors and subcontractors to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities.
This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60‑300.5(a). This regulation prohibits discrimination against qualified protected veterans, and requires affirmative action by covered contractors and subcontractors to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans.
Seniority level Mid‑Senior level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Engineering and Information Technology
Industries Defense and Space Manufacturing
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ARS is looking for a DevOps Engineer. As a DevOps Engineer, you will play a crucial role in automating and optimizing our DevOps toolchain, ensuring seamless collaboration between development and operations teams. Your expertise in automating processes and integrating tools will directly impact the efficiency and quality of our software delivery. This will include optimizing existing CI/CD pipelines to work in AirGap cloud settings and support automation of customer development desktops for the best customer experience possible.
Why Work with us? Applied Research Solutions (ARS) is respected as a world‑class provider of technically integrated solutions as we deliver premier talent and technology across our focused markets for unparalleled, continuous mission support. Awarded a Best Places to Work nominee since 2020, ARS recognises that without our career‑driven, loyal professionals we would not be able to deliver state‑of‑the‑art results for our mission partners. We firmly believe that prioritising our employees is of the utmost importance. We provide a culture where our employees are challenged to meet their career goals and aspirations, while still obtaining a work/life balance. ARS employees are motivated through our industry‑competitive benefits package, our awards and recognition programme, and personalised attention from ARS Senior Managers.
Responsibilities
Infrastructure Management
Deploy Azure resources using Azure Pipelines such as Azure Virtual Machines, Key Vaults, and other core Azure resources
Leverage a GitOps model for management of Azure Infrastructure code baseline
Leverage industry standards such as Packer for building golden images as code for a medium sized infrastructure environment
Ensure all Azure components meet industry standard configurations such as customer managed keys
Experience using Azure Infrastructure as Code such as Bicep or Terraform
Experience with Active Directory and Entra ID to leverage identity services and integration such as with Keycloak or other applications Security and Compliance
Maintain enterprise environment using DoD (U.S. Department of Defense) standard vulnerability tools such as Nessus Security Center
Audit all Virtual Machines in the environment are reporting logging information to a centralised enterprise Log Analytics workspace
Perform patching and update management of the Virtual Machine footprint using WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) or other enterprise‑scale update management system
Participate in change management review boards to support boundary changes in the overall enterprise. Customer Onboarding
Review customer onboarding information for workloads and update parameter templates to their matching hardware family (Compute Optimised vs. Memory Optimised)
Leverage existing CI/CD (continuous integration and continuous delivery) pipeline to deploy Azure infrastructure into an existing software enterprise
Ensure customer requirements are documented inside of a content management system such as Confluence
Collaborate with local onsite team members to ensure all required configurations have been completed and that services are ready to be turned over to software customer base
Provide basic tier 1 support in assisting customers installing software onto baseline desktops using an automation‑first mentality (DSC or Packer)
Experience with Kubernetes
Other duties as assigned
Key automation that will be desired
Bicep or Terraform
Skopeo/Crane/Podman for Container Movement
Requirements
Must be a US citizen
Security+ Certification
Experience using HCL languages such as Packer and Terraform
Experience using Microsoft Azure Bicep
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Business or related field
5‑8 years demonstrated performance in related technology
Experience with Kubernetes
Minimum Security Clearance Required
Top Secret w/ SCI eligibility
All positions at Applied Research Solutions are subject to background investigations. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation including criminal history and identity check.
This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60‑741.5(a). This regulation prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability, and requires affirmative action by covered prime contractors and subcontractors to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities.
This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60‑300.5(a). This regulation prohibits discrimination against qualified protected veterans, and requires affirmative action by covered contractors and subcontractors to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans.
Seniority level Mid‑Senior level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Engineering and Information Technology
Industries Defense and Space Manufacturing
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Applied Research Solutions by 2x
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