Systems Administrator - DevOps

At ARA, we strive to hire valuable colleagues with not only the right skills, but who also demonstrate our core values of passion, freedom, service and growth.

As a valued DevOps Engineer, your tasks will include updating and improving existing development infrastructure, performing continuous monitoring tasks of production environments, creating new and updating existing Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment DevOps pipelines, automating provisioning of build VM’s and Kubernetes clusters, addressing security findings found in SAST/DAST/Image Scans, and much more. 

The opportunity for career advancement and continued learning at ARA goes beyond project work. We strive to identify cross-training opportunities and encourage staff to become involved in upcoming R&D efforts as well as interject new ideas into our longstanding operational programs. At ARA, we foster an environment where technical staff are empowered to research and develop their own ideas –with resources and support from a strong internal technical team and external partners. You can expect day to day to have flexibility in choosing the level of autonomy suited to you, while at the same time enjoying a challenging technical career with great opportunity for personal growth. 

Systems Administrator - DevOps Requirements: 

• U.S. Citizenship required
• Eligibility to apply for and hold a US security clearance (selected applicants will undergo a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements at the time of employment)
• BS or higher in computer science, IT, engineering, applied mathematics, or a closely related field
• 5+ years relevant work experience with BS or 3+ years relevant work experience with MS
• Team player with excellent communication skills
• Relocation to Raleigh NC; this position involves minimal travel for collaboration with customers and partners. Willing to work on site a minimum of 2 days a week.

Systems Administrator - DevOps Preferences: 

• Experience with software development pipeline management
• Experience with cloud services (AWS, Azure, etc.)
• Experience with IaC/CaC technologies (Terraform/Salt)
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Git/Jenkins)
• Experience with programming languages such as Python/Go

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 2,042 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 in what happens in the company. We are also very proud of our Women’s Initiative Network (WIN), whose purpose is to motivate, support, and encourage professional career development for women to maximize career and professional accomplishments.  

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