Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - Remote

As a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you'll be a core member of our dynamic Corporate IT team. You will have the opportunity to work across multiple business units as you develop and support company-wide secure cloud and on-prem solutions and projects. You will be creating and integrating solutions for new and existing cloud services leveraging automation and DevSecOps practices with a deep emphasis on security and reliability. Not only will you be able to apply your expertise while continuing to learn you will also have a stable and collaborative environment that fosters teamwork, innovation, and technical excellence.

This position is open to fully remote work.

What you'll do as a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer:

• Work closely with Software Developers and IT staff on company "DevSecOps" initiatives
• Design, implement, and maintain cloud
• Leverage REST APIs, JSON, and other common API models to develop integrations
• Work with multiple internal customers on solutions built on common DevOps technologies and cloud providers including AWS, Azure
• Create and support commodity DevOps tools, CI/CD practices, and documentation
• Provide support and technical assistance to end users on a variety of issues
• Present solution designs to various stakeholders for input, buy-in, and sign-off
• Ensure that the system design balances functional, service quality, and security compliance requirements

Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Requirements:

• Ability to obtain a security clearance, which includes US citizenship
• High School Diploma or equivalent along with 13+ years relevant experience or BS degree in Computer Science or related field with 8+ years experience
• Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud and hybrid infrastructure solutions
• Strong background in IT systems including Windows and Linux environments

Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Desired Skills and Experience:

• Experience with Windows Server 2016 and above
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, CentOS 7, Ubuntu 20.04, and above
• Experience using infrastructure automation (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, Saltstack)
• Proficiency with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps lifecycle
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration technologies (Kubernetes)
• Ability to obtain professional certifications on AWS, Azure
• DoD experience
• Secret Security Clearance - Active or Inactive

Anticipated salary range: $90,00 - $180,000. Offer may vary depending on experience and skill set.

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 1,700 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 norms. 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/

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)