DevSecOps Integration & Support Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State is seeking a Dev Sec Ops  Integration & Support Engineer to join our San Diego office. In this role, you will support node deployment and management for the Depot Integrated Product Team (IPT), including interfacing directly with customers, continuous monitoring, remote patching, and baseline update deployment to maintain consistency of installs and preserve cybersecurity posture.

• Work directly with customers in a technical role.
• Collaborate in planning with customers.
• Produce technical documentation to support maintenance of HW/SW systems.
• Deploy patches and baseline updates to remote sites.
• Maintain and manage nodes remotely.
• Continuous monitoring (ACAS or similar).
• Structure and maintain databases.
• Advanced service‑desk functions, trouble‑ticket fielding and resolution.

• Experience with implementation and understanding of engineering principles in a professional environment.
• Deep understanding of HW/SW builds, IA hardening and lockdown.
• Experience managing Red Hat/Linux systems, writing/maintaining custom scripts.
• Experience configuring routers/switches (Dell OS10 experience is a plus) and dynamic routing protocols such as OSPF/BGP.
• Experience with Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, Bash, Power Shell and Python.
• Skilled in platform management (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, and micro‑services architecture).
• Excellent knowledge and experience in maintaining, configuring, operating and troubleshooting complex electronic computer interface systems and network equipment.
• CompTIA Security+ and OS/Computing Environment certification.
• Strong understanding of security concepts, best practices and how to apply them, including Secure Shell, public key encryption, access credentials, certificates, TLS, and data encryption to include Department of Defense and Intelligence Community security policies/processes.
• Experience with Agile management systems (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Git Lab).
• Proficiency with standard computer‑based business tools (Microsoft Word, Excel).
• Ability to capture essential procedural instructions for tasks in a repeatable manner.
• Top Secret Clearance.

• Experience with Palo Alto firewalls.
• Experience with Dell Open Manage Enterprise/Redfish API.
• Experience with distributed systems such as Hadoop, HBase/Accumulo, Spark, and Kafka.

Employee will be required to travel in support of distant end installations or break‑fix actions if they cannot be accomplished remotely, generally less than 3 days’ notice and limited to short trips. Position requires onsite support in a classified environment located in San Diego, CA.

Remote work is supported only in limited capacity (short duration, NIPR) and with approval of the sponsor.

You will be subject to a government security investigation, and you must be a U.S. citizen to apply. Employment with the ARL will require successful completion of a pre‑employment drug screen.

ARL at Penn State is an integral part of one of the leading research universities in the nation and serves as a University center of excellence in defense science, systems, and technologies with a focus in naval missions and related areas.

For further information on ARL, visit our web site .psu.edu.

The salary range for this position, including all possible grades, is $ – $.

Employment with the University will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies.

Penn State is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you are unable to use our online application process due to an impairment or disability, please contact 814‑865‑1473.

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