DevOps Application Developer; Hybrid

Dev Ops Application Developer (Hybrid)

The Digital Engineering Department in the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State University is seeking a motivated, self‑starting applications developer to join our team performing Dev Ops functions. This position would work out of our State College, PA, Reston, VA or San Diego office.

ARL is an authorized DoD Skill Bridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply.

• Design and implement secure, automated infrastructure solutions for high‑performance computing environments through Agile software development.
• Work as part of a team to perform and review pull requests, unit tests, and occasional documentation.
• Maintain continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to allow for frequent, trouble‑free deployments of infrastructure code.
• Configure and optimize various compute resources and networks including bare metal and virtualized/container environments.
• Provide demonstrations of your work to the internal team and occasionally external customers.
• Coordinate with the team to identify risks, issues, requirements, and design solutions for project‑level activity on a daily basis.

• Knowledge of Dev Ops tools and practices.
• Linux‑based infrastructure/system administration knowledge.
• Infrastructure/automation via scripting languages like Ansible or Puppet.
• Interest in Cloud‑Native Computing Foundation tools like Kubernetes.
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline development skills.
• Proven troubleshooting skills with the ability to spot issues before they become problems.

• Splunk, ELK stack, or Prometheus.
• VMware, ESXi, and/or Virtual Box.
• Palo Alto firewall setup and configuration.
• Configuration management via Git, Bitbucket, or Git Lab.
• Container/orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Good communication skills.
• Well‑organized, independent and ready to work with fairly minimal supervision.

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.

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.

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

The posted salary range may be impacted by geographic differential.

The salary range for this position, including all possible grades is: $61,800.00 – $.

Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and the Pennsylvania Act of 1988, Penn State publishes a combined Annual Security and Annual Fire Safety Report (ASR). The ASR includes crime statistics and institutional policies concerning campus security, such as those concerning alcohol and drug use, crime prevention, the reporting of crimes, sexual assault, and other matters.

The ASR is available for review here.

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