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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS: The Digital Engineering - West Department of the Communications, Information and Navigation Office (CINO) at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State is seeking energetic, experienced, highly motivated, and technically sound DevSecOps & CI/CD Research Engineers with the experience to drive highly technical and strategic discussions to support Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) platform research for DevSecOps with DoD security requirements in mind to join our teams located in San Diego, CA or Hawaii. ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply. Responsibilities of this position include:

Design and implement secure automation solutions for development, testing, and production environments

Manage continuous integration and delivery pipeline to maximize efficiency

Improve systems through updates and optimizations using various technologies

Present program overviews, proposals, and technical briefings at internal and external events

Coordinate with sponsors and team members to identify risks, issues, requirements, and design solutions for project-level activity on a day to day basis These jobs will be filled at the intermediate professional, advanced professional or senior professional level, depending upon the successful candidate's competencies, education, and experience. Typically requires a Bachelor's degree or higher in an Engineering or Science discipline or higher plus two years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience for the intermediate professional level.  Additional experience and/or education and competencies are required for higher level jobs. Additional responsibilities for the advanced professional level include:

Manage DevSecOps project of a small to moderate size

Mentor and train employees in the development of technical, project, and business development skills

Author or co-author papers, proposals, presentations, and reports on DevSecOps Additional responsibilities for the senior professional level include:

Manage DevSecOps project of a moderate to large size or across more than 3 classifications

Mentor and train employees in the development of technical, project, and business development skills

Author or co-author papers, large proposals, presentations, and reports on DevSecOpsRequired skills and experience include: Technical Skills:

Broad knowledge of CI/CD, DevSecOps, Cloud and the ability to leverage that knowledge in technical implementation projects

A strong understanding of security concepts, best practices and how to apply them, such as Secure Shell, public key encryption, access credentials, certificates, TLS, and data encryption to include Department of Defense and Intelligence Community security policies/processes

Skilled in Platform management e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, and micro services architecture Leadership Skills:

Broad knowledge of CI/CD, DevSecOps, Cloud and the ability to leverage that knowledge in high or low-level strategy discussions

Highly motivated and internally motivated

Excellent interpersonal skills

The ability to dynamically prioritize tasks

Organized with attention to detail and accuracy

Ability to represent successful completion of work in Agile Management systems (e.g. Jira, Confluence, GitLab) Personal Qualifications:

Active DoD TS/SCI clearance

Minimum DoD 8570 IAT II Baseline Certification (e.g. Security+ce, GSEC, SSCP)

DoD 8570 IAT II 'Computing Environment' training or certification (Windows 10, Red Hat 7.9, iDRAC, OpenManage, Dell OS10, PAN-OS, Rancher, GitLab, Puppet etc.) Preferred Skills and Experience include: Technical Skills:

Enabling application operations via designing and implementing secure process automation

Deploying DevSecOps in an Internet Disconnected environment or Dark Cloud

Experience automating DevSecOps across multiple disconnected environments

Managing source code, dependencies, and artifacts with GitLab Ultimate

Executing DevSecOps CI/CD with GitLab Ultimate

Establishing provisioning tools including Terraform, Puppet, Ansible, or related frameworks

Advanced understating of Rancher Federal & RKE2

Direct experience deploying highly available/fault tolerant solutions

Direct Software Development experience in Python, Java, C

Cloud networking deployment (e.g. Software defined networking, Ingress, Egress) Leadership Skills:

Ability to take responsibility and accountability of program outcomes

Systems architecture design, discovery, and validation

For Higher Levels 3/4: Worked for or around General Officers, SES, or Presidential appointees Personal Qualifications:

US Military Veterans & US Military Reservists

For higher levels 3/4: DoD 8570 IAT III or IASAE II Baseline (CISSP / CASP) and Computing Environment certification (Dell OS10, PAN-OS, Rancher, GitLab, Puppet etc.) NOTE: Position requires onsite support in a classified environment

Remote work supported only in limited capacity (short duration, NIPR) and with approval of the sponsor Employee with be required to travel in support of distant end installations or break fix actions if they cannot be accomplished remotely. Such travel may be with limited (less than 3 days) notice.

Travel Includes but is not limited to: San Diego CA, Waikiki HI, Washington DC, Las Vegas NV, Colorado Springs CO Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation. You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply. Employment with the ARL will require successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen. ARL is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion; we believe this is central to our success as a Department of Defense designated University Affiliated Research Center (UARC). We are at our best when we draw on the talents of all parts of society, and our greatest accomplishments are achieved when diverse perspectives are part of our workforce.

The pay range for this position, including all possible grades is: $86,300.00 - $191,000.00

Salary Structure - additional information on Penn State's job and salary structure.

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