DevSecOps Integration & Support Engineer

San Diego, CA, United States

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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State is seeking a DevSecOps 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. As a new member of our team, you'll work with us to establish an exceptional Node Management & Support team, which is essential to sustaining installed nodes for our customer.

You will:

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

This job can be filled as an Advanced or Senior level depending on the successful candidate's education, and experience. Minimally requires a Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering or Science discipline; Master's Degree preferred. 5+ years of related experience.

Required:

Experience with implementation and understanding of Engineering principles in a professional environment

Deep understanding of HW/SW builds, IA hardening and lockdown

Experience managing RedHat/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, Powershell 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

IAT Level 1 (CompTIA Security + and OS/Computing Environment certification)

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

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

Operates standard computer-based business tools (including but not limited to Microsoft Word and Excel) effectively with a high degree of competency

Ability to capture essential procedural instructions for tasks in a manner repeatable by others

Top Secret Clearance

Preferred:

Experience with Palo Alto firewalls

Experience with Dell Open Manage Enterprise/Redfish API

Experience with distributed systems like 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. Such travel may be with limited (less than 3 days) notice.

Position requires onsite support in a classified environment located in San Diego, CA.

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

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.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION on ARL, visit our web site at www.arl.psu.edu.

**The posted salary ranged may be impacted by geographic differential.**

The salary range for this position, including all possible grades is:

$109,300.00 - $191,000.00

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

CAMPUS SECURITY CRIME STATISTICS:

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.

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

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