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Applied Research Solutions is seeking a skilled and forward-thinking Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team. This role is pivotal in designing, developing, and maintaining integrations between cloud-based applications and on-premise systems. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless data flow, system interoperability, and scalable architecture across our enterprise platforms.

Why Work with us? 

Applied Research Solutions (ARS) is respected as a world-class provider of technically integrated solutions as we deliver premier talent and technology across our focused markets for unparalleled, continuous mission support. Awarded a Best Places to Work nominee since 2020, ARS recognizes that without our career- driven, loyal professionals, we would not be able to deliver state-of-the-art results for our mission partners. We firmly believe that prioritizing our employees is of the upmost importance. We provide a culture where our employees are challenged to meet their career goals and aspirations, while still obtaining a work/life balance. ARS employees are motivated through our industry competitive benefits package, our awards and recognition program, and personalized attention from ARS Senior Managers.  

Responsibilities include:

• Administer, maintain, and optimize cloud-hosted application instances across Azure environments.
• Deploy and manage both web-based and desktop-based applications, including application delivery via Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD).
• Design, implement, and maintain integration workflows between SaaS platforms, VM-hosted applications, and thirdparty APIs.
• Monitor application and infrastructure health, performance, and usage; proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve operational issues.
• Manage application and infrastructure configurations, including patching, updates, version control, and security/compliance enforcement.
• Implement automation for deployment, configuration management, and operational tasks using DevOps best practices.
• Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies, and process improvements that enhance operational efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications/ Technical Experience Requirements:

• Must be a US citizen
• 4-5 years of experience in cloud application administration and integration engineering.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
• Must be a US citizen.
• Must have a Secret security clearance and be willing to attain a TS/SCI Clearance.
• Security+ required, but can be worked after hiring
• Strong understanding of Azure services including Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), Azure VMs, Azure Storage, Azure App Services, and Azure Networking.
• Experience managing and deploying both web-based and desktop-based applications in virtualized or cloud-hosted environments.
• Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• MS Azure cloud certifications (e.g., Azure Administrator Associate)
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of hybrid cloud, multi-cloud, and edge computing integration strategies.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, etc.).
• Background in enterprise application integration (EAI) or data integration platforms.
• Experience with identity and access management (IAM), SSO, and role-based access controls
• Knowledge of data governance, compliance frameworks.
• Background in scripting or automation.

All positions at Applied Research Solutions are subject to background investigations. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation including criminal history and identity check.

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This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-300.5(a). This regulation prohibits discrimination against qualified protected veterans, and requires affirmative action by covered contractors and subcontractors to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans.