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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS
The Cloud Technology Advancement Department of the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State University is seeking graduate / undergraduate interns to work part-time with senior technical staff to research, design, develop, integrate, and test advanced systems. This is an opportunity to work across multiple interconnected disciplines across a large team of teams.
ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply.
Responsibilities include:

• Develop and deploy on-prem, external, and hybrid HPC (High Performance Compute) / cloud research platforms
• Develop and integrate supporting AI/ML models, agentic workflows, and agentic engineering services
• Develop HPC / cloud security principals, protocols, and practices from secure supply chain to
• Enhance modern development practices through DevSecOps and agile methodologies
• Advance existing hardware and software level Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automations
• Create HPC / cloud architectural designs and documentation
• Implement observability, telemetry, and monitoring solutions to collect and analyze system insights and performance data

Preferred Source Degree Programs:

• Computer Science, or Computer Engineering from the College of Engineering
• Cybersecurity from Information Sciences and Technology (IST)
• Management Information Systems (MIS) from the Smeal College of Business

Interest in a selection of the following is required:

• US Federal Government Research and Development
• HPC / Cloud computing platforms and services
• AI development and integration
• DevSecOps practices and tools
• Infrastructure automation
• Secure digital supply chain practices
• Cybersecurity policies, procedures, practices
• Software development and design

Preferred Experience include:

• US Military ROTC, Veteran, or Reservist service
• Interim Secret or above Security Clearance.
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) CNCF: K8, K3S, Rancher, Longhorn, Keycloak, Kyverno), external (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud),
• Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) technology integrations (K8, K3, Rancher, Longhorn, Keycloak, Kyverno)
• Infrastructure as Code tools (Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, CloudFormation)
• CI/CD pipelines and automation (Gitlab, Bamboo, ArgoCD, Github)
• Scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
• API development and integration
• Database management (SQL and NoSQL)
• Computer Networking / SD-WAN
• System administration (Windows, RHEL, Rocky, Ubuntu)
• Monitoring and logging tools (Elk stack, Loki, Grafana, Mimir, Tempo, Alloy, OTEL)
• Version control systems expertise (Git)
• Cybersecurity best practices (NIST, RMF, CMMC, ACAS, SAST, DAST)
• Agile development methodologies
• Virtualization familiarity and operability

ARL's purpose is to research and develop innovative solutions to challenging scientific, engineering, and technology problems in support of the Navy, the Intel Community (IC), and other federal government customers. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION on ARL, visit our website at www.arl.psu.edu.
BACKGROUND CHECKS/CLEARANCES
Employment with the University will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies.
Notice regarding employment at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL):Employees must be eligible to obtain a government security clearance, participate in the ARL drug testing program, and comply with electronic and physical monitoring requirements applicable to federal contractors. ARL operates in a secure information environment involving Unclassified, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), and Classified information. Personal electronic devices brought onsite must be registered and may be restricted from certain areas. You must be a U.S. citizen to apply.
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