Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Applied Information Sciences is a mission-driven company that values collaboration and continuous growth. They are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and maintain Kubernetes infrastructure and CI/CD automation, while also supporting various technical solutions for clients. The role involves significant responsibilities in managing container operations, CI/CD pipelines, and troubleshooting complex infrastructure issues.
Responsibilities
- Support management of AKS clusters across dev/test/prod environments, assisting the team with day-to-day operations
- Build, scan, and harden Linux-based container images; push to private Azure Container Registry using Docker or Podman
- Work with kubectl, Helm, Kustomize, and Istio service mesh configurations
- Perform container vulnerability scanning with Trivy and remediate CVEs for cyber approval processes
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitLab YAML syntax
- Contribute to Terraform modules and automation frameworks used across teams for infrastructure provisioning
- Write Bash scripts for Linux-based automation tasks; PowerShell and Python experience a plus
- Support KEDA-based workload scaling patterns and event-driven architecture implementations
- Assist with technical deployments and ongoing operations for platforms including Elasticsearch/Kibana, Keycloak, RabbitMQ, and Azure AI infrastructure
- Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues involving Application Gateway, private endpoints, Entra ID integration, and APIM
- Contribute to documentation and runbooks that enable team autonomy
Skills
- Minimum 5 years of IT/DevOps engineering experience
- Active Secret clearance (or Interim Secret prior to start)
- CompTIA Security+ certification
- AZ-104 or AZ-305 certification
- Strong Bash scripting proficiency in Linux environments
- Hands-on experience building and managing Linux-based containers (Docker or Podman)
- Familiarity with Kubernetes tooling: kubectl, Helm, Kustomize
- Experience with pipeline YAML syntax (Azure DevOps, GitLab, GitHub Actions, or similar)
- Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform
- Understanding of Azure services: AKS, Azure Networking, Entra ID, Azure SQL, App Gateway
- Experience with CI/CD concepts across multiple toolchains
- Scripting experience in Python
- Experience with cARMY Cloud or GOV Cloud
- Experience evaluating and implementing modern Kubernetes patterns (e.g., event-driven autoscaling, service mesh, GitOps) to replace legacy workloads
- Proven ability to assess existing infrastructure and drive adoption of modern container orchestration strategies
- Experience with Kubernetes-native observability tooling including logging, metrics, and tracing (e.g. Elastic/ELK Stack, Prometheus + Grafana, Azure Monitor / Container Insights)
Benefits
- Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.
- Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.
- Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.
- Mission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.
- Hybrid remote work with occasional onsite visits in Washington, DC or Austin, TX.
Company Overview