Key skills
CI/CD best practicesKubernetesAzure servicesInfrastructure as CodeBash scriptingDockerTerraformPythonCompTIA Security+AZ-104 certificationAZ-305 certificationGitLabHelmKustomizeAzure DevOpsElasticsearchRabbitMQAzure AI infrastructureSQLBashPowerShellAIAzureGitHub ActionsAKSPodmanAzure SQLAzure MonitorEntra IDKeycloakPrometheusGrafanaELK StackKibanaGitHubGitOpsService MeshCI/CDTrivy
About this role
Applied Information Sciences (AIS) is a mission-driven company focused on impactful projects. They are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to support the modernization of enterprise data infrastructure for the U.S. Army, specifically in building and maintaining a data mesh platform.
Responsibilities:
- Support the design, implementation, and maintenance of enterprise-grade Kubernetes infrastructure, CI/CD automation, and containerized platform deployments in Azure Government environments
- Create and enhance various automation processes, including build management, automated deployments, automated testing, and configuration management
- 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
- 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
- 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
Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years of IT/DevOps engineering experience
- Active Secret clearance (or ability to obtain 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)