Senior DevOps Engineer

AIS (Applied Information Sciences) is a mission-driven company passionate about making a difference. They are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to support the modernization of enterprise data infrastructure for the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, focusing on cloud-based platforms and tools in Azure Government environments.

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)