DevSecOps Cloud Engineer

At ARA, we strive to hire valuable colleagues with not only the right skills, but who also demonstrate our core values of passion, freedom, service and growth. As a DevSecOps Engineer on our team, you are the backbone of our strategic initiatives and will be responsible for developing technology critical to the success of our projects as well as national security.

This position supports the development, hardening, deployment and ongoing maintenance of tools that enable military wargamers to simulate nuclear, chemical and biological events in wargame scenarios and training.  Based out of Raleigh, NC this position is part of a multi-disciplinary collaborative team of software, cloud, and security engineers delivering the next generation of cloud and web enabled wargaming software.

As a valued team contributor your tasks will include updating and improving existing cloud infrastructure, performing continuous monitoring tasks of production environments, and working to improve developer experience through automation.  This is a hybrid position with an expectation of on-site support 2 days per week.

Due to the work you’ll perform and interactions with intelligence community and DoD programs you must be a US citizen.

DevSecOps Cloud Engineer Requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship


• Active Secret Security Clearance


• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science along with 8-10 years of related experience OR 6-8 years of experience with a Master’s Degree

DevSecOps Cloud Engineer Required Technology & Skills:

• 4+ years AWS cloud infrastructure experience


• 4+ years experience with Kubernetes & containers


• 4+ years experience with CI/CD systems (GitLab, GitHub, Atlassian, or similar)


• 2+ years experience with at least one object-oriented programming language (Python, Java, C++, JavaScript/TypeScript, Golang, or similar)


• You will be working closely with a collaborative team so your team player personality and excellent written/oral communication skills will be essential 

DevSecOps Cloud Engineer Required Certifications:

• AWS Certification (any of Solutions Architect, Developer, SysOps, DevOps)


• CompTIA Security+ (or DoD 8570 IAT Level 2 equivalent)

DevSecOps Cloud Engineer Preferred Certifications:

• Kubernetes Certifications (CKA, CKAD, CKS) strongly preferred

About Us:

Do you want to work for a purpose? Applied Research Associates, Inc. (aka ARA) is an employee-owned international research and engineering company. We have been providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences since 1979. ARA has over 2,271 employee-owners and continues to grow rapidly. Together, our offices throughout the U.S. and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense, civil, and health technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement.  

ARA also prides itself, on having a challenging culture where innovation & experimentation are the norm. The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. Employee ownership ensures you have a voice in what happens in the company. We are also very proud of our Women’s Initiative Network (WIN), whose purpose is to motivate, support, and encourage professional career development for women to maximize career and professional accomplishments.  

To find out more about Algorithms, Modeling and Assessments Division visit our website at: https://www.ara.com/raleigh/