Senior DevOps Engineer

Applied Research Solutions is seeking a skilled and forward-thinking Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team. This role is pivotal in designing, developing, and maintaining integrations between cloud-based applications and on-premise systems. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless data flow, system interoperability, and scalable architecture across our enterprise platforms.

Why Work with us? 

Applied Research Solutions (ARS) is respected as a world-class provider of technically integrated solutions as we deliver premier talent and technology across our focused markets for unparalleled, continuous mission support. Awarded a Best Places to Work nominee since 2020, ARS recognizes that without our career- driven, loyal professionals, we would not be able to deliver state-of-the-art results for our mission partners. We firmly believe that prioritizing our employees is of the upmost importance. We provide a culture where our employees are challenged to meet their career goals and aspirations, while still obtaining a work/life balance. ARS employees are motivated through our industry competitive benefits package, our awards and recognition program, and personalized attention from ARS Senior Managers.  

Responsibilities include:

• Administer, maintain, and optimize cloud-hosted application instances across Azure environments.
• Deploy and manage both web-based and desktop-based applications, including application delivery via Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD).
• Design, implement, and maintain integration workflows between SaaS platforms, VM-hosted applications, and third‑party APIs.
• Monitor application and infrastructure health, performance, and usage; proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve operational issues.
• Manage application and infrastructure configurations, including patching, updates, version control, and security/compliance enforcement.
• Implement automation for deployment, configuration management, and operational tasks using DevOps best practices.
• Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies, and process improvements that enhance operational efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications/ Technical Experience Requirements:

• Must be a US citizen
• 4-5 years of experience in cloud application administration and integration engineering.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
• Must be a US citizen.
• Must have or be willing to attain a TS/SCI Clearance.
• Security required, but can be worked after hiring
• Strong understanding of Azure services including Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), Azure VMs, Azure Storage, Azure App Services, and Azure Networking.
• Experience managing and deploying both web-based and desktop-based applications in virtualized or cloud-hosted environments.
• Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• MS Azure cloud certifications (e.g., Azure Administrator Associate)
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of hybrid cloud, multi-cloud, and edge computing integration strategies.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, etc.).
• Background in enterprise application integration (EAI) or data integration platforms.
• Experience with identity and access management (IAM), SSO, and role-based access controls
• Knowledge of data governance, compliance frameworks.
• Background in scripting or automation.

All positions at Applied Research Solutions are subject to background investigations. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation including criminal history and identity check.

This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-741.5(a). This regulation prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability, and requires affirmative action by covered prime contractors and subcontractors to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities.

This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-300.5(a). This regulation prohibits discrimination against qualified protected veterans, and requires affirmative action by covered contractors and subcontractors to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans.