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Description
Applied Research Solutions is seeking a skilled and forward-thinking Junior Platform 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
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.
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Description
Applied Research Solutions is seeking a skilled and forward-thinking Junior Platform 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 and maintain cloud-hosted application instances
- Develop integration workflows between SaaS solutions, VM-based applications, and third-party APIs.
- Monitor application health, performance, and usage metrics; proactively identify and resolve issues.
- Manage configuration, patching, upgrades, and security compliance across cloud applications.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support business process automation and data synchronization.
- Develop and maintain documentation for application configurations, integration flows, and operational procedures.
- Evaluate new tools and technologies to enhance operational efficiency and integration reliability.
- Other duties as assigned
- 2-3 years of experience in cloud application administration and integration engineering.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, 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
- Significant demonstrated experience deploying applications to mainstream cloud ecosystems (Azure, Amazon Web Services) and associated technology stacks, including container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Expertise in managing SaaS platforms and cloud-native applications.
- Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Must be a US citizen
- 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.
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.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.
For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com