DevOps Application Developer (Hybrid)

$61,800 - $115,100/Yr

Pennsylvania State University - State College, PA

Full-time - Entry Level

State College, PA

Educational Services

About the position

The DevOps Application Developer position at Penn State University involves working within the Digital Engineering Department of the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL). The role focuses on designing and implementing secure, automated infrastructure solutions for high-performance computing environments, utilizing Agile software development practices. The successful candidate will collaborate with a team to maintain CI/CD pipelines, optimize compute resources, and provide demonstrations of their work to both internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure, automated infrastructure solutions for high-performance computing environments through Agile software development.
• Work as part of a team to perform and review pull requests, unit tests, and documentation as needed.
• Maintain continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for frequent, trouble-free deployments of infrastructure code.
• Configure and optimize various compute resources and networks, including bare metal and virtualized/container environments.
• Provide demonstrations of work to the internal team and occasionally external customers.
• Coordinate with the team to identify risks, issues, requirements, and design solutions for project-level activity on a daily basis.

Requirements

• Knowledge of DevOps tools/practices.
• Linux-based infrastructure/system administration knowledge.
• Infrastructure/automation via scripting languages like Ansible or Puppet.
• Interest in Cloud-Native Computing Foundation tools like Kubernetes.
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline development skills.
• Proven troubleshooting skills with the ability to spot issues before they become problems.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Splunk, ELK stack, or Prometheus.
• Familiarity with VMware, ESXI, and/or VirtualBox.
• Experience with Palo Alto firewall setup and configuration.
• Configuration management via Git, Bitbucket, or GitLab.
• Knowledge of container/orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Good communication skills.
• Well-organized, independent, and ready to work with minimal supervision.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $61,800.00 - $115,100.00 based on experience and education.
• Opportunities for professional development and training.
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives within the workplace.