System Interoperability and Integration Engineer SME

Applied Research Solutions is seeking a full-time System Interoperability and Integration Engineer SME located at Lackland AFB – San Antonio, TX.

​​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:

• Configure Party Bus pipelines to automate metric gathering.
• Responsible for the architecture, integration, and continuous technical evolution of the Big Bang platform and its supporting Amazon Web Services (AWS)-based development infrastructure, with a primary Kubernetes environments orchestrated via Helm and governed by modern DevSecOps practices.
• Translate product requirements and mission needs into actionable technical designs and architectural decisions
• Serve as a technical authority for Helm-based orchestration of Kubernetes platforms and workloads.
• Design, manage, and evolve Helm charts supporting platform services, applications, and integrations.
• Ensure Kubernetes clusters and platform components follow best practices for configuration management, upgrades, and lifecycle management.
• Create enterprise data visibility for the AF CSO.
• Assist teams with developing stable delivery pipelines using recommended patterns and practices with our standard platform.
• Lead the creation of an automated metrics model and process for the Air Force and assist teams and leadership with what to measure and how to use those metrics to drive improvement.
• Help teams with the thought process, design, and improvement of the continuous testing processes needed to improve quality in the entire delivery process and detect defects as early as possible.
• Help teams uncover constraints in their development flow that prevent continuous integration, slow down delivery, and impact quality so they can be addressed as part of a continuous improvement process.
• Training of teams on the skills required to accelerate delivery and improve quality.
• Design support for architecting CD pipelines on complex legacy systems.
• Evangelism and skills workshops focused on the culture, automation, lean process, and metrics required for DevOps and Continuous Delivery.
• Support and establish DevOps conferences with internal and external speakers and learning opportunities.
• Establish a feedback cycle to support developer advocacy with seamless flow of information to platform value streams on improvements that can help the teams.
• Develop strategy to remediate the need for every team discovering good practices in isolation.
• “Coaching as a Service” Application: An application to allow teams self-identify delivery issues and then be directed to our technical and process playbooks to address those issues.
• Discovery and Development around how this can utilize gamification and automated suggestions for next steps.
• Use metrics and business results to recognize teams for improving outcomes with highly resilient applications that can quickly evolve to meet warfighter needs.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications/ Technical Experience Requirements:

• Must be US Citizen - Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance required;
• Active DoD 8570 IAT or IAM qualifying certification, or ability to obtain (e.g., CompTIA Security+ or equivalent).
• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field
• 7 years of interoperability and integration engineering experience
• 5+ years of DevOps experience and continuous delivery
• Experience working with DORA dashboard or similar DevOps metrics tracking dashboard

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.