Software Integration Engineer

Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State

San Diego, CA, United States
Base: $86,300.00 - $129,500.00; bonus/equity: not ...
On-site
Jfn, de2, and vfde initiatives
Live, virtual, and constructive (lvc) experimentation
System monitoring tools (grafana, prometheus, splunk)
This position supports the Joint Fires Network (JFN), Distributed Experimentation Environment (DE2) and Vanguard Force DevOps Environment (VFDE), designed to leverage Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) experimentation in developing advanced warfighter architectures

Job Summary

  • This position supports the Joint Fires Network (JFN), Distributed Experimentation Environment (DE2) and Vanguard Force DevOps Environment (VFDE), designed to leverage Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) experimentation in developing advanced warfighter architectures.
  • Responsibilities include ensuring system availability, stability, and health, developing automated reporting, providing software sustainment, and improving engineering processes using monitoring tools.
  • The role requires experience in computer science, networking, IT, software engineering, systems engineering, DevSecOps, automation tools, virtualization, cloud platforms, and configuration management.

Matching Summary

This position supports the Joint Fires Network (JFN), Distributed Experimentation Environment (DE2) and Vanguard Force DevOps Environment (VFDE), designed to leverage Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) experimentation in developing advanced warfighter architectures.

Salary

Base: $86,300.00 - $129,500.00; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, retirement plans, paid time off, tuition discount

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • JFN, DE2, and VFDE initiatives
  • Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) experimentation
  • System monitoring tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk)
  • Kubernetes distros (RKE2, EKS, K8s)
  • Configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Terraform)
  • DevSecOps practices and tools
  • Automated reporting mechanisms

Nice-to-have

  • Modern IT frameworks and methodologies
  • Cross-functional team collaboration
  • Continuous improvement of engineering processes

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree - Engineering or Science
  • 2+ years of relevant experience
  • U.S. Citizenship
  • Active Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
  • IAT Level II certification

Work Rights

Must have US citizenship

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