PMK - Research Infrastructure Engineer

About Us: Innovating to solve real-world problems

Applied Insight enhances the ability of federal government customers to preserve national security, deliver justice and serve the public with advanced technologies and quality analysis. We work closely with agencies and industry to overcome technical and cultural hurdles to innovation, empowering them with the latest end-to-end cloud infrastructure, big data and cyber capabilities. Our expertise in cross-domain and boundary solutions, network analytics, DevOps and low-to-high development is unique in our industry. We develop and deliver innovative products and applications that are deployed in highly sensitive customer environments and have broad applications for federal missions.

On joining the Applied Insight team, you’ll be working to solve real-world problems on missions that matter with people who share your passions and encourage your ambition. It’s vital to us that we hire committed people who are great at what they do. We return that commitment by empowering them with the autonomy, the support and the tools they need to fulfill their true potential.

A day in the life: (just a few of the things you may do on any given day):

• Research and implement system management and deployment solutions.
• Setting up foreman and other solutions for deployment system. From bare metal configuration to OS and software deployment.
• Create templates for system configuration.
• Write scripts in Ruby, Python, PHP, BASH to interact with and connect different systems and tools.
• Create scripts to provision bare metal via IPMI and Redfish.
• Stand-up, maintain and improve clusters for different projects.
• Work with tool such as Foreman, Ubuntu MAAS, Docker, Rancher, Mesos and others.
• Secure systems to hardening requirements meet compliance.
• Improve and rework networking for clusters.
• Work with vendors to plan upgrades and hardware improvements to future deployments/expansions.
• Design and 3D-print brackets and other custom hardware/parts for different systems.
• Help with custom embedded solutions for system monitoring and compliance.

You will excel in this role if you (are):

• Focused on Automation: Wherever possible, you look for ways to automate manual processes to increase efficiency, speed, and operability of tasks.
• Embracing Emerging Technology: You will leverage various cloud and analytic frameworks to perform large-scale data analysis
• Well-rounded: You will need to bring in-depth experience across multiple technologies including scripting, development/test/QA tools, analytic frameworks, container and orchestration tools, Linux operating systems, and networking and security and administration.
• Motivated: You want to continually learn new things and work with new technologies.
• Must have TS/SCI with Poly

What we will provide in return: Excellent compensation and amazing benefits

• Multiple health insurance options which include a PPO plan with ZERO deductibles and an HSA plan.
• 401k Immediate Vesting. Company matches 100% of the first 3% contributed and 50% of the next 2% contributed.
• Fully paid long-term disability, short-term disability, and life insurance.
• Flexible Spending Account options.
• Generous paid time off.
• Flexible work schedules with the ability to bank extra hours for additional time off.
• Government shutdown protection where employees don't have to use leave for up to 3 days out of the year for inclement weather or budget issues.
• Employee centric culture and a belief that we should empower those who are good at what they do and then give them the tools they need to achieve success and grow their career.
• A commitment to learning and growth and easy ways to achieve both including a training budget, education assistance, mentorship programs and collaborative learning sessions.
• A collaborative environment that fosters communication and an open-door policy.

Applied Insight provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, age, disability or handicap, sex, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.