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POSITION SPECIFICS​

We are searching for an experienced Software Integration Engineer to join the Joint Mission Integration and Experimentation Division at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State. This position supports the Joint Fires Network (JFN), Distributed Experimentation Environment (DE2) and Vanguard Force DevOps Environment (VFDE). These OUSD R&E, DARPA and TRMC initiatives are designed to leverage Live, Virtual and Constructive (LVC) experimentation in developing advanced warfighter architectures and CONOPS and link sensors and weapons platforms in times of critical conflict around the globe.

ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply.

You will:

• Ensure the maximum availability, stability and health of required program resources below to support operations, experimentation, development and testing
• JFN:  MLS operational architecture including nodes, hub, network, software baseline and CI/CD apparatus (e.g. IL-5 up to IL-7 Cloud
• Develop and maintain automated reporting mechanism using commercial or customer dashboards for reporting overall system health and status
• Provide software sustainment leveraging software configuration management controls and processes
• Establish and improve existing engineering processes and tools to provide system status by leveraging Platform/Applications/Data monitoring tools
• Contribute to the design and development of automating the daily verification and validation of key functional capabilities
• Support the automation of configuration management and the visibility into the status of CM across various environments
• Implement and promote systems engineering principles to ensure program success
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability of the system
• Prepare detailed reports and presentations on findings and share insights with stakeholders
• Stay updated with the latest trends, technologies, and advancements in automated testing, distributed databases, software defined networking, container orchestration, and DevSecOps
• Identify, investigate and document system deficiencies to support Technical Operations

Required skills/experience areas include:

• Experience in Computer Science,