Platform Observability Engineer for Cloud & HPC

Penn State University; University Park (TX); On-site; USD 69,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Penn State University’s Applied Research Laboratory in State College, PA is seeking a Computing Software Specialist (Platform Observability) to build and operate the monitoring, logging, and tracing backbone for HPC and cloud-native environments. This role emphasizes DevSecOps with a focus on observability and platform reliability, and involves contributing to CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.

The successful candidate will work onsite with potential hybrid elements; ARL is a DoD

Qualifications

• DevSecOps tools/practices and Linux-based infrastructure / system administration.
• Infrastructure/automation via configuration management and scripting tools.
• CI/CD pipeline development skills.
• Container orchestration and cloud-native technologies.
• Observability concepts and tooling — metrics, logs, traces.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure, automated infrastructure solutions for high-performance computing environments through Agile software development.
• Build and operate observability infrastructure across metrics, logging, and tracing, including dashboards, alerting, and health monitoring.
• Maintain and monitor CI/CD pipelines for frequent, trouble-free deployments of infrastructure code; deploy workloads in container orchestration environments across bare metal and cloud.
• Assist in performing and reviewing pull requests, writing unit tests, and producing occasional documentation as needed.
• Provide demonstrations of your work to internal teams and occasionally external customers.
• Coordinate with the Agile team to identify risks, issues, requirements, and design solutions for project-level activity daily.

Skills

DevSecOps

Linux admin

Automation/Scripting

CI/CD

Container orchestration

Observability

Education

Associate degree with 2+ years experience

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Penn State University’s Applied Research Laboratory in State College, PA is seeking a Computing Software Specialist (Platform Observability) to build and operate the monitoring, logging, and tracing backbone for HPC and cloud-native environments. This role emphasizes DevSecOps with a focus on observability and platform reliability, and involves contributing to CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.

The successful candidate will work onsite with potential hybrid elements; ARL is a DoD