Sr DevOps Engineer

AEVEX Aerospace; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead the design and implementation of robust CI/CD pipelines. In this pivotal role, you will enhance software development efficiency and ensure system reliability through automation and integration solutions. Your expertise in DevOps methodologies and cloud-native technologies will be crucial as you collaborate with high-performance development teams. This position offers the opportunity to work on innovative projects that support national security missions, making a significant impact in a dynamic and challenging environment. If you are passionate about optimizing deployment workflows and driving technological advancements, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a DevOps engineering role.
• Strong expertise in CI/CD tools and cloud-native technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate software builds and deployments.
• Collaborate with teams to enhance application performance and reliability.

Skills

Continuous Integration and Deployment

Problem-Solving

Scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell)

Cloud-Native Technologies

Monitoring and Logging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer

Google Professional DevOps Engineer

Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Tools

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

Artifactory

Job description

Job Overview

The Senior Development Operations (DevOps) Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, reliable, and secure continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines, managing and optimizing current tools and providing automation and integration solutions. This role plays a critical part in improving software development efficiency, ensuring system reliability, and enhancing deployment workflows. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in DevOps methodologies, containerization, and monitoring solutions to support high-performance development teams.

Essential Functions

1. Design, develop, and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines to automate software builds, testing, and deployment.
2. Optimize and enhance existing deployment processes to reduce downtime and improve efficiency.
3. Automate system provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment.
4. Ensure architectural designs are well documented, consistent, flexible and scalable.
5. Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery best practices are in place.
6. Implement DevSecOps industry best practices.
7. Implement and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.
8. Troubleshoot system issues, identify performance bottlenecks, and improve overall system reliability.
9. Collaborate with development teams to improve application performance, scalability, and resilience.
10. Develop and enforce incident response and disaster recovery procedures.
11. Work closely with software engineers, security teams, and IT operations to streamline DevOps workflows.
12. Provide technical assistance to staff to resolve issues in a timely manner.
13. Identify and evaluate new technologies to expand enterprise capability and efficiency.
14. Perform other duties as required.

Qualifications and Competencies

1. Strong expertise in continuous integration and continuous deployment tools such as GitLab CI and Jenkins.
2. Ability to integrate both cloud-based or on-premises tooling and deployment infrastructure.
3. Experience automating and integrating pipelines from software repositories (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket).
4. Knowledge maintaining artifact management tools such as Artifactory.
5. Hands-on experience with cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes and Docker.
6. Solid knowledge of monitoring, logging, and security best practices.
7. Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex system issues.
8. Familiarity with networking, load balancing, and CDN solutions.
9. Knowledge of database management and performance tuning for SQL and NoSQL databases.

Education / Certifications

1. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
2. Certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Google Professional DevOps Engineer, or Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) are a plus.

Experience

1. 5+ years of experience in a DevOps engineering role.
2. Experience with scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
3. Experience with GitLab and Atlassian Tools.
4. Experience with microservices architecture and container orchestration.
5. Experience working in military contracting or DoD industry preferred.

Physical Requirements

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties the employee is frequently required to sit, and to reach to use computers and other office equipment. Frequently required repetitive movements of wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

Security Clearance

Ability to obtain/maintain a Secret DoD clearance, U.S. Citizenship required.

About AEVEX Aerospace

AEVEX Aerospace, headquartered in Solana Beach, California, supports the U.S. national security mission and partner nation needs around the world by providing full-spectrum aviation, remote sensing, and analysis solutions. The company's capabilities include custom design and engineering; rapid prototyping; sensor integration and sustainment; aircraft modification and certification; flight test instrumentation and support; mission operations service; advanced intelligence data processing, exploitation, and dissemination solutions; and tailored hardware and software mission-system tools. AEVEX uses agile and customized approaches to rapidly define, develop, and deliver specialized solutions for airborne special mission needs for the U.S. Government, partner nations, and commercial businesses. AEVEX has major offices in California, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology and Engineering

Industries

Airlines and Aviation