DevOps Engineer | Fusion Research IT & High-Availability Infra

General Atomics; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 98,100 - 171,398; Full time

Job summary

General Atomics is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join the Core Services IT team supporting the DIII-D National Fusion Facility in San Diego, CA. The role focuses on bridging software development and SysOps, enabling efficient, secure deployments for researchers.

You will own the Proxmox VE cluster, automate infrastructure with Ansible, manage patch lifecycles, and implement CI/CD pipelines while ensuring DOE/NIST compliance and rapid security responses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience with real-time Linux, low-latency deterministic applications.
• Strong Ansible IaC and patch management experience.
• Docker containerization to build and troubleshoot reproducible environments.
• Experience architecting high-availability hypervisor clusters (Proxmox VE preferred).
• Familiarity with CI tools like Jenkins, CircleCI, TravisCI and Git/SVN.
• Scripting in Bash, Python, and JavaScript.
• DOE/NIST cybersecurity frameworks and Authority to Operate (ATO) compliance knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical bridge between PCS developers and physical infrastructure.
• Own high-availability Proxmox VE cluster for deployment and scaling.
• Create and maintain Ansible templates to automate deployments for Ops and Research teams.
• Oversee end-to-end patch management using Satellite or Foreman.
• Drive security monitoring and rapid response to meet DOE 48-hour SLA.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines to ensure reliable deployments.

Skills

Ansible

Docker

Bash

Python

JavaScript

Jenkins

Git

SVN

Proxmox VE

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Proxmox VE

Red Hat Satellite

Foreman

Job description

General Atomics is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join the Core Services IT team supporting the DIII-D National Fusion Facility in San Diego, CA. The role focuses on bridging software development and SysOps, enabling efficient, secure deployments for researchers.

You will own the Proxmox VE cluster, automate infrastructure with Ansible, manage patch lifecycles, and implement CI/CD pipelines while ensuring DOE/NIST compliance and rapid security responses.