DevOps Engineer II

Firefly Aerospace, Inc.; Cedar Park (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision plans

Parental leave

Relocation benefits

Educational reimbursement

Short term disability

Flexible PTO

Dog friendly workplace

Unlimited PTO for exempt employees

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is seeking a DevOps Engineer II to join our growing infrastructure team in Cedar Park, Texas.

You will design, implement, and maintain robust DevOps solutions to automate deployments, manage cloud and on‑prem resources, and ensure system reliability across our technology stack. Responsibilities include building IaC with Terraform, developing CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, and enabling scalable, secure, and observable infrastructure for aerospace applications.

Qualifications

• Experience with Linux system administration and scripting.
• Hands-on Terraform usage and IaC practices.
• Proven Jenkins pipeline design and management.
• Strong Git workflows and version control.
• Familiarity with containerization and cloud platforms.
• Ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement infrastructure-as-code using Terraform to provision resources.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins to automate builds and deployments.
• Create automation scripts to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual work.
• Administer Linux servers across development, staging and production environments.
• Diagnose, resolve deployment issues and participate in on-call rotation.
• Ensure security best practices and maintain documentation.

Skills

Linux system administration

Bash/Python scripting

Terraform

Jenkins pipelines

Git workflows

Kubernetes/Docker

Networking fundamentals

Troubleshooting

Effective communication

Tools

Terraform

Jenkins

Git

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

At Firefly, we’re focused on making space attainable for everyone – including you! Each team member’s passion, dedication, and innovative ideas have a direct impact on fueling our successful trajectory into space. And there’s no shortage of meaningful projects to work on at Firefly. With launch, lunar, and orbital vehicles, Firefly has a diverse line of business with opportunities to get hands‑on experience launching rockets, operating in space, and landing on the Moon.

Headquartered in the Lone Star State, Firefly’s hardworking team reflects Texas’ GO BIG culture in everything we do. We build big, achieve big, and dream big. We’re building launch vehicles and spacecraft to provide rapid, reliable space access. We’ve achieved some incredible wins, including the first successful commercial Moon landing. And we’re dreaming bigger than this planet with ambitions to Mars, Venus, and beyond. Our core values are what drive us along the way.

Passion

Fireflies believe in perseverance, responsiveness, and mentoring others with a focus on inspiring a better future.

Accountability

Fireflies act with integrity and take ownership of our actions, commitments, decisions, and outcomes.

Fireflies work in alignment across teams and communicate clearly with mutual respect for one another.

Fireflies deliver high-quality work through technical rigor and timely disciplined execution for our customers.

We take care of our Fireflies with some of the best benefits in the industry. Our mission to make space for everyone starts with our employees and allowing them to make space for their family, their career, and their future.

Space for You

• Unlimited PTO for exempt employees
• 3-month sabbatical for every 5 years of service
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• Mental health services
• Paid military leave

Space for Your Family

• 12 weeks paid maternity leave
• 4 weeks paid spouse leave
• $20k towards family planning: fertility, surrogacy, adoption
• Dog friendly workplace

Space for Your Career

• $10k/year towards trade school or college
• Ongoing coaching to advance leadership skills

Space for Your Future

• Employee-ownership with stock bonuses
• 4% Safe Harbor 401(k) matching
• $10k bonus for home purchase in Cedar Park, Texas

Job Openings

From launch technicians to propulsion engineers, Firefly has open roles across the company. We’re looking for passionate, bright innovators to join our team and help make space an achievable dream for everyone.

Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company that enables our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the only commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the only company to achieve a successful Moon landing. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.

Firefly Aerospace is seeking a DevOps Engineer II to join our growing infrastructure team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust DevOps solutions that support our mission to make space accessible. You'll work closely with IT teams, software engineering, and system engineering teams to automate deployment pipelines, optimize infrastructure, and ensure system reliability across our technology stack.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Development

• Design and implement infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform to provision and manage cloud and on‑premises resources
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins to automate build, test, and deployment processes
• Create automation scripts and tools to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual intervention
• Contribute to designing scalable and resilient infrastructure solutions that support mission‑critical aerospace applications
• Implement monitoring and observability solutions to ensure system health and performance

Troubleshooting & Support

• Diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure and deployment issues across Linux-based systems
• Provide technical support for development teams, including troubleshooting build failures and deployment issues
• Perform root cause analysis on system failures and implement preventive measures
• Respond to and resolve incidents in a timely manner, including participation in on‑call rotation
• Optimize system performance through proactive monitoring and tuning

System Administration

• Administer and maintain Linux servers (RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS) in development, staging, and production environments
• Manage version control systems and implement Git workflows and branching strategies
• Ensure security best practices are implemented across all infrastructure components
• Maintain documentation for systems, processes, and procedures
• Collaborate with security teams to implement compliance and security controls

Required Skills

• Strong proficiency in Linux system administration (RHEL, Ubuntu, or CentOS), including shell scripting (Bash, Python)
• Terraform: Demonstrated experience using and maintaining Terraform modules and managing infrastructure-as-code
• Jenkins: Hands‑on experience designing and managing Jenkins pipelines, including pipeline-as-code
• Git: Demonstrated knowledge of Git version control, including branching strategies, merge conflict resolution, and repository management
• Automation: Strong scripting abilities in Bash, Python, or similar languages
• Problem‑solving: Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills with attention to detail
• Understanding of networking fundamentals including DNS, TLS, routing, and load balancing
• Strong communication skills with ability to explain technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• 2-3 years experience of DevOps experience in a corporate environment
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Familiarity with configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, SaltStack)
• Experience with monitoring and logging solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
• Understanding of security best practices and compliance frameworks
• Relevant certifications (Linux+, AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes)

Firefly offers outstanding benefits for our employees, including generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles, parental leave, relocation benefits, educational reimbursement, short term disability, and flexible PTO options.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Firefly is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.