DevOps Engineer II — Secure CI/CD & Lab Infrastructure

InvestedintheMission; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. in the United States is seeking a DevOps Engineer II to design, build, and support the development and test infrastructure that keeps engineers productive.

You will own the pipelines, environments, and lab hardware used by developers and QA, working with cross-functional teams. Responsibilities include designing and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines, building multi-arch Docker images, administering GitLab runners, and implementing DevSecOps practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Minimum 2 - 5 years of work experience managing DevOps operations and tools (e.g., GitLab and GitLab CI, GitHub, Artifactory, Xray), including branching, tagging, merging and release management oversight
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, and with containerization using Docker (multistage builds, docker-compose, development containers)
• Proficiency scripting in Python and Bash
• Experience with Linux administration (e.g., RHEL and Ubuntu)
• Familiarity with Agile and Scrum methodology
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Must hold or be able to obtain a Secret clearance

Responsibilities

• Works with developers and QA engineers to design, build, and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines that build, test, and deliver software across many components
• Builds and maintains multi-architecture (ARM64/amd64) Docker images, multistage Dockerfiles, and development containers used across projects
• Administers and maintains GitLab, CI runners (including container/Kubernetes-based runners), and related source control and automation tooling
• Helps maintain the team's lab and test infrastructure, acting as a technical steward for the hardware and environments that developers and QA depend on
• Sets up development, test, and build environments for the team
• Helps perform tasks related to system administration
• Installs, tests, and verifies software products; supports team members with build and installation issues
• Defines and implements software version control processes, policies, and procedures
• Identifies and automates manual processes, including infrastructure-as-code where appropriate
• Builds security into the pipeline (DevSecOps), supporting software scans (e.g., SAST), SBOM generation, dependency and artifact management, and secure build practices

Skills

GitLab CI/CD

Docker

Python

Bash

Linux administration

Agile Scrum

Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

GitHub

Artifactory

Xray

Kubernetes

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

AeroVironment, Inc. in the United States is seeking a DevOps Engineer II to design, build, and support the development and test infrastructure that keeps engineers productive.

You will own the pipelines, environments, and lab hardware used by developers and QA, working with cross-functional teams. Responsibilities include designing and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines, building multi-arch Docker images, administering GitLab runners, and implementing DevSecOps practices.