DevOps Engineer III

AeroVironment; Florida; On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. is seeking a Development Engineer III to design, implement, launch and support our corporate DevOps pipeline operations. The role emphasizes CI/CD automation, stakeholder engagement, and leadership in DevOps practices across multiple software groups.

The position requires advanced scripting, strong communication skills, and 5+ years of DevOps experience with GitLab/GitHub, Docker, and cloud platforms. ITAR considerations and travel within the continental U.S. may apply.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years of work experience managing diverse DevOps operations and tools (GitLab, GitHub)
• Minimum of 1 year experience with containerization (Docker or ECS) and orchestration on Windows and Linux hosts
• Strong scripting and communication skills are required

Responsibilities

• Administers and maintains Gitlab
• Architects and delivers DevOps pipeline operations for CI/CD
• Creates and maintains Docker images and containers
• Identifies and automates manual processes
• Enhances build infrastructure, deployment, and DevOps processes
• Works with JIRA and Sharepoint
• Develops and maintains software installation tools and packages
• Creates DevOps processes and policies
• Reuses code bases across programs
• Delivers work on time within schedule and budget
• Mentors stakeholders in a learning environment
• Acts independently on new assignments
• Performs additional duties as assigned

Skills

DevOps experience

Scripting

Communication skills

Multi-project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

GitLab

GitHub

Docker

ECS

JIRA

SharePoint

Job description

Worker Type

Regular

Job Description

Summary

The Development Engineer III designs, develops, launches, and supports our corporate DevOps pipeline operations. The incumbent will facilitate automation of internal software deployment via Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) best practices, working directly with multiple software development groups across the company as our subject matter expert. This role requires frequent engagement with stakeholders and senior leadership, necessitating strong communication skills and accountability.

Position Responsibilities:

• Administers and maintains Gitlab
• Architects and delivers DevOps pipeline operations supporting automated delivery of CI/CD pipelining for corporate-wide software releases
• Creates and maintains Docker images and containers
• Identifies and automates manual processes
• Actively participates in enhancing current build infrastructure, deployment, and DevOps processes.
• Works with tools and platforms like JIRA and Sharepoint
• Develops and maintains software installation tools, processes, and packages
• Creates and maintains DevOps Process and Policies
• Recognize and reuse common code base if necessary to support different programs and projects
• Delivers work on time according to agreed completion dates and project schedule & budget
• Operates in a continuous learning environment and provides guidance and mentoring to all stakeholders
• Works on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles
• Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments
• Other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience):

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Minimum 5 years of work experience managing diverse DevOps operations, and tools (e.g., GitLab, GitHub), including branching, tagging, merging and release management oversight.
• Minimum of 1 years of experience working with containerization (Docker or ECS), orchestration, service discovery experience with Windows and Linux hosts

Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies:

• Advanced degree is preferred
• Exhibits effective interpersonal, listening and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Communicates ideas in both technical and user-friendly language
• Successfully works within a multi-project environment and supports multiple internal customers
• Is successful in working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment and puts the success of the team above one's own interests
• Ability to apply principles of logic to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems
• Displays strong initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meet company objectives
• Takes ownership and responsibility for current and past work products
• Is committed to learning from mistakes and driven to improve and enhance performance of oneself, others, and the company
• Experience with one or more major cloud platform providers (e.g. Azure, AWS)
• Demonstrated success with application delivery in mid-size (2000+ staff) corporations
• Strong scripting skills

Physical Demands

• Ability to work in an office environment (Constant)
• Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent)

Special Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required
• Occasionally may be required to travel within the Continental U.S.

ITAR Requirement

This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations ("ITAR") and/or the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR"). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants will be asked to provide specific documentation to verify U.S. person status under the ITAR and the EAR. A "U.S. person" according to their definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee, or asylee. See 22 CFR § 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.

Benefits

• AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown.

For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits .

We also encourage you to review our company website at http://www.avinc.com to learn more about us.

Who We Are

Based in California, AeroVironment (AVAV) is a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical missile systems. Founded in 1971 by celebrated physicist and engineer, Dr. Paul MacCready, we've been at the leading edge of techni