DevSecOps Engineer: Secure CI/CD & Kubernetes Expert

InvestedintheMission; Jessup (MD); On-site; USD 162,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to support the Infrastructure and Capabilities teams in building an integrated DevSecOps environment for dynamic course delivery. The role focuses on configuring and managing development, testing, and production environments, and deploying tools and services across the program.

The position suits a DevSecOps engineer or a software engineer with DevOps experience who thrives in collaborative, fast-moving environments and is prepared to work with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Proficiency in Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Python, C++, JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases (MySQL/MongoDB preferred).
• Experience with Agile methodologies.
• Web UI design with HTML, CSS, AJAX, JSON/XML, JavaScript/TypeScript, JQuery or similar.
• Working knowledge of Windows and Linux platforms.
• TS/SCI with Polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Administer and harden on-premise systems including VMs, storage, and database hosts
• Collaborate with development teams to streamline build and deployment processes
• Communicate complex infrastructure concepts effectively to technical and non-technical audiences
• Configure supporting services and coordinate access for development teams and end users
• Contribute to documentation and logic/data flow design for new and existing programs
• Continuously improve automation, monitoring, and security toolchains
• Deploy and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Helm
• Deploy, troubleshoot, and analyze systems and services supporting course delivery
• Design, implement, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments
• Document runbooks, playbooks, and system diagrams to support operational consistency
• Implement identity and access management best practices including secrets management and RBAC
• Integrate security scanning and compliance checks into CI/CD workflows
• Maintain multiple Kubernetes clusters across build, test, and production environments
• Manage and optimize container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or Docker Swarm
• Monitor and analyze system and application performance using enterprise observability tools
• Perform system modeling, simulation, and analysis to support infrastructure planning
• Support incident response and vulnerability management through analysis and remediation
• Validate products and manage deployments to ensure reliability and readiness
• Verify program accuracy through testing and debugging using sample data and structured test processes

Job description

AeroVironment is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to support the Infrastructure and Capabilities teams in building an integrated DevSecOps environment for dynamic course delivery. The role focuses on configuring and managing development, testing, and production environments, and deploying tools and services across the program.

The position suits a DevSecOps engineer or a software engineer with DevOps experience who thrives in collaborative, fast-moving environments and is prepared to work with