Robotics DevOps Engineer – On-Prem Infra & CI/CD

MOLG Inc.; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Molg Inc. is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to own infrastructure, tooling, and deployment systems for our robotic microfactories.

You will design global CI/CD pipelines, containerize workloads, and implement automated build, test, and release stages with hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop validations. You will collaborate with software and robotics engineers, establish robust observability, and drive secure, scalable operations across on-premise systems in Sterling, VA.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years in DevOps, platform engineering, or SRE roles.
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for software, embedded, and on-premise systems.
• Strong containerization experience with Docker and Docker Compose.
• Hands-on with IaC tools (Ansible, Terraform) for on-prem servers and networks.
• Proficient in Python and/or Bash scripting.
• Experience administering Linux systems in production environments.
• Familiarity with monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK).
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Willingness to work in-person at Molg HQ in Sterling, VA.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for robotics and software deployments.
• Containerize workloads and ensure consistent environments across development and production.
• Develop automated build, test, and release pipelines with HIL/SIL integration.
• Establish monitoring, alerting, and observability for deployed systems.
• Define quality gates in CI/CD and prevent regressions from reaching production.
• Improve developer tooling and local dev environments to boost velocity.
• Apply security best practices across infrastructure including secrets management and access control.
• Manage local networking including switches, VLANs, firewalls, and M2M communication.
• Respond to incidents, perform post-mortems, and implement lasting fixes.
• Automate manual tasks to the extent possible.

Skills

CI/CD tooling

Python/Bash scripting

Linux administration

Networking fundamentals

Documentation

Autonomy

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Docker

Docker Compose

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Molg Inc. is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to own infrastructure, tooling, and deployment systems for our robotic microfactories.

You will design global CI/CD pipelines, containerize workloads, and implement automated build, test, and release stages with hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop validations. You will collaborate with software and robotics engineers, establish robust observability, and drive secure, scalable operations across on-premise systems in Sterling, VA.