Senior Applications Operations Lead (Remote)

GE Aerospace; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 131,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching contributions

Tuition assistance

Paid parental leave

Job summary

GE Aerospace is seeking a Senior Engineering Operations leader to support and maintain critical applications and data platforms. You will drive incident, change management, and automation across Linux/Windows environments and collaborate with cybersecurity to meet DO-178/DO-254 style requirements.

You will guide obsolescence, migrations, and modernization efforts, mentor engineers, and lead Agile planning. This is a remote-capable US-based role with a strong compliance focus and a competitive

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in Application Operations or systems administration
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on Linux server administration experience
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required
• Military experience is equivalent to professional experience

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical operations authority across engineering pods for US and UK users
• Define, track, and improve operational KPIs and SLAs; report status to leadership
• Drive consistent incident, problem, and change management; lead high-severity escalations
• Perform hands-on Linux and Windows server administration across development, test, and production
• Partner with cybersecurity and compliance teams to meet security, export control, and regulatory requirements (e.g., CMMC / NIST SP 800-171)
• Automate repetitive operational work (provisioning, monitoring, patching, license management, reporting) using Python, Bash, PowerShell, Jenkins, Ansible
• Advance CI/CD capabilities for engineering teams (e.g., Jenkins, Artifactory, GitHub)
• Lead the team in using AI for operations; develop Agentic Operations framework to disseminate
• Own obsolescence lifecycle and modernization roadmap; lead migrations from legacy platforms to modern tools
• Coach engineers; set runbooks; participate in Agile planning and escalation coverage

Skills

Linux server administration

AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC)

CI/CD tooling

Python, Bash, PowerShell

AI for operations

Agile/SAFe

Incident & change management

Regulatory/compliance (CMMC/NIST 800-{

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Associate's degree with 8+ years of experience

High School Diploma with 10 years of experience

Tools

Jenkins

Ansible

GitHub

IBM Rational Synergy/DOORS

RHEL

ServiceNow

Job description

GE Aerospace is seeking a Senior Engineering Operations leader to support and maintain critical applications and data platforms. You will drive incident, change management, and automation across Linux/Windows environments and collaborate with cybersecurity to meet DO-178/DO-254 style requirements.

You will guide obsolescence, migrations, and modernization efforts, mentor engineers, and lead Agile planning. This is a remote-capable US-based role with a strong compliance focus and a competitive