Senior DevOps Engineer

RAVE Aerospace LLC; Laramie (WY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus program

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Year-end holiday shutdown

9/80 work schedule

Job summary

RAVE Aerospace LLC is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to ensure reliability, scalability, and efficiency of infrastructure across on‑prem and cloud environments. You will design, implement, and automate deployment pipelines, collaborate with software teams, and drive security and performance improvements.

The role requires 6+ years in DevOps-like operations, strong AWS and IaC skills, and expertise in Kubernetes, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps. On-site in Laramie, WY with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
• 6+ years of experience in software development, system administration, and IT operations in a DevOps role.
• Proficiency with AWS server-based and serverless architectures.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to diagnose and document complex issues.
• Expertise in managing Linux and Windows systems.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, and PowerShell.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; mentoring experience in DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud-based and on-prem infrastructure.
• Collaborate with internal engineers and external partners to ensure interfaces between software and ground-based apps are well designed.
• Manage deployment environments consisting of native, container, and VM-based software apps.
• Ensure infrastructure and applications comply with security standards and participate in security assessments.
• Monitor and optimize performance for high availability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Assist in implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins or AWS Code Pipeline.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts to streamline repetitive tasks.
• Create documentation for infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, and incident response procedures.
• Utilize Jira Service Management to manage ticket queues.
• Triaging incoming service tickets and prioritizing incidents.
• Assist in continuous improvement activities and elevate incidents to problems when appropriate.

Skills

DevOps leadership

Cloud infrastructure

CI/CD expertise

Scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell)

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree or higher

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Ansible

Azure DevOps Pipelines

Bitbucket

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Jira Service Management

Job description

Embark on a transformative career with RAVE Aerospace, where we are forging an unparalleled in-flight entertainment ecosystem. As an innovative company we design and engineer world-class In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC) solutions. Our products are constantly evolving, solving complex media distribution, playback, and networking problems in a secure, demanding on-wing environment. RAVE Aerospace's IFEC products are utilized by many of the world's premier air carriers. Step aboard and help us by creating the best in-flight experiences for today and beyond!

Job Summary

The?Senior?DevOps?Engineer?is responsible for?ensuring the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of infrastructure'supporting RAVE Aerospace products?and services.The primary?objective?of this role is to oversee and ensure reliability and availability of critical internally and externally facing applications and services hosted on a combination of on-premises and?cloud-based?infrastructure. Responsibilities for this?role?include?designing?and?implementing'systems?used for?development,?deployment?and support?of RAVE Aerospace?products?and services.The Senior DevOps?Engineer?will play a key role in automating?and?maintaining?deployment processes?and?continuously?improving?development pipelines.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Contribute to the?design,?implementation?and maintenance?of scalable?cloud based and on-premises?infrastructure?
• Collaborate?with?internal'software?engineers?and?external development partners?to ensure that interfaces between?embedded avionics'software?and?ground based?applications?are well designed,?implemented?and tested.
• Manage?deployment?environments?consisting of?a combination of?native, container and VM based'software applications?
• Ensure infrastructure and applications?comply with'security standards and best?practices; support and?assist?with?regular security assessments.
• Monitor and?optimize?the performance of applications and infrastructure to ensure high availability,'scalability,?and cost efficiency.
• Assist?with?implementing?and maintaining?CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins or AWS Code Pipeline.
• Develop and?maintain?automation scripts and tools to streamline repetitive tasks and processes.
• Develop?policies and?procedures?for?periodic?platform and application'software?maintenance and?upgrades and?ensure that?documented?policies are followed.
• Create and?maintain?comprehensive documentation for infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, and incident response procedures.
• Utilization?of Jira Service Management platform to work and manage ticket queues?
• Triage incoming service tickets?utilizing?work instructions and SOP documentation to prioritize and elevate incidents?
• Assist?in continuous improvement activities,?identifying?trends and promoting incidents into problems when appropriate?

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience?
• 6+ years of experience in software development, system administration, and IT operations, with?considerable experience?in a DevOps or software operations role.
• Proficiency?with infrastructure hosted in AWS spanning both'server?based and serverless architectures??
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose, resolve and document complex technical issues.
• Expertise?in managing Linux and Windows systems.
• Proficiency?in programming and scripting languages such as Python, Bash, and PowerShell.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience leading and mentoring?DevOps?engineers, managing technical projects, and providing constructive feedback.
• Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or?CISSP?are a plus.
• Deep experience architecting and optimizing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps Pipelines, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and automation of complex deployment workflows.
• Strong proficiency with Bitbucket and Jenkins for end-to-end software delivery, including version control strategies, pipeline integration, and continuous testing practices.
• Proven experience working with Kubernetes in production environments, including container orchestration, service management, scaling strategies, and cluster health monitoring.
• Proven experience implementing and optimizing application performance monitoring and observability solutions, including metrics collection, distributed tracing, and log aggregation, to ensure high availability, rapid incident response, and continuous performance improvement across production systems.

Benefits

In addition to a comprehensive package of health benefits that include company contributions, RAVE Aerospace offers a variety of additional benefits and perks to enhance your work-life balance experience including but not limited to:

• Discretionary bonus program
• Future financial security with a 401(k) program with company match
• Paid time off covering vacations, personal time off and sick days, capped off by an exciting year-end holiday shutdown
• Embraced flexibility with our alternative work schedule (9/80) to navigate your workweeks with every other Friday off