Senior DevOps Engineer: Cloud-Native Infra & Kubernetes

Slingshot Aerospace, Inc.; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 117,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Slingshot Aerospace, Inc. is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer in Colorado Springs to design, build, and maintain scalable infrastructure using IaC. You’ll manage CI/CD pipelines, support Linux systems, and collaborate with software teams to improve deployment workflows.

Responsibilities include leading Terraform-based automation, Kubernetes environments, and MLOps integration, while embedding DevSecOps practices and driving cost-efficient improvements across AWS.

Qualifications

• Proficiency with IaC tools and practices (Terraform or CloudFormation).
• Experience building and maintaining Kubernetes-based environments.
• Strong Linux systems administration and security mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable infrastructure using IaC.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and optimize deployment workflows.
• Collaborate with software developers to improve system architecture.
• Embed DevSecOps practices and ensure security controls are in place.
• Drive automation to increase reliability and cost efficiency.
• Support incident response and root cause analysis.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

CloudFormation

Linux administration

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Security/compliance

Python

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent

Tools

AWS

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Slingshot Aerospace, Inc. is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer in Colorado Springs to design, build, and maintain scalable infrastructure using IaC. You’ll manage CI/CD pipelines, support Linux systems, and collaborate with software teams to improve deployment workflows.

Responsibilities include leading Terraform-based automation, Kubernetes environments, and MLOps integration, while embedding DevSecOps practices and driving cost-efficient improvements across AWS.