Senior DevOps Engineer - Space Engine CI/CD

Blue Origin LLC; Southgate (KY); On-site; USD 165,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Parental leave

401(k) match

Stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced DevOps/Infrastructure engineer to own and evolve the software infrastructure for avionics software in rocket engines. You will design pipelines, manage container builds, and automate environments to support safe, autonomous engine development.

You will collaborate with IT and reliability teams to scale a reproducible workflow, maintain safety‑critical tooling, and ensure rapid, reliable software delivery in a demanding aerospace setting.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree or higher in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience in DevOps, infrastructure, or a similar software engineering role.
• Linux administration on RHEL and/or CentOS — comfortable managing services, filesystems, users, and permissions.
• Docker: building and maintaining images and Dockerfiles, working with registries, volumes, and Docker Compose.
• Virtual machines and hypervisors — provisioning, configuring, and troubleshooting virtualized build and development environments.
• Ansible for provisioning and configuration management of physical and virtual machines.
• GitLab CI/CD and GitLab Runners — designing, organizing, and maintaining pipelines, including build/test/deploy flows, secrets handling, and release automation.
• Artifact repository management (Artifactory or similar).
• Automation and scripting in Python and Shell.
• Git fundamentals — branching strategies, code review workflows, versioning.
• Core networking: SSH, TCP/UDP, routing basics, ports, and firewalling.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines and the GitLab Runner fleet supporting engine software development.
• Own the container build and distribution path - Dockerfiles, base images, registries, and artifact repositories.
• Provision and manage developer workstations, virtual machines, build servers, and containers as code using Ansible.
• Develop automation and tooling in Python and Shell to eliminate manual steps, reduce error rates, and improve build and test throughput.
• Act as the team's first line of support for Docker and CI issues across our software teams.
• Partner with external IT, Site Reliability Engineering, and infrastructure organizations to secure resources and resolve cross-boundary issues.
• Identify weak points in infrastructure management and implement improvements.
• Maintain tooling that supports our safety‑critical software development process.

Skills

Python scripting

Shell scripting

Git fundamentals

Linux administration

Problem solving

Education

B.S. degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

GitLab Runners

Docker

Docker Compose

Kaniko

Ansible

Artifactory

Virtual machines

Python

Shell

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced DevOps/Infrastructure engineer to own and evolve the software infrastructure for avionics software in rocket engines. You will design pipelines, manage container builds, and automate environments to support safe, autonomous engine development.

You will collaborate with IT and reliability teams to scale a reproducible workflow, maintain safety‑critical tooling, and ensure rapid, reliable software delivery in a demanding aerospace setting.