Senior DevOps Engineer: Spaceflight CI/CD & Automation Lead

Blue Origin LLC; Littleton (CO); On-site; USD 182,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Parental Leave

Disability Insurance

401(k) with company match

Education Support

Stock Options

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC in Colorado is seeking an experienced DevOps Lead to design and manage development operations infrastructure for the Lunar Ground Software team. You will build and optimize automated pipelines across environments and ensure robust deployments for avionics software.

The role requires deep AWS, Terraform, Python, and GitLab expertise, with a track record leading complex DevOps projects in aerospace or safety-critical software.

Qualifications

• BS or higher degree in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years professional experience minimum.
• Experience with Linux, Docker, Continuous Integration and Delivery.
• Experience developing and owning CI/CD pipelines that deliver high quality work to customers continuously.
• Experience improving stability through monitoring, analysis, thoughtful code reviews, and detailed feedback.
• AWS knowledge - VPC, EC2, and EKS at a minimum.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code (Terraform/CloudFormation).
• Knowledge of software defined networking (VPC, Subnets, Firewalls, VPNs, etc.).
• Knowledge of containerization technologies (Docker) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes).
• Experience with Python.
• Experience with GitLab.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate DevOps practices into the software development lifecycle seamlessly.
• Design and implement monitoring solutions to proactively identify issues, ensuring system reliability and performance.
• Lead initiatives to enhance automation, improve deployment frequency, and reduce manual interventions.
• Participate in architectural discussions to advocate for scalable and secure DevOps practices.
• Conduct regular audits of CI/CD pipelines to ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reports to provide insights into system performance and team productivity.
• Engage in code reviews, pair programming, and technical workshops to foster a culture of learning and innovation.
• Collaborate with developers and program managers to design and develop CI/CD pipelines for avionics software deployed to development hardware, simulated environments, and hardware-in-the-loop systems.
• Train, guide, and mentor team members on CI/CD best practices.
• Set direction and goals for the team regarding project impact, product quality, and engineering efficiency.
• Collect and analyze data to understand and troubleshoot pipeline performance.
• Understand deeply the safety-critical software development process and create tools to enhance its efficiency and effectiveness.

Skills

DevOps Leadership

Monitoring & Reliability

CI/CD Pipelines

Automation Scripting

Security & Compliance

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Linux

Docker

GitLab

Terraform

CloudFormation

Python

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Blue Origin LLC in Colorado is seeking an experienced DevOps Lead to design and manage development operations infrastructure for the Lunar Ground Software team. You will build and optimize automated pipelines across environments and ensure robust deployments for avionics software.

The role requires deep AWS, Terraform, Python, and GitLab expertise, with a track record leading complex DevOps projects in aerospace or safety-critical software.