Senior HPC Systems Engineer - Linux, DevSecOps & PKI

Roboticsconnected; Jessup (MD); On-site; USD 125,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

AeroVironment seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to lead Linux-based HPC integration, automation, and sustainment. The role emphasizes hands‑on Linux administration, software integration, and infrastructure automation to keep HPC platforms highly available, scalable and secure.

You will work across software, infrastructure, and security teams to implement containerized services with Docker and Kubernetes, manage PKI and secret‑management, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Twenty (20) years of experience as a Systems Engineer in similar scope.
• Experience planning and leading Systems Engineering efforts.
• Bachelor’s degree requirement with substitution option: 5 years of extra SE experience.
• Proficiency using the Linux command‑line interface.
• Scripting in Bash and/or Python for automation.
• Experience administering Linux systems: software integration, service management, configuration management, provisioning, storage, networking, sustainment.
• Experience with COTS, GOTS, and FOSS software in Linux.
• Experience with HashiCorp Vault secret‑management.
• Experience with stream & batch Big Data frameworks.
• Experience applying CI/CD (GitLab CI).
• Experience with IaC and Ansible.
• Experience with Docker.
• Experience with Kubernetes or similar.

Responsibilities

• Lead software integration across Linux-based HPC environments.
• Install, configure, and sustain COTS, GOTS, and FOSS software and libraries.
• Administer Linux systems: CLI, service management, configuration, troubleshooting.
• Support compute, storage, and network infrastructure provisioning and maintenance.
• Develop Bash and Python automation scripts for deployment and ops tasks.
• Design and maintain automated infrastructure for availability and scalability.
• Apply IaC and configuration management using Ansible.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps with GitLab CI and Git.
• Deploy and maintain Docker containers and Kubernetes services.
• Support streaming and batch Big Data processing frameworks.
• Implement secret-management with Vault or equivalents.
• Manage PKI infrastructure and certificate lifecycles (NPEs, wildcard, FQDN).
• Develop monitoring/observability to aid fault isolation.
• Collaborate across software, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and stakeholders.
• Document architectures, configurations, procedures, and processes.
• Lead systems engineering activities for similar projects.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring.

Skills

Linux CLI

Bash/Python

GitLab CI

Ansible IaC

Docker

Kubernetes

PKI management

HashiCorp Vault

CI/CD

Big Data

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, CS or related

Tools

GitLab CI

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

HashiCorp Vault

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

AeroVironment seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to lead Linux-based HPC integration, automation, and sustainment. The role emphasizes hands‑on Linux administration, software integration, and infrastructure automation to keep HPC platforms highly available, scalable and secure.

You will work across software, infrastructure, and security teams to implement containerized services with Docker and Kubernetes, manage PKI and secret‑management, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI.