Space-Grade Infra DevOps Engineer — CI/CD & Automation

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Parental leave

Disability

401(k) match

Education support

Stock options

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a hands-on DevOps engineer to own the software infrastructure behind avionics software development for rocket engines. You will design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, manage Docker images, registries, and Kaniko migrations, and provision developer workstations and build environments with Ansible.

You will automate in Python and Shell to streamline builds, support Docker/CI issues, and collaborate with IT, SRE, and infra teams to scale and secure resources for safety-critical

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.
• Ability to learn fast, multitask, and drive tasks to completion.
• Ability to present technical concepts to peers and leadership, earn trust, and maintain positive and professional working relationships.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines and the GitLab Runner fleet supporting engine software development, from unit test through delivery to development hardware and simulated environments.
• Own the container build and distribution path - Dockerfiles, base images, registries, and artifact repositories - including migration of the existing Kaniko-based image builds to the go-forward toolchain.
• Provision and manage developer workstations, virtual machines, build servers, and containers as code using Ansible, driving toward reproducible, self-documenting infrastructure.
• 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 - triage failures, perform root cause analysis, and review other engineers' pipeline and container changes.
• Partner with external IT, Site Reliability Engineering, and infrastructure organizations to secure resources, resolve cross-boundary issues, and represent the team's needs.
• Identify weak points in our infrastructure management and propose and implement improvements rather than waiting to be asked.
• Maintain the tooling that supports our safety-critical software development process, including static analysis infrastructure and the licensing, entitlement, and availability of those tools.

Skills

DevOps engineering

Linux administration

Docker

GitLab CI/CD

Python scripting

Shell scripting

Ansible

Git fundamentals

Education

B.S. in CS/CE/EE or related

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

GitLab Runners

Docker

Artifactory

Kaniko

Ansible

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a hands-on DevOps engineer to own the software infrastructure behind avionics software development for rocket engines. You will design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, manage Docker images, registries, and Kaniko migrations, and provision developer workstations and build environments with Ansible.

You will automate in Python and Shell to streamline builds, support Docker/CI issues, and collaborate with IT, SRE, and infra teams to scale and secure resources for safety-critical