DevOps Engineer

Job Summary

The primary role of the Dev Ops Engineer is to play a critical part in sustaining and enhancing reporting tools that support mission success. Your efforts will include expanding collaboration platforms, installing and configuring complex software, managing servers and networks, monitoring system performance, and troubleshooting issues to keep operations running smoothly.

• Deploy and manage applications across distributed environments.
• Install, configure, and optimize complex software solutions.
• Administer servers, networks, and technology tools to ensure reliability.
• Monitor and maintain systems to meet stringent security and performance standards.
• Troubleshoot and resolve outages, ensuring mission continuity.

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 5 years of work experience as a Dev Ops Engineer or similar role.
• Expertise with Linux administration, AWS, MASH, cloud and virtualization VMs, networking, firewalls, load balancers, Terraform scripting, VM provisioning, distributed web application deployments, Docker, Docker Compose, Docker Swarm, public key infrastructure, and Git version control.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

• Experience with eVo, CoDE, and UWE environments.
• API Gateway usage for secure scalable integrations.
• Ansible scripting and development for automation and configuration management.
• Elasticsearch / Logstash / Kibana (ELK) maintenance and configuration for observability.
• Python scripting and development for automation and tool building.
• Relational databases such as Amazon RDS, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL, or Percona.
• HAProxy for load balancing and high availability.
• MongoDB for No
  
  SQL data management.
• Java / Spring Boot troubleshooting with error log analysis.
• Kafka message broker for distributed messaging.
• Hazelcast memory cache for in-memory data processing.
• NiFi maintenance and configuration for data flow automation.
• Kubernetes for container orchestration.
• Zookeeper for distributed system coordination.
• Nginx Web Server for hosting and reverse proxying.
• Monitoring and alerting tools to ensure system reliability.
• Agile software development practices for iterative delivery.
• Jira and Confluence for project tracking and documentation.

Ability to work in an office environment (constant). Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (frequent).

$102,000 - $255,000.

This position requires access to information subject to the International Traffic In Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Applicants must verify U.S. person status; U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency may be required.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with company matching.
• 9/80 work schedule.
• Paid holiday shutdown.

Aero Vironment, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Qualified applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic data, sexual orientation, gender identity or other legally protected status.

U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph are required to apply.