DevOps Engineer, Senior

About Flight Safety International

Flight Safety International is the world’s premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations. The company provides training for pilots, technicians and other aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories. Flight Safety operates the world’s largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and award-winning maintenance training at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdom.

The Dev Ops Engineer proactively and holistically participates in and supports architecture/engineering activities that guide the development and management of technical Engineering and Simulation solutions. These solutions enable the organization's future-state business capabilities and drive the organization's targeted business outcomes. Technologies include data center, infrastructure, cloud, mobile, AI, Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, edge computing, and immersive experiences technologies. In addition, the Dev Ops Engineer creates deliverables that help develop target-state guidance (reusable standards, guidelines, individual parts, platforms, and configurations) for evolving the technical infrastructure across the engineering space to enable business strategy and deliver targeted business outcomes.

Able to guide others in performing assignments.

• Core Engineering
  • Reliability & Availability: Ensure all systems meet business and customer needs for high uptime, robust performance, and consistent service delivery.
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Write modular, version-controlled infrastructure configurations (e.g., CI/CD, Docker, Terraform) to build scalable, secure on prem or cloud environments.
  • Observability & Performance Management: Design, monitor, and manage application performance and service quality to proactively catch system anomalies.
  • Production Troubleshooting: Lead initial troubleshooting, identify root causes, and resolve complex issues to maintain and improve service health.
• Modern Software Lifecycle & Process Automation
  • SDLC Optimization: Streamline the software development lifecycle by identifying developer pain points and eliminating productivity barriers.
  • Cross-Functional Automation: Partner with development, operations, QA, and security teams to automate workflows and reduce manual operations.
  • Collaborative Incident Response: Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to analyze and troubleshoot complex production failures.
  • Technical Documentation: Prepare and present clear design, architecture, and implementation documentation to multiple stakeholders.
• Leadership & Dev Ops Culture Advocacy
  • Dev Ops Advocacy: Promote Dev Sec Ops  principles, automated workflows, and a highly collaborative culture across the software engineering organization.
  • Dev Sec Ops  Practice: Drive daily engineering decisions using a Dev Sec Ops  mindset, integrating automated security testing into deployment pipelines.
  • Team Mentorship: Mentor and coach junior-level Dev Ops and infrastructure engineers to grow their technical skills and architectural understanding.

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field from an accredited institution or equivalent industry experience.

• Experience: 6-8 years of experience in Infrastructure Engineering, Dev Ops, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) roles.
• Platforms: Hands-on experience architecting and managing production workloads in on Prem or cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Automation & IaC: Mastery of Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform) and configuration management.
• CI/CD Tools: Deep understanding of modern CI/CD tools (e.g., Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI, Jenkins) and automated deployment pipelines.
• Containers: Experience managing containerized applications using Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.

• SDLC & Dev Ops: Deep understanding of software development life cycle methodologies (Agile, Dev Ops) and IT compliance standards.
• Networking…