DevOps Engineer

Job Description

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.

Regular

• 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) is required or 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, and VMs for cloud and virtualization, Networking, Firewalls, and Load Balancers, Terraform scripting and VM provisioning, Deployments of distributed web applications, Docker, Docker Compose, and Docker Swarm container technologies, Public Key Infrastructure for secure authentication, and Git for version control and collaboration.
• An active TS/SCI with polygraph.

• eVo, CoDE, and UWE environments
• API Gateways for secure and 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, Postgre
  
  SQL, MySQL, SQL, or Percona
• HAProxy for load balancing and high availability
• Mongo
  
  DB 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)

$150,000 - $220,000. The AV pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several factors including level of position, job responsibilities, geographic location, scope of relevant work experience, educational background, certifications, contract-specific affordability, organizational requirements, alignment with local internal equity as well as alignment with market data.

Top Secret with Poly

This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under the ITAR and the EAR, or a person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction.

Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or a protected individual such as a refugee or asylee.

• 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.

AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown.

Based in California, Aero Vironment (AVAV) is a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical missile systems.…