Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Summary

The Senior Dev Ops Engineer is responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of infrastructure supporting RAVE Aerospace products and services. The primary objective of this role is to oversee and ensure reliability and availability of critical internally and externally facing applications and services hosted on a combination of on‑premises and cloud-based infrastructure.

• Contribute to the design, implementation and maintenance of scalable cloud based and on‑premises infrastructure
• Collaborate with internal software engineers and external development partners to ensure that interfaces between embedded avionics software and ground based applications are well designed, implemented and tested
• Manage deployment environments consisting of a combination of native, container and VM based software applications
• Ensure infrastructure and applications comply with security standards and best practices; support and assist with regular security assessments
• Monitor and optimise the performance of applications and infrastructure to ensure high availability, scalability, and cost efficiency
• Assist with implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins or AWS Code Pipeline
• Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools to streamline repetitive tasks and processes
• Develop policies and procedures for periodic platform and application software maintenance and upgrades and ensure that documented policies are followed
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, and incident response procedures
• Utilisation of Jira Service Management platform to work and manage ticket queues
• Triage incoming service tickets utilizing work instructions and SOP documentation to prioritise and escalated incidents
• Assist in continuous improvement activities, identifying trends and promoting incidents into problems when appropriate

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience
• 6+ years of experience in software development, system administration, and IT operations, with considerable experience in a Dev Ops or software operations role
• Proficiency with infrastructure hosted in AWS spanning both server based and serverless architectures
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, AWS Cloud Formation, or Ansible
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to diagnose, resolve and document complex technical issues
• Expertise in managing Linux and Windows systems
• Proficiency in programming and scripting languages such as Python, Bash, and Power Shell
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders
• Experience leading and mentoring Dev Ops engineers, managing technical projects, and providing constructive feedback
• Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Dev Ops Engineer, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or CISSP are a plus
• Deep experience architecting and optimizing CI/CD pipelines using Azure Dev Ops Pipelines
  , with a focus on reliability, scalability, and automation of complex deployment workflows
• Strong proficiency with Bitbucket and Jenkins for end‑to‑end software delivery, including version control strategies, pipeline integration, and continuous testing practices
• Proven experience working with Kubernetes in production environments, including container orchestration, service management, scaling strategies, and cluster health monitoring
• Proven experience implementing and optimising application performance monitoring and observability solutions
  , including metrics collection, distributed tracing, and log aggregation, to ensure high availability, rapid incident response, and continuous performance improvement across production systems

• Discretionary bonus programme
• Future financial security with a 401(k) programme with company match
• Paid time off covering vacations, personal time off and sick days, capped off by an exciting year‑end holiday shutdown
• Embraced flexibility with our alternative work schedule (9/80) to navigate your workweeks with every other Friday off