Job Summary:
AeroVironment (AV) is a premier autonomous systems company in the U.S., delivering breakthrough capabilities across various domains. They are seeking a Senior Development Engineer (DevOps) to design, develop, launch, and support corporate DevOps pipeline operations, facilitating automation of software deployment and engaging with stakeholders and senior leadership.
Responsibilities:
• Administers and maintains Gitlab and Subversion
• Architects and delivers DevOps pipeline operations supporting automated delivery of CI/CD pipelining for corporate-wide software releases
• Creates and maintains Docker images and containers
• Identifies and automates manual processes
• Actively participates in enhancing current build infrastructure, deployment, and DevOps processes.
• Works with tools and platforms like JIRA and Sharepoint
• Develops and maintains software installation tools, processes, and packages
• Creates and maintains DevOps Process and Policies
• Recognize and reuse common code base if necessary to support different programs and projects
• Delivers work on time according to agreed completion dates and project schedule & budget
• Operates in a continuous learning environment and provides guidance and mentoring to all stakeholders
• Works on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles
• Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments
• Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Minimum 8 years of work experience managing diverse DevOps operations, and tools (e.g., GitLab, GitHub), including branching, tagging, merging and release management oversight.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience working with containerization (Docker or ECS), orchestration, service discovery experience with Windows and Linux hosts
• Experience with one or more major cloud platform providers (e.g. Azure, AWS)
• Demonstrated success with application delivery in mid-size (2000+ staff) corporations
• Strong scripting skills
• U.S. Citizenship required
• Occasionally may be required to travel within the Continental U.S.
Preferred:
• Advanced degree is preferred
• Uses skills to contribute to development of company objectives and principles to achieve goals in creative and effective ways
• Exhibits effective interpersonal, listening and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Communicates ideas in both technical and user-friendly language
• Successfully works within a multi-project environment and supports multiple internal customers
• Is successful in working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment and puts the success of the team above one's own interests
• Ability to apply principles of logic to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems
• Able to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, where small teams share a broad variety of duties
• Displays strong initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meet company objectives
• Takes ownership and responsibility for current and past work products
• Is committed to learning from mistakes and driven to improve and enhance performance of oneself, others, and the company
Company:
At AV, we build shoulder-to-shoulder with our customers, delivering systems shaped by real-world missions, not theoretical requirements. Founded in 1971, the company is headquartered in Arlington, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.