Contract Developer Operations Jobs in Oxnard, CA

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Summary

The Development Engineer III designs, develops, launches, and supports our corporate DevOps pipeline operations. The incumbent will facilitate automation of internal software deployment via Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) best practices, working directly with multiple software development groups across the company as our subject matter expert. This role requires frequent engagement with stakeholders and senior leadership, necessitating strong communication skills and accountability.

Position Responsibilities:

• Administers and maintains Gitlab
• 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

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience):

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Minimum 5 years of work experience managing diverse DevOps operations, and tools (e.g., GitLab, GitHub), including branching, tagging, merging and release management oversight.
• Minimum of 1 years of experience working with containerization (Docker or ECS), orchestration, service discovery experience with Windows and Linux hosts

Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies:

• Advanced degree is preferred
• 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
• 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
• 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

Physical Demands

• 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)

Special Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required
• Occasionally may be required to travel within the Continental U.S.

ITAR Requirement:

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 will be asked to provide specific documentation to verify U.S. person status under the ITAR and the EAR. A "U.S. person" according to their definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee, or asylee. See 22 CFR 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.

Benefits: AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown. For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits.

We also encourage you to review our company website at http://www.avinc.com to learn more about us.

Principals only need apply. NO agencies please.

Who We Are

Based in California, AeroVironment (AVAV) is a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical missile systems. Founded in 1971 by celebrated physicist and engineer, Dr. Paul MacCready, we've been at the leading edge of technical innovation for more than 45 years. Be a part of the team that developed the world's most widely used military drones and created the first submarine-launched reconnaissance drone, and has seven innovative vehicles that are part of the Smithsonian Institution's permanent collection in Washington, DC.

Join us today in developing the next generation of small UAS and tactical missile systems that will deliver more actionable intelligence to our customers so they can proceed with certainty - and succeed.

What We Do

Building on a history of technological innovation, AeroVironment designs, develops, produces, and supports an advanced portfolio of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical missile systems. Agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense and allied military services use the company's hand-launched UAS to provide situational awareness to tactical operating units through real-time, airborne reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans. AeroVironment, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) 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.

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