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Summary

The DevSecOps Engineer will support the Infrastructure and Capabilities teams in building and maintaining an integrated DevSecOps environment that enables dynamic course delivery. This role focuses on configuring and managing development, testing, and production environments, as well as preparing, testing, and deploying tools and services used across the program. It's an excellent fit for a DevSecOps engineer-or a software engineer with DevOps experience-who thrives in collaborative, fastmoving environments.

Position Responsibilities

• Administer and harden onpremise systems including VMs, storage, and database hosts

• Collaborate with development teams to streamline build and deployment processes

• Communicate complex infrastructure concepts effectively to technical and nontechnical audiences

• Configure supporting services and coordinate access for development teams and end users

• Contribute to documentation and logic/data flow design for new and existing programs

• Continuously improve automation, monitoring, and security toolchains

• Deploy and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Helm

• Deploy, troubleshoot, and analyze systems and services supporting course delivery

• Design, implement, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments

• Document runbooks, playbooks, and system diagrams to support operational consistency

• Implement identity and access management best practices including secrets management and RBAC

• Integrate security scanning and compliance checks into CI/CD workflows

• Maintain multiple Kubernetes clusters across build, test, and production environments

• Manage and optimize container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or Docker Swarm

• Monitor and analyze system and application performance using enterprise observability tools

• Perform system modeling, simulation, and analysis to support infrastructure planning

• Support incident response and vulnerability management through analysis and remediation

• Validate products and manage deployments to ensure reliability and readiness

• Verify program accuracy through testing and debugging using sample data and structured test processes

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience)

• Bachelor's degree in the field of Computer Science or related field is required or equivalent combination of education and experience

• 5+ years of applicable software development experience

• Experience developing in Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Python, C++, JavaScript/TypeScript.

• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases (MySQL/MongoDB preferred).

• Experience with Agile methodologies.

• Proficiency in web UI design using HTML, CSS, AJAX, JSON/XML, JavaScript/TypeScript, JQuery or similar.

• Working knowledge of Windows and Linux platforms.

• TS/SCI with Polygraph

Certification

• Security+ or DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification.

Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies

• Ability to explain complex abstraction layers and troubleshooting steps.

• Ability to work independently while coordinating with team workflows.

• Experience with virtual machine hosting environments such as ESXi/vCenter (VMware, vSphere, vCenter).

• Experience with scripting languages including PowerShell, Bash, PowerCLI, API scripting, Python, Go.

• Experience implementing STIG guidance and system hardening.

• Experience with Atlassian tools (Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket).

• High attention to detail, enthusiasm, and initiative.

• Strong analytical and rootcause problemsolving skills.

• Strong communication, documentation, and requirementsgathering skills for collaboration with team members and customers.

• Willingness to work flexible or overtime hours including some weekends.

Salary Range: $162,000 - $200,000

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, but not limited to, 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.

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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