Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Sierra Nevada Corporation is a global leader in aerospace and national security committed to moving the American Dream forward. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will oversee and optimize the organization’s DevOps processes, ensuring the reliability and scalability of CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure while mentoring the DevOps team.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines that support multiple deployment approaches across cloud, on‑premises, and hybrid environments
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management to ensure consistent, reliable environments throughout the delivery lifecycle
- Optimize and standardize deployment workflows, enabling repeatable release processes that accommodate variations in product and customer requirements
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve system performance and reliability, applying advanced diagnostic skills across distributed systems and complex integrations
- Collaborate with development, QA, and product teams to align deployment strategies with architectural goals, security requirements, and operational best practices
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives by evaluating new technologies, refining operational tooling, and establishing best‑practice documentation for deployment and release operations
- Works as part of a larger Agile software development team to rapidly provide operational capabilities to the field
- Design and manage complex infrastructure solutions, leveraging cloud services, containerization, and orchestration tools to support scalable and secure environments
- Mentor junior DevOps engineers, conduct code and process reviews, and promote best practices in DevOps methodologies to maintain high standards of performance and security
- Collaborate with development, QA, security, and operations teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of applications and services, fostering a culture of collaboration and shared responsibility
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
- 8+ years of experience in DevOps or related role
- Higher level relevant degree may substitute for experience
- Relevant experience can be considered as a substitute for the required educational qualifications. In the absence of a degree, a minimum of 12 years of related experience is required
- Software development experience, with at least one object oriented language such as but not limited to Java, Python, C#, C++ or Go
- Demonstrated implementation of microservices, container, and cloud-native application development
- Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes and/or Openshift and related container platform ecosystems
- Experience working with multiple cloud vendors
- Experience with managed Kubernetes services, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
- Demonstrated experience with developer tools such as GitHub and on-prem Azure DevOps
- Significant experience with Linux
- Strong understanding and experience of release engineering, CI and CD pipelines
- Strong Agile experience working in Scrum and/or Kanban models
- Proven track record of delivering high quality and consistent systems and environments for development teams
- Ability to rapidly work with minimal supervision on projects involving both small and large teams
- Ability to work in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment
- Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
- Master's degree in a related field
- Experience in the Aerospace and Defense industry
- AWS Solutions Architect – Associate or Higher certification
- Azure Developer/Solutions Architect
- Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes
- Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Advanced proficiency with Ansible, including developing and maintaining playbooks
- Experience coordinating release readiness activities
- Experience implementing and enforcing configuration control of development environments
Benefits
- Annual incentive pay based upon performance that is commensurate with the level of the position.
- Generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans
- 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%
- Life insurance
- 3 weeks paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Remote or hybrid or in office
- This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance.
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