Job Description

The primary role of the Sr. DevOps Engineer is to develop, manage, launch and support the DevOps pipeline operations to ensure the stable use of the department’s tools and the automation of the DevOps pipeline. This includes developing, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing key functional areas, particularly internal tools, DevOps processes and automation, proper utilization of tools data to improve the department’s ITSM processes and streamline of engineering software and best practices. Additionally, one designs and implements short- and long-term strategic plans to ensure tools and DevOps practices meet AV’s growth business needs.

Duties

• Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and associated training plans for tools management, administration and Agile project management, as well as design, build and support a secure DevOps pipeline platform, based on industry standards and best practices.
• Contributes to the research and makes recommendations on products, services, protocols, and standards in support of all IT internal tools (Atlassian Jira, Ivanti, SOA, Boomi middleware platforms, etc.), and DevOps best practices.
• Contributes to the setup and configuration of version control systems (GitHub, GitLab) or migration practices.
• Engage in the security hardening, and maintenance of web application technologies and middleware solutions on Windows/Linux platforms.
• Determines technical standards and specifications and leads the design, build and support of shared services platform and components.
• Provides professional support services and/or the integration of their respective products.
• Compares various solutions and determines the one which best fits the need.
• Manage the deployment and maintenance of web application technologies and middleware solutions on Windows/Linux platforms.
• Develop & maintain the automation of backups, patching and automation of the Service Desk platform, for End Point protection, Asset Management, and all AV workflows, and work with Audit to ensure auditability and traceability.
• Researches new technologies and products for their applicability to business processes.
• Establishes service level agreements (SLAs) with business units & establishes requirements, technical deliverables and service level agreements with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors when securing tools-specific products and services.
• Supports the design, maintenance, development, and evaluation of all internal IT tool systems, services, and DevOps systems and processes.
• Frequently interacts with customers and/or functional peer group managers, normally involving matters between functional areas, other company divisions or units, or customers and the company.
• Other duties as assigned

Experience

• Minimum 6+ years’ related work experience managing diverse DevOps workloads, and tools teams.
• Minimum 8+ years of automation and configuration management using Ansible/Ansible Tower and similar tools.
• Minimum of 5+ years of Atlassian suite experience.
• Minimum of 6+ years of Linux administration experience, AWS application deployment, Azure application deployment.
• Minimum of 6+ years of experience working with containerization, orchestration, service discovery experience on Windows and Linux hosts, using Docker and/or ECS, and experience with GitLab or similar version control systems including branching, tagging, merging and release management.
• Minimum of 5+ years of middleware and API integration experience with various systems.
• Experience implementing Cyber Security frameworks (NIST, SOX, Audit).
• Experience with varied SQL, noSQL Databases, Docker, automated build deployment systems and BigData platform.
• Experience with one or more major cloud platform providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Demonstrated knowledge of service and application delivery, as well as successful service level agreement accomplishments.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in the field of Information Technology Management or related field is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Master’s degree a plus.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to architect and design complex solutions for DevOps, Engineering, IT pipelining of production/Dev/QA releases, and automation of Jira and lifecycle workflows.
• Work with integrity, dedication, creativity, fairness, assertiveness while motivating teams to perform at a high level.
• Demonstrates competency in contributing to strategic planning of infrastructure requirements in support of business growth objectives.
• Demonstrates understanding of human resource management principles, practices, and procedures as well as project management principles.
• Strong technical knowledge of current network hardware, protocols, and standards.
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal, leadership and communication (verbal and written) skills.
• Champions the process of change and promotes a culture of quick adaptation while helping others deal with the effects of change.
• Demonstrates the ability to develop and maintain internal and external trusting, professional relationships.
• Assesses the degree of risk and opportunity in plans or actions and takes appropriate action to mitigate them or makes plans to build on the opportunity.

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. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) or asylee/refugee status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) required.
• Occasionally may be required to travel within the Continental U.S.

The salary range for this role is: $136,807 - $194,040.

AeroVironment considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the location, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training, and key skills.

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 must qualify as a U.S. person under the ITAR and the EAR, or a person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on AeroVironment’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with AeroVironment’s business requirements. A “U.S. person” according to the ITAR 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:

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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.

ITAR

U.S. Citizenship required.

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