DevOps Engineer

Aireon•Mclean, VA

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a DevOps Engineer, you’ll be at the forefront of revolutionizing our core Aireon service components. Dive into the requirements, design, and implementation of cutting-edge infrastructure. Be a key player in transforming our environment into a secure, efficient, scalable, and automated powerhouse. Aireon is seeking someone to join our dynamic engineering team. In this role, you will deploy, configure, maintain, and secure network and infrastructure resources in both cloud and on-prem environments. You will collaborate across the company with Software Developers, Operations, Architecture, Project Management, and Sales. You will work closely with the Operations team to investigate production incidents. You will sharpen your skills in DevOps and cloud technologies while managing critical systems and contributing to safer air travel. Aireon is certified to provide surveillance as a service to global customers in a safety-critical industry. This role is essential to the delivery of this service and will be required to reach and maintain an acceptable standard of competency. Aireon will provide initial and ongoing training to support competency standards. This is measured through assessment that is renewable annually.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
Ability to make sound technical decisions in ambiguous situations and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams.
Two or more years of experience deploying, maintaining, and optimizing Kubernetes clusters (AKS preferred).
Two or more years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), e.g. Terraform
Understand the importance of security while implementing infrastructure.
Knowledge of deploying highly scalable, mission-critical, zero-downtime solutions.
Experience with networking and security configurations for cloud and hybrid on-prem systems.
Proficiency in at least one high-level scripting language (PowerShell, Python, Bash, etc.)
Hands-on experience with application performance monitoring tools such as Azure Monitor, Datadog, Prometheus, or Grafana.
Strong understanding of distributed systems.
Working experience in troubleshooting cloud services (preferably Azure).
Excellent problem-solving skills.
Experience with deploying cloud based security key management solutions across integrated on-prem based systems.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in regulated, safety-critical environments.
Proficiency with a programming language such as C#, Python, Go, JavaScript, Node.js.
Experience deploying data streaming solutions using tools like Kafka, Pulsar, NATS.io, or Solace Pub/Sub.
Working experience with cybersecurity standards and practices such as NIST.

Responsibilities

Administer multiple Kubernetes clusters and other infrastructure software components, performing install, user management, troubleshooting, upgrades, etc.
Support software developers to create development environments, setup cloud and on-prem infrastructure, and perform integration during product integration, deployments, and system testing.
Support production environments and products and assist customer onboarding and management. Some after-hours support may be required which may include on-call support.
Support a unified set of practices and tools, ensuring infrastructure changes are safe, consistent, and reusable.
Improve automation and resolve operational issues as they arise.
Manage infrastructure performance improvements.