DevSecOps Engineer

AeroVironment • Jessup, MD

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About The Position

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, fast‑moving environments.

Requirements

• 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.
• Certification Security+ or DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification.
• Clearance Level Top Secret with Poly
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• 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 root‑cause problem‑solving skills.
• Strong communication, documentation, and requirements‑gathering skills for collaboration with team members and customers.
• Willingness to work flexible or overtime hours including some weekends.

Responsibilities

• Administer and harden on‑premise 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 non‑technical 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

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level