Sr DevOps Engineer

Sierra Nevada Corporation • Southern Pines, NC

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About The Position

The Senior DevOps Engineer is a strategic leader responsible for overseeing and optimizing the organization’s DevOps processes. The role ensures the reliability, security, and scalability of CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure, mentors the DevOps team, and drives adoption of industry best practices.

The position is part of SNC’s Mission Solutions and Technologies business area, which provides command/control, communications, integrated ISR, force protection, and security solutions to customers worldwide. The role works within a larger Agile software development team to rapidly provide operational capabilities to the field. It involves designing and managing complex infrastructure solutions using cloud services, containerization, and orchestration tools, and collaborating across development, QA, security, and operations.

The position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship is required. Occasional travel may be required, and the position may be performed in an office or hybrid environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; a higher-level relevant degree may substitute for experience.
• At least 8 years of experience in DevOps or a related role; relevant experience may substitute for educational qualifications, and applicants without a degree must have at least 12 years of related experience.
• Software development experience using at least one object-oriented language, such as Java, Python, C#, C++, or Go.
• Demonstrated implementation of microservices, container-based systems, 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, including Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS).
• Experience with developer tools such as GitHub and on-premises Azure DevOps.
• Significant experience with Linux.
• Strong understanding and experience of release engineering and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong Agile experience working in Scrum and/or Kanban models.
• Proven ability to deliver high-quality, consistent systems and environments for development teams.
• Ability to work rapidly with minimal supervision on projects involving small and large teams.
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
• Ability to work on a computer for extended periods and communicate frequently with team members and stakeholders.
• Ability to lift up to 10 lbs occasionally.

Nice To Haves

• 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 certification.
• Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) certification.
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes certification.
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) certification.
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification.
• Advanced proficiency with Ansible, including developing and maintaining playbooks.
• Experience coordinating release readiness activities.
• Experience implementing and enforcing configuration control of development environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines supporting deployment approaches across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management to provide consistent, reliable environments throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Optimize and standardize deployment workflows and establish repeatable release processes that accommodate product and customer requirements.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve system performance and reliability across distributed systems and complex integrations.
• Collaborate with development, QA, and product teams to align deployment strategies with architecture, security requirements, and operational best practices.
• Evaluate new technologies, refine operational tooling, and establish best-practice documentation for deployment and release operations.
• Work as part of a larger Agile software development team to rapidly provide operational capabilities to the field.
• Design and manage complex infrastructure solutions using cloud services, containerization, and orchestration tools.
• Mentor junior DevOps engineers, conduct code and process reviews, and promote DevOps best practices.
• Collaborate with development, QA, security, and operations teams to support seamless application and service delivery and shared responsibility.
• Coordinate release readiness activities and implement and enforce configuration control of development environments, if qualified to do so.

Benefits

• Annual incentive pay based upon performance and commensurate with position level.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%.
• Life insurance.
• Three weeks of paid time off.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Additional benefits.

What This Job Offers

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