Staff DevOps Engineer
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DevOps engineer extending CI/CD and physical build infrastructure into classified environments. Supporting Shield AI’s autonomous aircraft software delivery, testing, and developer productivity.
Responsibilities:
- Extend and mirror build and CI/CD capabilities into classified and air-gapped environments
- Design, stand up, and maintain on-premises physical build infrastructure, including servers, storage, networking, and build clusters
- Select hardware, rack and install equipment, provision systems, and manage infrastructure lifecycles
- Architect and support multi-classification deployments and controlled transfer of source, dependencies, artifacts, and containers across network boundaries
- Collaborate with Security, IT, and ISSM/ISSO teams to meet accreditation and compliance requirements
- Own the software build and delivery process from developer workstations through CI and deployment
- Improve developer velocity by reducing build and test cycle times and removing pipeline bottlenecks
- Work with Software Engineers to understand requirements, propose designs, and implement solutions
- Partner with developers to resolve build and test failures and establish integration best practices
- Integrate CI pipelines with HIL and simulation environments for automated validation
- Implement monitoring, dashboards, and alerts for build-system performance across development, CI, and classified environments
- Use agentic solutions to identify build-failure root causes and route feedback to responsible Software Engineers
- Support build and delivery infrastructure for autonomous aircraft software, including XBAT, VBAT, and BlueSky
Requirements:
- BS in CS, CE, EE, or related field with 7+ years of industry experience (or MS/PhD with 5+ years)
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret clearance
- Hands-on experience provisioning and administering physical servers and on-prem infrastructure
- Understanding of and hands-on experience using AI tools, including LLMs, coding assistants, and agentic workflows
- Strong understanding of dependency management, artifact repositories, and package managers such as Conan, CPM, and pip
- Proficiency with containers and orchestration, including Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud build clusters
- Strong scripting skills in Python and Bash
- Hands-on experience integrating automated testing into CI pipelines
- Demonstrated success improving developer productivity at scale
- Demonstrated track record of excellence as a primary contributor on projects, working through development cycles, overcoming obstacles, and delivering high-quality solutions in a fast-paced environment
- Proficiency with CI/CD tools including Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and GitLab
- Cloud operations experience with Azure, AWS, and GCP, including government cloud regions such as Azure Government and AWS GovCloud
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and Ansible
- Familiarity with monitoring tools including Grafana and Prometheus
- Background in robotics, autonomy, or aerospace systems
- Ability to work in the United States and satisfy export-control requirements as applicable
Benefits:
- Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity for full-time regular employees
- Temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days of employment for temporary employees
- Equity
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equal employment opportunity workplace
- Disability or special-needs accommodation













