Sr DevOps Engineer

Sierra Nevada Corporation is a global leader in aerospace and national security committed to moving the American Dream forward. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will oversee and optimize the organization’s DevOps processes, ensuring the reliability and scalability of CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure while mentoring the DevOps team.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines that support multiple deployment approaches across cloud, on‑premises, and hybrid environments
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management to ensure consistent, reliable environments throughout the delivery lifecycle
• Optimize and standardize deployment workflows, enabling repeatable release processes that accommodate variations in product and customer requirements
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve system performance and reliability, applying advanced diagnostic skills across distributed systems and complex integrations
• Collaborate with development, QA, and product teams to align deployment strategies with architectural goals, security requirements, and operational best practices
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by evaluating new technologies, refining operational tooling, and establishing best‑practice documentation for deployment and release operations
• Works as part of a larger Agile software development team to rapidly provide operational capabilities to the field
• Design and manage complex infrastructure solutions, leveraging cloud services, containerization, and orchestration tools to support scalable and secure environments
• Mentor junior DevOps engineers, conduct code and process reviews, and promote best practices in DevOps methodologies to maintain high standards of performance and security
• Collaborate with development, QA, security, and operations teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of applications and services, fostering a culture of collaboration and shared responsibility

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• 8+ years of experience in DevOps or related role
• Higher level relevant degree may substitute for experience
• Relevant experience can be considered as a substitute for the required educational qualifications. In the absence of a degree, a minimum of 12 years of related experience is required
• Software development experience, with at least one object oriented language such as but not limited to Java, Python, C#, C++ or Go
• Demonstrated implementation of microservices, container, 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, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
• Demonstrated experience with developer tools such as GitHub and on-prem Azure DevOps
• Significant experience with Linux
• Strong understanding and experience of release engineering, CI and CD pipelines
• Strong Agile experience working in Scrum and/or Kanban models
• Proven track record of delivering high quality and consistent systems and environments for development teams
• Ability to rapidly work with minimal supervision on projects involving both small and large teams
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment
• Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
• 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
• Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Advanced proficiency with Ansible, including developing and maintaining playbooks
• Experience coordinating release readiness activities
• Experience implementing and enforcing configuration control of development environments