DevOps Engineer III

The Development Engineer III designs, develops, launches, and supports our corporate DevOps pipeline operations. The incumbent will facilitate automation of internal software deployment via Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) best practices, working directly with multiple software development groups across the company as our subject matter expert. This role requires frequent engagement with stakeholders and senior leadership, necessitating strong communication skills and accountability.

Position Responsibilities:

• Administers and maintains Gitlab

• Architects and delivers DevOps pipeline operations supporting automated delivery of CI/CD pipelining for corporate-wide software releases

• Creates and maintains Docker images and containers

• Identifies and automates manual processes

• Actively participates in enhancing current build infrastructure, deployment, and DevOps processes.

• Works with tools and platforms like JIRA and Sharepoint

• Develops and maintains software installation tools, processes, and packages

• Creates and maintains DevOps Process and Policies

• Recognize and reuse common code base if necessary to support different programs and projects

• Delivers work on time according to agreed completion dates and project schedule & budget

• Operates in a continuous learning environment and provides guidance and mentoring to all stakeholders

• Works on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles

• Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments

• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

• Minimum 5 years of work experience managing diverse DevOps operations, and tools (e.g., GitLab, GitHub), including branching, tagging, merging and release management oversight.

• Minimum of 1 years of experience working with containerization (Docker or ECS), orchestration, service discovery experience with Windows and Linux hosts

Other Qualifications & Desired Competencies:

• Advanced degree is preferred

• Exhibits effective interpersonal, listening and communication skills (written and verbal)

• Communicates ideas in both technical and user-friendly language

• Successfully works within a multi-project environment and supports multiple internal customers

• Is successful in working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment and puts the success of the team above one's own interests

• Ability to apply principles of logic to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems

• Displays strong initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meet company objectives

• Takes ownership and responsibility for current and past work products

• Is committed to learning from mistakes and driven to improve and enhance performance of oneself, others, and the company

• Experience with one or more major cloud platform providers (e.g. Azure, AWS)

• Demonstrated success with application delivery in mid-size (2000+ staff) corporations

• Strong scripting skills

Physical Demands

• Ability to work in an office environment (Constant)

• Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent)

We don't just build defense technology-we redefine what's possible. As the premier autonomous systems company in the U.S., AV delivers breakthrough capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber. From AI-powered drones and loitering munitions to integrated autonomy and space resilience, our technologies shape the future of warfare and protect those who serve. Founded by legendary innovator Dr. Paul MacCready, AV has spent over 50 years pushing the boundaries of what unmanned systems can do. Our heritage includes seven platforms in the Smithsonian-but we're not building history, we're building what's next. If you're ready to build technology that matters-with speed, scale, and purpose-there's no better place to do it than AV., We don't just build defense technology-we redefine what's possible. As the premier autonomous systems company in the U.S., AV delivers breakthrough capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber. From AI-powered drones and loitering munitions to integrated autonomy and space resilience, our technologies shape the future of warfare and protect those who serve. Founded by legendary innovator Dr. Paul MacCready, AV has spent over 50 years pushing the boundaries of what unmanned systems can do. Our heritage includes seven platforms in the Smithsonian-but we're not building history, we're building what's next. If you're ready to build technology that matters-with speed, scale, and purpose-there's no better place to do it than AV. Careers at AeroVironment (https://www.avinc.com/careers/our-team)