Senior DevOps Engineer- Flight Software

Professional Search Group (PSG) has teamed up with a Top 25 LA Startup company in Aerospace to find an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join their team. This is a well-established, US based business that has a long-standing partnership with Professional Search Group. We are looking for someone who is passionate about shaping the future of space through innovation. Are you ready to make history with one of the coolest companies in LA? WHAT YOU WILL DO: This engineer will focus on supporting the Flight Software organization. They will build the tooling, procedures, and systems that enable our software teams to deliver reliable and secure products with the speed and efficiency required to achieve our goal of launching the world’s first Artificial Gravity Space Station. This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location. Responsibilities: Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automating deployment, scaling, and management of both embedded and containerized applications for Flight Software Team. Work with Flight Software Test team to schedule deployment to physical hardware test assets. Design and implement cloud-based systems to orchestrate software integration and delivery (AWS and Kubernetes). Collaborate closely with IT, Ground Software, and other cross-functional organizations to align DevOps strategy. Aid Flight Software Team in the acceleration of software development and delivery through tooling improvement, optimized build systems, and management of common platforms and services. Ensure that Flight Software artifacts and releases are delivered to downstream pipelines and integrated with Ground Software systems. Design and build the release delivery process for Flight Software to the vehicle, ensuring proper testing, attestation, validation, and secure delivery of build artifacts. Assist in the development and management of central DevOps services such as ArgoCD, Artifactory, an internal GitHub Actions marketplace, security scanners, and other custom tooling. Help lay the technical and cultural groundwork for a DevOps organization at Vast! Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or other engineering discipline. 3+ years of experience coding in C++, Python, Go, or Java. Experience building robust CI/CD pipelines with preference towards GitHub Actions and AWS. Familiarity with build systems such as CMake, Bazel, Buck, etc. with experience optimizing build configurations for efficiency and speed. System administrator / Linux skills and experience maintaining build servers and test assets both in the cloud and on-prem. Experience developing and managing solutions in the cloud using IaC tools like Terraform or CloudFormation. Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker / Kubernetes). Ability to effectively triage priorities, communicate initiatives and timelines, and promote DevOps skills and culture within a fast-paced organization. Skills & Experience: Experience with scheduling and orchestrating integration tests on constrained resources such as hardware test assets or limited build servers. Experience working with Flight Software and/or Embedded Programming teams and contexts. Assure compliance with security and code quality standards through automated scanners applied to the codebase (SAST). Experience managing and/or integrating with artifact registries such as Artifactory, Nexus, or other secure storage solutions. Experience with observability instrumentation in distributed systems (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, etc.). Additional Requirements: Willingness to work occasional evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones. Relocation Provided

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