Hiring: DevOps Engineer III Company: Firefly Aerospace Location: Cedar Park, TX Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 13:51:55 Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Apache, ArgoCD, CI/CD, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, Configuration Management, DNS, Docker, Docker Swarm, EC2, EKS, Event-Driven, Flink, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, GitOps, Grafana, IAM, IaC, Jenkins, Kafka, Kubernetes, Lambda, Linux, Load Balancing, Microservices, OAuth2, OIDC, Prometheus, Pulsar, RDS, Root Cause Analysis, S3, Security Clearance, Segment, Systems Engineering, TLS, Terraform About the job Experience: •5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Platform Engineering, or related infrastructure roles. Required Skills: •Design, deploy, and maintain cloud and on-premises infrastructure supporting spacecraft and launch vehicle ground software systems. •Deploy and operate containerized applications using Kubernetes, Docker, and related orchestration technologies. •Design and manage scalable environments for distributed microservice architectures supporting mission operations. •Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions for provisioning and configuration management. •Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Argo CD, GitOps methodologies, and related DevOps tooling. •Deploy and scale enterprise data platforms including message brokers, stream processing frameworks, databases, and observability systems. •Design highly available and fault-tolerant architectures supporting mission-critical operations. •Assist software development teams with application deployment, performance optimization, monitoring, and troubleshooting. Qualifications: •BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related technical field. •Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Argo CD, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar tools. •In-depth knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code concepts and tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar platforms. •Knowledge of networking fundamentals including load balancing, TLS, DNS, VPNs, routing, and firewall concepts. •Strong troubleshooting and performance analysis skills across infrastructure, applications, and networking layers. •Demonstrated capacity to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance. •MS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!