Senior Dev Sec Ops/AI Ops Engineer
The Aerospace Corporation2 days ago
El Segundo, CA, USASenior / Staff+
Base Salary
$107k - $203k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain CI/CD and continuous testing pipelines and workflows.
- Integrate security controls, secrets management, least-privilege IAM, and dependency scanning into DevOps workflows.
- Design, deploy, and maintain scalable multi-cloud DevSecOps platforms.
- Provision and manage cloud and on-premises infrastructure using code templates.
- Build centralized logging, tracing, and metrics pipelines and monitor system performance, logs, and uptime.
- Manage and scale AI-native applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Perform root cause analysis for production incidents and provide tier-2 or tier-3 support.
- Implement automation to reduce mean time to recovery, enable self-healing, and improve system resilience.
- Build and improve CI/CD tooling using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and ArgoCD.
- Guide and mentor junior engineers and collaborate with developers, cloud engineers, security engineers, analysts, stakeholders, and management.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5-8 years of DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering experience for Solutions Staff III, or 8-10 years for Solutions Developer Staff IV.
- At least two years of experience focused on AI/ML infrastructure or AIOps.
- Production experience with at least two major cloud providers, including AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Strong proficiency with Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.
- Production experience managing Kubernetes, including scaling, networking, and workload scheduling.
- Proficiency in Python, Go, or a similar scripting or systems language.
- Familiarity with RAG, MCP, agents, LLMs, and AI Gateway architectures.
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and observability stacks.
- Experience with APIs and web services, including REST and SOAP.
- Proficiency with Jira, Git, and AI-enabled IDEs such as Claude Code, Codex, or OpenCode.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required to obtain the clearance.
- Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree, experience with SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, chaos engineering, agentic workflows, large language model deployment and scaling, vector databases, workflow automation engines, and relevant cloud, Kubernetes, or security certifications.
Benefits
- Competitive annual base salary range of $107,000.00-$202,800.00.
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans.
- Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation.
- Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options, although this role requires full-time on-site work in El Segundo, California.
- 401(k) plan with company-paid contributions of 8%, 10%, or 12% based on years of service, plus matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested.
- Flexible spending accounts and a variable pay program for exceptional contributions.
- Relocation assistance.
- Professional growth, development, and education assistance programs.
- Inclusive work environment focused on teamwork, flexibility, and respect.
Tech Stack
AWSAzureDockerGitGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDGoGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaJenkinsKubernetesPrometheusPythonSOAPSQLTerraform
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About The Aerospace Corporation
The Aerospace Corporation is a nonprofit operator of a federally funded research and development center, providing independent systems engineering, research, and mission assurance for U.S. government space programs. It supports defense, civil, and some commercial customers across satellites, launch vehicles, ground systems, remote sensing, and cyber. Founded in 1960 and headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, it advises on acquisition, design, testing, and operations to improve reliability of national security space systems.