DEVOPS Engineer

Job summary

Gen*** is seeking a DevOps Engineer to support the DIII-D National Fusion Facility in San Diego, CA. The role involves optimizing hardware-software integration, managing virtualization environments, and ensuring security compliance while collaborating with software developers and SysOps teams.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field and nine years of related experience
• Understanding of system administration in various OS environments
• Strong knowledge of configuration management tools, with a heavy emphasis on Ansible
• Deep expertise in containerization technologies, specifically Docker
• Hands-on experience architecting, managing, and scaling modern high-availability hypervisor clusters
• Familiarity with continuous integration tools such as Jenkins, Travis CI, Circle CI
• Proficiency in scripting languages, including Bash, Python, and JavaScript
• Experience operating within highly regulated federal or research environments
• Full understanding of software development lifecycle best practices
• Strong communication and documentation skills
• Excellent judgment, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated individual who possesses excellent time management and organizational skills

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical bridge between Plasma Control Systems (PCS) developers and physical infrastructure
• Take total ownership of the facility's high-availability Proxmox VE cluster
• Work closely with Storage and Network Systems administrators to architect and maintain robust Ansible configuration templates
• Manage the end-to-end patch management lifecycle
• Drive continuous security monitoring and execute rapid response deployments
• Manage continuous integration and delivery pipelines

Skills

Relocation