Jobs / Firefly Aerospace
DevOps Engineer II
Firefly Aerospace · Cedar Park, TX, United States
Cedar Park, TX, United StatesExp: 2-3 yrsOnsite
Remuneration
Health, dental, and vision plans; parental leave; educational reimbursement; short-term disability; flexible paid time off
Location
Cedar Park, TX, United States
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Job summary
The DevOps Engineer II designs and maintains infrastructure and deployment solutions for mission-critical aerospace applications, collaborating with IT, software engineering, and systems engineering teams. The role automates provisioning and CI/CD with Terraform and Jenkins, administers Linux systems across cloud and on-premises environments, and supports reliability through monitoring, troubleshooting, incident response, and security controls.
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision plansParental leaveEducational reimbursementShort-term disabilityFlexible paid time off
Qualifications
- Linux administration experience with RHEL, Ubuntu, or CentOS
- Shell scripting proficiency with Bash, Python, or similar languages
- Experience maintaining Terraform modules and infrastructure as code
- Hands-on experience designing and managing Jenkins pipelines as code
- Knowledge of Git, branching strategies, merge conflict resolution, and repository management
- Understanding of DNS, TLS, routing, and load balancing
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Strong communication skills
- Two to three years of corporate DevOps experience
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Knowledge of AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Familiarity with Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or SaltStack
- Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, or the ELK stack
- Understanding of security best practices and compliance frameworks
- Relevant Linux+, AWS, Terraform, or Kubernetes certifications
Responsibilities
- Design and implement Terraform infrastructure as code for cloud and on-premises resources
- Develop and maintain Jenkins pipelines for automated builds, tests, and deployments
- Create scripts and tools to improve operational efficiency
- Design scalable, resilient infrastructure for mission-critical applications
- Implement monitoring and observability solutions
- Diagnose and resolve Linux infrastructure and deployment issues
- Support development teams with build and deployment troubleshooting
- Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive measures
- Respond to incidents and participate in on-call rotation
- Administer Linux servers in development, staging, and production
- Manage version control systems and Git workflows
- Apply infrastructure security best practices
- Maintain systems and process documentation
- Collaborate with security teams on compliance controls
Skills
AnsibleAWSAzureBashCentOSChefDockerGCPGitGrafanaJenkinsKubernetesLinuxPrometheusPuppetPythonRHELSaltStackTerraformUbuntuElasticsearchKibanaLogstash
Certifications
Linux+AWSTerraformKubernetes
Languages
BashPython
Work schedule
On-call rotation
Industry
AerospaceSpace and defense technology
Relocation
No