- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- HuntsvilleAlabamaUSA
- Job type
- Software
- Posted
- Sep 8, 2026
- Salary
- $133,500–$203,750 a year
Full-time
Development Engineer, Principal. (DevOps)
Job description
The Development Engineer, Principal. (DevOps) designs, develops, launches, and supports our corporate DevOps pipeline operations. The incumbent will facilitate automation of internal software deployment via Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) best practices, working directly with multiple software development groups across the company as our subject matter expert. This role requires frequent engagement with stakeholders and senior leadership, necessitating strong communication skills and accountability.
AV isn’t for everyone. We hire the curious, the relentless, the mission-obsessed. The best of the best.
We don’t just build defense technology—we redefine what’s possible.
Job responsibilities
- Administers and maintains Gitlab and Subversion
- Architects and delivers DevOps pipeline operations supporting automated delivery of CI/CD pipelining for corporate-wide software releases
- Creates and maintains Docker images and containers
- Identifies and automates manual processes
- Actively participates in enhancing current build infrastructure, deployment, and DevOps processes.
- Works with tools and platforms like JIRA and Sharepoint
- Develops and maintains software installation tools, processes, and packages
- Creates and maintains DevOps Process and Policies
Job requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- 12+ years of work experience managing diverse DevOps operations, and tools (e.g., GitLab, GitHub), including branching, tagging, merging and release management oversight.
- 5+ years of experience working with containerization (Docker or ECS), orchestration, service discovery experience with Windows and Linux hosts
- Experience with one or more major cloud platform providers (e.g. Azure, AWS)
- Demonstrated success with application delivery in mid-size (2000+ staff) corporations
- Strong scripting skills
- Advanced degree is preferred
- Uses skills to contribute to development of company objectives and principles to achieve goals in creative and effective ways