Senior DevOps Engineer

Embark on a transformative career with RAVE Aerospace, where we are forging an unparalleled in-flight entertainment ecosystem. As an innovative company we design and engineer world-class In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC) solutions. Our products are constantly evolving, solving complex media distribution, playback, and networking problems in a secure, demanding on-wing environment. RAVE Aerospace's IFEC products are utilized by many of the world?s premier air carriers. Step aboard and help us by creating the best in-flight experiences for today and beyond!

Job Summary: The?Senior?DevOps?Engineer?is responsible for?ensuring the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of infrastructure?supporting RAVE Aerospace products?and services.?The primary?objective?of this role is to oversee and ensure reliability and availability of critical internally and externally facing applications and services hosted on a combination of on-premises and?cloud-based?infrastructure. Responsibilities for this?role?include?designing?and?implementing?systems?used for?development,?deployment?and support?of RAVE Aerospace?products?and services.?The Senior DevOps?Engineer?will play a key role in automating?and?maintaining?deployment processes?and?continuously?improving?development pipelines.

• Contribute to the?design,?implementation?and maintenance?of scalable?cloud based and on-premises?infrastructure?

• Collaborate?with?internal?software?engineers?and?external development partners?to ensure that interfaces between?embedded avionics?software?and?ground based?applications?are well designed,?implemented?and tested.?

• Manage?deployment?environments?consisting of?a combination of?native, container and VM based?software applications?

• Ensure infrastructure and applications?comply with?security standards and best?practices; support and?assist?with?regular security assessments.?

• Monitor and?optimize?the performance of applications and infrastructure to ensure high availability,?scalability,?and cost efficiency.?

• Assist?with?implementing?and maintaining?CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins or AWS Code Pipeline.?

• Develop and?maintain?automation scripts and tools to streamline repetitive tasks and processes.?

• Develop?policies and?procedures?for?periodic?platform and application?software?maintenance and?upgrades and?ensure that?documented?policies are followed.?

• Create and?maintain?comprehensive documentation for infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, and incident response procedures.?

• Utilization?of Jira Service Management platform to work and manage ticket queues?

• Triage incoming service tickets?utilizing?work instructions and SOP documentation to prioritize and escalate incidents?

• Assist?in continuous improvement activities,?identifying?trends and promoting incidents into problems when appropriate?

• Bachelor?s Degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience?

• 6+ years of experience in software development, system administration, and IT operations, with?considerable experience?in a DevOps or software operations role.?

• Proficiency?with infrastructure hosted in AWS spanning both?server?based and serverless architectures??

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Ansible.?

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose, resolve and document complex technical issues.?

• Expertise?in managing Linux and Windows systems.?

• Proficiency?in programming and scripting languages such as Python, Bash, and PowerShell.?

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.?

• Experience leading and mentoring?DevOps?engineers, managing technical projects, and providing constructive feedback.?

• Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or?CISSP?are a plus.?

• Deep experience architecting and optimizing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps Pipelines, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and automation of complex deployment workflows.
• Strong proficiency with Bitbucket and Jenkins?for end-to-end software delivery, including version control strategies, pipeline integration, and continuous testing practices.
• Proven experience working with Kubernetes?in production environments, including container orchestration, service management, scaling strategies, and cluster health monitoring.

• Proven experience implementing and optimizing application performance monitoring and observability solutions, including metrics collection, distributed tracing, and log aggregation, to ensure high availability, rapid incident response, and continuous performance improvement across production systems.

Benefits The starting pay range for this position is $112,000 - $134,500 per year however, base pay offered may vary depending on the level of the position, skills, experience, job-related knowledge, and location. In addition to a comprehensive package of health benefits that include company contributions, RAVE Aerospace offers a variety of additional benefits and perks to enhance your work-life balance experience including but not limited to:

• Discretionary bonus program
• Future financial security with a 401(k) program with company match
• Paid time off covering vacations, personal time off and sick days, capped off by an exciting year-end holiday shutdown
• Embraced flexibility with our alternative work schedule (9/80) to navigate your workweeks with every other Friday off