Blue Origin · 16 hours ago
DevOps Engineer Sr
Greater Seattle Area
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$198K/yr - $277K/yrBlue Origin is a company focused on developing reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems. The role involves supporting the development and operations of New Glenn, a heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle, and requires creating infrastructure to power mission systems while ensuring operational efficiency and safety in spaceflight.
National DefenseAerospaceManufacturingRenewable EnergyNational Security
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of software – from inception and design, through deployment, operation, and refinement
Support services before they go to production through activities such as system design, consulting, developing software platforms and frameworks, scaling and launch reviews
Maintain software once it is live by measuring and monitoring availability, latency and overall system health
Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation, and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity
Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems
Configure, deploy, scale, and administer open source and commercial software
Understand and utilize existing APIs or develop new ones to solve automation gaps
Identify bottlenecks in existing processes and develop strategies to streamline workflows between developers and operations
Qualification
Required
BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent practical experience
Understanding of and experience with modern software development practices
Interest in analyzing and troubleshooting distributed systems
Familiarity with 'infrastructure as code' and technologies used to achieve this
Experience working with build, deployment or release pipelines
Knowledge of software defined networking (VPC, Subnets, Firewalls, VPNs, etc.)
Knowledge of containerization technologies (such as Docker) and orchestration platforms (such as Kubernetes)
Experience in one or more of the following: Go, Python, C#, Scripting languages (bash, Powershell)
Preferred
Experience with relational or non-relational databases, including configuring, deploying, scaling, and troubleshooting
Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Basic and supplemental life insurance
Paid parental leave
Short and long-term disability
401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
Education Support Program
Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours
Up to 14 company-paid holidays
Company
Blue Origin
Blue Origin is an aerospace company that focuses on lowering the cost of spaceflight and helping to explore the solar system.
Founded in 2000
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$185.35MKey Investors
NASAUnited States Space Force
2024-02-20Secondary Market
2024-01-24Undisclosed· $18M
2021-12-03Grant· $130M
Leadership Team
David Limp
Chief Executive Officer
Tim Collins
Vice President, Global Supply Chain
Recent News
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