Senior DevOps Engineer at Neros Technologies

About the role

What will you do at Neros Technologies?

Who we are

Neros is a defense technology company rebuilding America’s drone industrial

base. We design and manufacture high-performance unmanned systems that are

tested in combat, iterated at startup speed, and built at massive scale. Our

team culture is fast, hands-on, and obsessed with closing the gap between design

and deployment.

As drones transform the character of warfare, Neros is delivering the systems

the West needs to compete on the modern battlefield and deter the adversaries of

democracy. We’re hiring engineers, operators, and builders who want to move

fast, take on extreme ownership, and get capability into the hands of

warfighters in months, not years.

What you will be doing

The Senior DevOps Engineer is a key technical owner at Neros, responsible for

the infrastructure, CI/CD, and secure-environment compliance that all of Neros'

software ships onto. You'll leverage deep expertise in cloud infrastructure,

automation, and back-end systems to design and operate robust, reliable, and

auditable platforms. You'll make key architectural decisions, own delivery, and

hold the bar for performance, security, and reliability.

You should have the following

* 5+ years of DevOps, infrastructure, or platform engineering experience

* Experience with Docker containerization and Kubernetes (or equivalent

orchestration)

* Strong experience with Azure cloud services (deployment, networking, resource

management, scaling)

* Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform,

CloudFormation, Azure Bicep)

* Hands-on administration and operation of CI/CD pipelines and runners in

secure environments (e.g., GitLab CI)

* Deep Linux system administration experience (hardening, troubleshooting,

performance tuning, configuration management)

* Experience designing and maintaining cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure

architectures (dev/staging/prod) with repeatability and reliability

* Familiarity with network architecture concepts (VPNs, firewalls, DNS, load

balancing, segmentation)

* Experience with secrets management, certificate lifecycle management, and PKI

* Ability to design and implement monitoring, alerting, and observability

pipelines for infra + application health

Nice to Have

* Security & compliance experience (FIPS 140-2/140-3; implementing controls
aligned with NIST SP 800-171 / 800-172 / 800-53)
* Familiarity administering IAM solutions (Okta; Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD)
for SSO/MFA and identity governance
* Zero-trust security architecture; STIG hardening / RMF processes
* Embedded Linux, and embedded system interfacing; C/C++ familiarity
* Strong scripting for automation (Bash; Python)
US Salary Range
$145,000 - $205,000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of
compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary may vary
based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training,
critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity
grants are considered part of Neros' total compensation package.
We’re an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applicants without attention
to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national
origin, veteran or disability status.

Which skills does this role require?

DockerKubernetesTerraformGitLab CILinux System AdministrationNetwork ArchitectureSecrets ManagementObservability PipelinesInfrastructure as CodeCI/CDCloud InfrastructureDevOpsCloudFormationAzure BicepVPNFirewallsDNSLoad BalancingPKIFIPS 140-3NIST SP 800-172NIST SP 800-53C++

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