Sr DevOps IT Engineer (space/defense)

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

 

Position Summary

ALTEN is seeking a highly motivated and experienced DevOps Engineer to help us design, implement, and maintain our cloud infrastructure, with a strong focus on GitLab CI/CD and AWS services. A key player in ensuring smooth, automated, and secure delivery of our applications, working closely with our development and operations teams to streamline workflows and improve system reliability and scalability.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Pipeline Development & Optimization: Design, develop, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines in GitLab, using GitLab YAML configuration files to automate the build, test, and deployment processes.
• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Engineer solutions and manage infrastructure using a wide variety of AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Lambda, RDS, ECS/EKS).
• Automation & Scripting: Develop automation scripts using languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell to reduce manual intervention, automate repetitive tasks, and improve overall efficiency. Infrastructure Scripting experience, such as CloudFormation and/or Terraform etc.
• Security & Compliance: Ensure security best practices are integrated into the development lifecycle (DevSecOps), performing vulnerability assessments and adhering to security protocols. Experience with Cyber Security Frameworks (i.e. CMMC or NIST 800-171 controls)
• Collaboration & Mentorship: Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to evangelize high engineering standards and best practices and participate in on-call rotations to provide timely support. (Bridge between Software and IT teams)
• Docker & Runners: Has good experience with Docker containers, their usage within pipelines, and managing multiple runners/resources

 

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