Senior DevOps Engineer

Merlin Labs

Job Location:

Boston, NH - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 6 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About You:

You are a senior DevOps engineer with a track record of designing and owning infrastructure at scale. You dont just

improve existing systems you identify whats missing architect the solution and see it through to production. Youre equally comfortable writing Terraform modules debugging a flaky CI pipeline and leading a cross-team initiative to improve deployment reliability.

Youve worked in environments where the stakes are high and the systems are complex. You understand that in regulated or safety-critical domains how you ship software matters as much as what you ship. You can take ownership of a problem end-to-end and deliver without needing a playbook handed to you.

You want to work on something more interesting than a typical SaaS platform at Merlin the infrastructure you build supports software that flies real aircraft. And unlike most senior DevOps roles there isno on-call rotation nights and weekends are yours

Responsibilities:

Infrastructure Architecture Own the design and evolution of Merlins cloud and on-premises infrastructure across AWS and Azure. Make architectural decisions that balance cost reliability security and compliance.
Infrastructure as Code Lead Terraform-based IaC initiatives across the organization. Establish standards review infrastructure changes and drive the team toward fully code-managed environments.
CI/CD Platform Ownership Set the technical direction for CI/CD pipelines across multiple interdependent systems using GitHub Actions. Drive reliability performance and maintainability improvements at the platform level.
Security & Compliance Own DevSecOps tooling security scanning (SAST SCA container scanning) SBOM generation and artifact integrity. Ensure pipelines meet contractual and regulatory obligations including export control and CDRL requirements.
Cloud Environment Management Manage cloud infrastructure across commercial and government-aligned environments including Azure GCC High or equivalent FedRAMP/DoD-compliant platforms.
Deployment Automation Design and improve deployment pipelines to test systems bench hardware and flight test aircraft using Docker Debian packaging Ansible and JFrog Artifactory.
Cross-Team Collaboration Partner with flight software engineers systems engineers IT and leadership to ensure infrastructure supports program priorities. Communicate clearly and document your work to drive adoption across teams.

Qualifications:

35 years of experience in DevOps Platform Engineering Site Reliability Engineering or a related role
Deep expertise with Infrastructure as Code Terraform required; CloudFormation or Pulumi also acceptable
Strong hands-on experience with AWS and Microsoft Azure AWS is our primary cloud for engineering infrastructure; both platforms are active parts of the role
Strong experience with CI/CD platforms GitHub Actions preferred; Jenkins GitLab CI or CircleCI also acceptable
Solid experience with Linux system administration (Ubuntu preferred)
Proficiency with Docker for building publishing and deploying container images
Strong scripting skills in Python and Bash
Experience with security and compliance tooling SAST SCA SBOM generation container scanning or artifact signing
Experience with configuration management tools Ansible preferred; Chef Puppet or similar also acceptable including managing software and configuration state across physical systems and embedded hardware targets (e.g. bench hardware flight test aircraft) not just cloud or server infrastructure
Familiarity with artifact repositories JFrog Artifactory Nexus or similar package/container registries
Strong problem-solving skills attention to detail and ability to work independently with minimal direction
Excellent communication and documentation skills

Nice to Have:

Experience with government-aligned cloud environments Azure Government GCC High or equivalent FedRAMP/DoD-compliant platforms
Experience working in GCC High (Microsoft Azure Government Community Cloud) or other FedRAMP/DoD-compliant cloud environments
Experience with Debian packaging (dpkg dch Launchpad PPAs or S3-hosted APT repos)
Experience with software products that include a physical systems component aircraft robotics medical devices autonomous vehicles or similar
Familiarity with distributed pub/sub frameworks (e.g. ROS2) and underlying middleware such as DDS and Zenoh
Knowledge of networking fundamentals and network security best practices
Experience working in a regulated environment (aerospace automotive medical defense) where traceability and process compliance matter
Familiarity with SITL (Software-in-the-Loop) or HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) simulation infrastructure
Familiarity with dev containers and containerized development environments
Familiarity with orchestration techniques for automated regression and simulation-level integration testing (e.g. ReSim or similar frameworks)

Required Experience:

Senior IC

About You: You are a senior DevOps engineer with a track record of designing and owning infrastructure at scale. You dont justimprove existing systems you identify whats missing architect the solution and see it through to production. Youre equally comfortable writing Terraform modules debugging a ...

About You:

You are a senior DevOps engineer with a track record of designing and owning infrastructure at scale. You dont just

Responsibilities:

Infrastructure Architecture Own the design and evolution of Merlins cloud and on-premises infrastructure across AWS and Azure. Make architectural decisions that balance cost reliability security and compliance.
Infrastructure as Code Lead Terraform-based IaC initiatives across the organization. Establish standards review infrastructure changes and drive the team toward fully code-managed environments.
CI/CD Platform Ownership Set the technical direction for CI/CD pipelines across multiple interdependent systems using GitHub Actions. Drive reliability performance and maintainability improvements at the platform level.
Security & Compliance Own DevSecOps tooling security scanning (SAST SCA container scanning) SBOM generation and artifact integrity. Ensure pipelines meet contractual and regulatory obligations including export control and CDRL requirements.
Cloud Environment Management Manage cloud infrastructure across commercial and government-aligned environments including Azure GCC High or equivalent FedRAMP/DoD-compliant platforms.
Deployment Automation Design and improve deployment pipelines to test systems bench hardware and flight test aircraft using Docker Debian packaging Ansible and JFrog Artifactory.
Cross-Team Collaboration Partner with flight software engineers systems engineers IT and leadership to ensure infrastructure supports program priorities. Communicate clearly and document your work to drive adoption across teams.

Qualifications:

35 years of experience in DevOps Platform Engineering Site Reliability Engineering or a related role
Deep expertise with Infrastructure as Code Terraform required; CloudFormation or Pulumi also acceptable
Strong hands-on experience with AWS and Microsoft Azure AWS is our primary cloud for engineering infrastructure; both platforms are active parts of the role
Strong experience with CI/CD platforms GitHub Actions preferred; Jenkins GitLab CI or CircleCI also acceptable
Solid experience with Linux system administration (Ubuntu preferred)
Proficiency with Docker for building publishing and deploying container images
Strong scripting skills in Python and Bash
Experience with security and compliance tooling SAST SCA SBOM generation container scanning or artifact signing
Experience with configuration management tools Ansible preferred; Chef Puppet or similar also acceptable including managing software and configuration state across physical systems and embedded hardware targets (e.g. bench hardware flight test aircraft) not just cloud or server infrastructure
Familiarity with artifact repositories JFrog Artifactory Nexus or similar package/container registries
Strong problem-solving skills attention to detail and ability to work independently with minimal direction
Excellent communication and documentation skills

Nice to Have:

Experience with government-aligned cloud environments Azure Government GCC High or equivalent FedRAMP/DoD-compliant platforms
Experience working in GCC High (Microsoft Azure Government Community Cloud) or other FedRAMP/DoD-compliant cloud environments
Experience with Debian packaging (dpkg dch Launchpad PPAs or S3-hosted APT repos)
Experience with software products that include a physical systems component aircraft robotics medical devices autonomous vehicles or similar
Familiarity with distributed pub/sub frameworks (e.g. ROS2) and underlying middleware such as DDS and Zenoh
Knowledge of networking fundamentals and network security best practices
Experience working in a regulated environment (aerospace automotive medical defense) where traceability and process compliance matter
Familiarity with SITL (Software-in-the-Loop) or HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) simulation infrastructure
Familiarity with dev containers and containerized development environments
Familiarity with orchestration techniques for automated regression and simulation-level integration testing (e.g. ReSim or similar frameworks)