Devops Engineer
Newport News, VA - USA
Job Summary
Req ID: 45875
Team: T56 AI and Digital Innovation
Entity: Newport News Shipbuilding
US Citizenship Required for this Position:Yes
Full-Time
Shift: 1st
Relocation: No relocation assistance available
Virtual/Telework Opportunity: Yes - Occasional or hybrid telework available
Travel Requirement:Yes 10%-25% of the time
Clearance Required:No - Clearance Not Required to Start
Meet HIIs Newport News Shipbuilding
With more than 25000 employees including third- fourth- and even fifth-generation shipbuilders HIIs Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division is the largest industrial employer in Virginia. Were the sole designer builder and refueler of U.S. Navy nuclear aircraft carriers and one of two providers of U.S. Navy nuclear submarines. Our diverse and innovative team of professionals ranges from skilled trades to project managers engineers and software developers to solution architects technical subject matter experts and system users. Anchored in our rich 135-year history we collaborate together at the forefront of technology manufacturing and integration of the most powerful and survivable naval ships in the world. Want to be part of the team Apply today! We look forward to meeting you.
The Role
Design develop and test operating systems-level software compilers and network distribution software. Set operational specifications and formulate and analyze software requirements. May design embedded systems software.
We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to join our Data Science team and help build and maintain the infrastructure that powers machine learning this role you will design and implement robust DevOps practices tailored for ML Ops workflows enabling seamless integration deployment and monitoring of machine learning models in production environments. You will work closely with data scientists and ML engineers to ensure scalable secure and efficient operations across the ML lifecycle.
Key responsibilities include:
Developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for ML applications.
Automating infrastructure provisioning and configuration using modern DevOps tools.
Implementing containerization and orchestration for ML workloads.
Ensuring system reliability security and compliance in ML Ops environments.
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize deployment and monitoring processes.
Must Have
Bachelors Degree and 5 years of relevant exempt experience; Masters Degree and 3 years of relevant professional experience; Ph.D. and 0 years of experience.
One of the following may be used as an equivalent to Bachelors Degree for Information Technology Related Positions Only:
- NNS Apprentice School graduate
- Navy Nuclear Power School (NNPS) graduate
- Associates Degree or other formal 2 year program and 2 years of relevant exempt experience or 4 years of relevant non-exempt experience
- Military Paygrade E-5 or above military experience
- High School/GED and 4 years combined of Manufacturing Shipbuilding Trades Military experience or other relevant exempt experience
- High School/GED and 8 years combined of Manufacturing Shipbuilding Trades Military experience or other relevant non-exempt experience
- A relevant professional certification can be substituted for a Bachelors Degree.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field.
5 years of experience in DevOps or related engineering roles. Masters degree and 3 years of relevant experience. PhD and 0 years of experience.
Strong proficiency with CI/CD tools (Jenkins GitLab CI Azure DevOps).
Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker Kubernetes).
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP).
Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform Ansible).
Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus Grafana ELK stack).
Solid understanding of version control systems (Git).
Nice to Have
Experience supporting ML Ops workflows and machine learning deployments.
Familiarity with ML Ops tools (MLflow Kubeflow Airflow).
Knowledge of security best practices for ML and cloud environments.
Experience with large-scale data processing systems (Spark Hadoop).
Strong scripting skills (Python Bash).
Contributions to open-source DevOps or ML Ops projects.
Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced cross-functional environment.
Why HII
We build the worlds most powerful survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions that safeguard our seas sky land space and cyber. HIIs diverse workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial intelligence machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers; technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business administration professionals.
Recognized as one of Americas top large company employers we are a values and ethics driven organization that puts peoples safety and well-being first. Regardless of your role or where you serve at HII youll find a supportive and welcoming environment competitive benefits and valuable educational and training programs for continual career growth at every stage of your career.
Working at HII is more than a job - its an opportunity to build a future. We offer comprehensive benefits including: medical prescription drug dental and vision plan choices on-site health centers tele-medicine wellness resources employee assistance programs savings plan options (401K) financial education and planning tools life insurance tuition reimbursement employee discounts early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships and more. Some benefits may vary depending on your specific division or work location.
Together we are working to ensure a future where everyone can be free and thrive.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin physical or mental disability age or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal state or local law.U.S. Citizenship may be required for certain positions.
Do You Need Assistance
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process please send an e-mail to and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e-mail address.
Additionally you may also call 1- for assistance. Press #2 for Newport News Shipbuilding.
Required Experience:
IC