{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"20b797a80bd38c8e99e769c3","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/20b797a80bd38c8e99e769c3","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/20b797a80bd38c8e99e769c3","title":"DevOps Engineer","description":"Swarm Aero is redefining air power, building the largest swarming UAV and the most versatile swarming aircraft network in the world. The company is moving quickly to launch the first aircraft designed specifically for swarming, as well as the Command & Control software to mobilize swarms of thousands of heterogeneous autonomous assets and empower human operators to achieve superhuman results.\r\nThe team has created and exited multiple startups, negotiated defense deals worth billions of dollars, and designed and built 30+ novel aircraft, with aerospace experience from Scaled Composites, Airbus, Archer Aviation, Blue Origin, and Boom Supersonic.\r\nAbout Swarm AeroSwarm Aero builds Group 5 autonomous aircraft and Legion, our command and control platform for coordinating UAV swarms. We're backed by Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and Coatue, and our software is already running on real programs and real hardware. Legion is the layer operators actually touch, and it needs to ship fast, run reliably, and deploy anywhere our customers need it.\r\nThe roleYou'll be a core member of the team that builds and runs the infrastructure behind Legion. Working alongside our DevSecOps lead, you'll own day-to-day pipelines, environments, and deployments so our engineers can move quickly without breaking the things operators depend on. This is a hands‑on role for someone who likes building systems more than writing tickets about them.\r\nWhat you’ll doBuild and maintain CI/CD pipelines that take Legion from commit to production across multiple environments\r\nManage infrastructure as code for cloud and on‑prem deployments\r\nRun and scale containerized services on Kubernetes\r\nBuild out observability: monitoring, logging, alerting, and on‑call tooling\r\nPackage and deploy Legion to customer environments, including travel to customer and test sites when deployments require it\r\nPartner with our DevSecOps lead to bake security and compliance requirements into the platform from the start\r\nHelp engineers across Legion ship faster by improving developer tooling and environments\r\nWhat we’re looking for4 to 8 years in DevOps, platform, SRE, or infrastructure engineering\r\nStrong hands‑on experience with Kubernetes, containers, and infrastructure as code (Terraform or similar)\r\nExperience building and owning CI/CD pipelines in a production environment\r\nSolid Linux and networking fundamentals\r\nScripting in Python, Go, or Bash\r\nActive Secret clearance or higher strongly preferred; must be able to obtain and maintain a US security clearance\r\nWillingness to travel to customer and test sites\r\nNice to haveExperience deploying to air‑gapped, disconnected, or edge environments\r\nBackground in defense tech, government programs, or regulated environments\r\nExperience supporting real‑time or mission‑critical systems\r\nITAR requirementTo conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.\r\nSwarm Aero is an equal opportunity employer. We value diverse backgrounds and experiences and make employment decisions without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or disability.\r\nWhat We OfferMeaningful equity in a high‑growth defense technology company\r\nCompetitive base salary commensurate with experience\r\nMedical, dental, vision, and 401k\r\nPTO and paid sick leave\r\nMonthly wellness stipend\r\nDaily catered lunch (office)\r\nPaid parental leave\r\nDirect impact on a critical national security mission\r\nA world‑class team of engineers and operators solving genuinely hard problems#J-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Swarmaero","rawCompany":"swarmaero","city":"Oxnard","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":true,"createdAt":"2026-11-13T01:37:32.381Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1244.00","title":"Network and Computer Systems Administrators","slug":"network-and-computer-systems-administrators"}],"industries":[{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"DevOps Engineer","description":"Swarm Aero is redefining air power, building the largest swarming UAV and the most versatile swarming aircraft network in the world. 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