Title: Infrastructure DevOps Engineer III

Location: Greater Seattle Area | Huntsville, AL

Position Type: Full time

Requisition ID: R73183

Description:

Application close date:

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! 

This role is part of the Blue Origin Engines business unit, where our focus is the design, development, manufacturing, and testing of engines and propulsion systems. Built for multiple uses, our family of engines is powering the next generation of rockets for commercial, civil, national security, and human spaceflight.

As part of a small team, you will own and evolve the software infrastructure behind avionics software development for Blue Origin rocket engines. Our teams deliver the embedded software that monitors and controls fully autonomous rocket engines, and everything they build flows through the pipelines, containers, and development machines you maintain. This is a hands-on position: you will be the person other engineers come to when a build breaks, a pipeline needs to run somewhere new, or a development environment needs to be reproducible.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, initiative, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines and the GitLab Runner fleet supporting engine software development, from unit test through delivery to development hardware and simulated environments.

• Own the container build and distribution path - Dockerfiles, base images, registries, and artifact repositories - including migration of the existing Kaniko-based image builds to the go-forward toolchain.

• Provision and manage developer workstations, virtual machines, build servers, and containers as code using Ansible, driving toward reproducible, self-documenting infrastructure.

• Develop automation and tooling in Python and Shell to eliminate manual steps, reduce error rates, and improve build and test throughput.

• Act as the team's first line of support for Docker and CI issues across our software teams - triage failures, perform root cause analysis, and review other engineers' pipeline and container changes.

• Partner with external IT, Site Reliability Engineering, and infrastructure organizations to secure resources, resolve cross-boundary issues, and represent the team's needs.

• Identify weak points in our infrastructure management and propose and implement improvements rather than waiting to be asked.

• Maintain the tooling that supports our safety-critical software development process, including static analysis infrastructure and the licensing, entitlement, and availability of those tools.

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. degree or higher in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field. Other engineering or science degrees will be considered with relevant experience.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, infrastructure, or a similar software engineering role.

• Linux administration on RHEL and/or CentOS — comfortable managing services, filesystems, users, and permissions.

• Docker: building and maintaining images and Dockerfiles, working with registries, volumes, and Docker Compose.

• Virtual machines and hypervisors — provisioning, configuring, and troubleshooting virtualized build and development environments.

• Ansible for provisioning and configuration management of physical and virtual machines.

• GitLab CI/CD and GitLab Runners — designing, organizing, and maintaining pipelines, including build/test/deploy flows, secrets handling, and release automation.

• Artifact repository management (Artifactory or similar).

• Automation and scripting in Python and Shell.

• Git fundamentals — branching strategies, code review workflows, versioning.

• Core networking: SSH, TCP/UDP, routing basics, ports, and firewalling.

• Ability to learn fast, multitask, and drive tasks to completion.

• Ability to present technical concepts to peers and leadership, earn trust, and maintain positive and professional working relationships.

• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Rust — our infrastructure tooling spans several languages, and Rust is the one we are investing in most.

• Working knowledge of C and C++.

• Familiarity with Kaniko. We are phasing it out, so experience with it is directly useful during the transition.

• Experience managing a fleet of developer machines, virtual machines, and containers as code at scale.

• Monitoring and observability tooling for infrastructure and pipeline health.

• Experience administering static analysis tooling for embedded or safety-critical code and integrating it into CI, including managing tool licenses and entitlements.

• Exposure to tool qualification practices for safety-critical software development (DO-330 or equivalent).

• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and agentic coding assistants.

• Track record of collaborating effectively with external IT, System Responsible Engineer, or platform teams.

• Aerospace or other regulated-industry experience with safety-critical software.

Base Pay Range for:

WA applicants is $164,652.00 - $230,512.80

Other site ranges may differ

Culture Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blue’s Standard Background Check
• Required for Certain Job Profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation
• Required for Certain Job Profiles: Drivers who operate Commercial Motor Vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW), Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) or combination of power unit and trailer that meets or exceeds 10,001 lbs. and/or transports placardable amounts of hazardous materials by ground in any vehicle on a public road while in commerce, may be subject to additional Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations including: Driver Qualification Files, Medical Certification (obtained before onboarding), Road Test, Hours of Service, Drug and Alcohol Testing, vehicle inspection requirements, CDL requirements (if applicable) and hazardous materials transportation/shipping training.
• Required for certain Job Profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical

Benefits

• Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws. For more information on “Know Your Rights,” please see here.

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

Applicants wishing to receive information on Blue Origin’s Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process, please contact us at EEOCompliance@blueorigin.com. Please note this is a publicly managed inbox. Please do not include any personal medical information in your request.