Staff Engineer HMS DevOps DevEx
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
Investors
About Shield AI
Founded in 2015, Shield AI builds Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft for operations in contested, GPS- and communications-denied environments. Its current site also presents Aechelon synthetic-reality simulation and Vision Systems detection and tracking products.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will automate developer-tool workflows and build CI/CD pipelines for C++, Python, and Node.js projects. You will integrate GitLab, Jira, and Confluence; manage runners and registries; deploy testing infrastructure in Azure Gov Cloud; migrate builds to Nix; and troubleshoot development-environment issues.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience building, maintaining, and scaling enterprise CI/CD systems.
- Deep expertise in GitLab CI/CD pipelines and runner infrastructure.
- Experience writing Bash and Python scripts and using webhooks and APIs to integrate engineering tools.
- Experience with Docker, multi-stage builds, and package managers such as Conan, Poetry, or Nix.
- Familiarity with cloud application workloads such as Azure Gov Cloud or AWS.
- Experience with secure software development, secret management, Active Directory, and Entra ID.
- Linux system administration, networking, and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to obtain and maintain an active U.S. SECRET security clearance.
- U.S. citizenship.
Responsibilities
- Write, configure, and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines and runner environments.
- Build, test, and deploy tooling integrations, webhook dispatchers, and state-change scripts.
- Write Python or Bash extensions for the pi-gov harness.
- Deploy, scale, and configure Forge in Azure Gov Cloud.
- Maintain and secure Artifactory package registries.
- Migrate legacy build systems to reproducible Nix developer environments.
- Troubleshoot pipeline, build, registry, and configuration issues.
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity