Who we areNeros is a defense technology company rebuilding America's drone industrial base. We design and manufacture high-performance unmanned systems that are tested in combat, iterated at startup speed, and built at massive scale. Our team culture is fast, hands-on, and obsessed with closing the gap between design and deployment.
As drones transform the character of warfare, Neros is delivering the systems the West needs to compete on the modern battlefield and deter the adversaries of democracy. We're hiring engineers, operators, and builders who want to move fast, take on extreme ownership, and get capability into the hands of warfighters in months, not years.
What you will be doingThe Senior DevOps Engineer is a key technical owner at Neros, responsible for the infrastructure, CI/CD, and secure-environment compliance that all of Neros' software ships onto. You'll leverage deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, automation, and back-end systems to design and operate robust, reliable, and auditable platforms. You'll make key architectural decisions, own delivery, and hold the bar for performance, security, and reliability.
You should have the following- 5+ years of DevOps, infrastructure, or platform engineering experience
- Experience with Docker containerization and Kubernetes (or equivalent orchestration)
- Strong experience with Azure cloud services (deployment, networking, resource management, scaling)
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure Bicep)
- Hands-on administration and operation of CI/CD pipelines and runners in secure environments (e.g., GitLab CI)
- Deep Linux system administration experience (hardening, troubleshooting, performance tuning, configuration management)
- Experience designing and maintaining cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure architectures (dev/staging/prod) with repeatability and reliability
- Familiarity with network architecture concepts (VPNs, firewalls, DNS, load balancing, segmentation)
- Experience with secrets management, certificate lifecycle management, and PKI
- Ability to design and implement monitoring, alerting, and observability pipelines for infra + application health
Nice to Have- Security & compliance experience (FIPS 140-2/140-3; implementing controls aligned with NIST SP 800-171 / 800-172 / 800-53)
- Familiarity administering IAM solutions (Okta; Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD) for SSO/MFA and identity governance
- Zero-trust security architecture; STIG hardening / RMF processes
- Embedded Linux, and embedded system interfacing; C/C++ familiarity
- Strong scripting for automation (Bash; Python)
US Salary Range$165,000 - $231,000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are considered part of Neros' total compensation package.
We're an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applicants without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
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