Required Skills & Experience
7+ years of DevOps, infrastructure engineering, or systems administration experience; 10+ years preferred. Strong hands-on AWS experience, including supporting, troubleshooting, and improving existing environments. Strong Infrastructure as Code experience, with Terraform as the priority and Ansible experience. Strong Windows systems administration experience with the ability to handle advanced/Level 3 troubleshooting when needed. Experience supporting cloud-hosted applications and CI/CD environments, ideally including GitLab, and troubleshooting unfamiliar application/infrastructure issues. Experience working in fast-paced environments with multiple priorities, partnering with cybersecurity and engineering teams; must be eligible to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance. Experience designing and automating backend infrastructure for modern development environments, including AI-assisted coding workflows, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, automated code review, and secure, repeatable developer tooling.
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
JFrog Artifactory experience, particularly within automated and repeatable DevOps environments. Experience supporting Jira, Confluence, Ansys, or similar engineering/business applications hosted in AWS. Experience with AWS networking, particularly VPCs and load balancing. Experience supporting Hyper-V, on-premises servers, and backup environments. Experience with Entra ID/Microsoft 365 administration. Aerospace, defense, or regulated-environment experience, including exposure to CUI, ITAR, GCC High, GovCloud, or cleared environments.
Job Description
Insight Global is seeking a hands-on Senior DevOps Engineer to support a rapidly growing defense aviation client in Los Angeles, CA. This person will join a fast-moving infrastructure team responsible for maintaining and improving the AWS environment, supporting a small on-premises server footprint, administering business-critical applications, and expanding the organization’s infrastructure-as-code capabilities. The role is primarily focused on DevOps with a systems administration component. Responsibilities will include supporting and stabilizing the current AWS environment, developing a longer-term rearchitecture plan, automating infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible, and managing applications hosted in AWS, including Ansys, Jira, Confluence, GitLab, and JFrog Artifactory. This engineer will also support Windows-based systems, Hyper-V environments, backups, Entra ID, and advanced technical escalations. They will partner closely with cybersecurity, engineering, Jira administration, and internal application development teams to build secure, repeatable infrastructure that supports a highly iterative aerospace environment. The ideal candidate is comfortable working within an imperfect environment, solving unfamiliar issues, managing several priorities at once, and creating a practical path toward stronger automation, stability, and security.
This is a direct hire position, with an annual salary ranging $136-226,000. Insurance is employer paid for, unlimited PTO, annual bonus, stock options, and a 401K program.