Firestorm Labs
Senior DevOps Build Engineer
$150K–$175K
San Diego, United States · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 17, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in build/release engineering, DevOps, or software infrastructure roles.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent hands-on experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. Citizenship is required, along with ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance. For export-control compliance, candidates must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or otherwise eligible to obtain required authorizations.
About the job
Owns build and release engineering to produce secure, reproducible, auditable software artifacts across defense and government programs.
What you'll do
- Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, build automation, release workflows, and artifact repositories.
- Improve build performance and integrate security, quality, compliance, and provenance checks into pipelines.
- Provide build tooling and infrastructure, documentation, and self-service support in partnership with development, security, and compliance teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent hands-on experience.
- 8+ years of experience in build/release engineering, DevOps, or software infrastructure roles.
- Hands-on CI/CD pipeline experience; strong Python and Bash skills; experience with artifact/dependency management, container registries, Git workflows, and Docker.
- Experience with AWS or Azure; U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.
Nice to have
- DevSecOps, SBOM generation, artifact signing, Kubernetes, GitOps, or Conan C/C++ package manager and YOCTO experience.
- Experience with AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or IL4/IL5 environments; familiarity with DoD/federal compliance frameworks; active Secret or Top Secret clearance.
Pay
$150,000 – $175,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Python, Bash, Artifactory, Nexus, Docker
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