The Project DevOps Engineer serves as a core member of the Oceaneering Technologies (OTECH) software group. This role serves as the interface between OTECH Software Engineers and Corporate managed DevOps tools. They are responsible for creating, implementing, and optimizing DevOps processes across OTECH projects. OTECH produces and maintains unique underwater systems – typically for US Navy and other US Government Department of Defense customers. Our projects are all one-of-a-kind. The ideal candidate for this position is a self-starter who is an effective communicator with 5+ years of experience in DevOps related efforts. Oceaneering Aerospace and Defense Technologies (AdTech) delivers solutions that enable humans to work safely and effectively in harsh environments – from underwater to the outer reaches of space. Our innovative solutions support the development and application of practical, cost-effective systems that meet our customers’ challenges – from routine to extreme. Our experience and expertise across multiple industries uniquely positions us as a leader in the government, space, and maritime services markets. Our products and services meet the rigorous demands of the complex environments in which they operate, delivering results without compromising safety or reliability.

• Design, architect, and implement scalable, secure, and cost-efficient AWS infrastructure across multiple regions, aligned with the AWS Well-Architected Framework. • Build, maintain, and evolve all cloud infrastructure using Terraform, enforcing module reusability, remote state management, and IaC best practices across environments. • Own and optimize PostgreSQL database: including performance, scalability, and reliability. • Deploy, manage, and optimize workloads on Kubernetes clusters using Helm and Kustomize. • Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions. • Lead DR planning, runbook creation, and failure scenario modeling — including database backup and recovery strategies. • Support and unblock engineering teams on infrastructure and database needs. • Operate and improve monitoring, logging, and alerting systems — including database-specific monitoring (query performance, replication health, connection saturation) — to ensure high availability and fast incident response. • Participate in and help improve the weekly on-call rotation.

• Lead the design, implementation, and ongoing improvement of reliable, scalable, performant, and secure production platforms and services. • Work closely with cross-functional teams to build and maintain resilient infrastructure and deployment patterns. • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers across the organisation, promoting strong engineering standards and operational best practice. • Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation to support critical services and ensure platform availability. • Drive standardisation, automation, and documentation to improve consistency, reduce operational overhead, and support knowledge sharing. • Contribute across the full lifecycle of platform and service delivery, from design and build through to operation and optimisation.

• Design, build, and operate observability platforms based on Grafana and Prometheus • Define and maintain metrics standards, dashboards, alerts, and SLOs • Improve signal quality: reduce alert noise, tune thresholds, and improve runbooks • Support incident response by providing actionable telemetry and post-incident analysis • Integrate metrics, logs, and traces across distributed systems • Work with engineering teams to instrument services correctly • Automate observability configuration using infrastructure as code • Contribute to reliability improvements through capacity planning and performance analysis