Software Engineer, DevOps/Infra

Helion is a fusion power company based in Everett, WA, aiming to build the world's first fusion power plant for clean electricity. They are seeking a Software Engineer focused on DevOps and Infrastructure to manage systems and pipelines that support software development, ensuring reliable and scalable environments while collaborating with software engineers. Responsibilities: Stand up, configure, and maintain cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP, or similar); Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support software and firmware development; Manage build systems, artifact repositories, and release mechanisms for production code; Set up and maintain monitoring and alerting for compute infrastructure and critical services; Establish best practices for Git workflows, branching, and source control hygiene; Own containerized infrastructure management (Docker, Kubernetes, Portainer); Collaborate with software engineering teams to maintain and scale servers used for projects like Polaris and other machine-facing systems; Partner with corporate IS&T and security engineers to align infrastructure with security and compliance needs; Proactively identify and remove friction in the development-to-deployment pipeline to accelerate delivery Qualifications: Strong experience with Linux system administration and shell scripting; Proficiency in containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes); Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI); Strong programming/scripting ability in Python (Bash also a plus); Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP, or DigitalOcean); Solid understanding of Git and source control workflows; Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Ansible, Terraform, or similar); Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills across software and infrastructure teams Required Skills: Linux system administration, Shell scripting, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD systems, Python programming, Cloud platforms, Git, Infrastructure-as-code tools