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9 Mothers is a defense technology startup building AI-powered counter-drone systems. This DevOps Engineer role supports the engineering team by automating CI/CD pipelines, managing edge deployment infrastructure (including NVIDIA Jetson platforms), building AI-driven internal workflows, and maintaining compliance with defense and export control standards. What You'll Do • Create and maintain modern GitHub Actions workflows, manage organizational repositories and rulesets, and build composable test environments, simulation harnesses, and release pipelines • Automate hardware fleet deployment activities and troubleshoot complex software, hardware, edge compute, and networking issues across the platform • Automate traditional IT and engineering tasks using AI-based workflows, build internal AI agents, and configure custom Claude skills and plugins to boost staff productivity • Provision and maintain infrastructure using composable configurations across cloud environments, internal lab setups, and developer workstations • Enforce security best practices, access controls, and repository governance compliant with defense and export control standards What You Need • 2+ years of hands-on technical experience in DevOps, infrastructure, or systems administration • Highly comfortable working in a Linux shell environment with strong understanding of TCP/IP networking, routing, and system diagnostics • Solid experience with configuration management tools, modern build pipelines, and GitHub Actions workflow development • Resourceful self-starter comfortable operating independently, taking ownership of ambiguous tasks, and navigating changing priorities • U.S. citizenship required for access to export-controlled information under ITAR; must be willing to submit background check Nice to Have • Experience in a regulated, ITAR, CMMC, or compliance-bound defense environment • Hands-on experience with NVIDIA Jetson platforms (Orin, JetPack) or embedded Linux edge targets • Cloud administration experience on Azure and familiarity with Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) • Experience building or integrating custom LLM tools, Claude skills, or AI agents into daily workflows • Active security clearance or eligibility to obtain one Meaningful early equity as a foundational owner; 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums; 50% coverage of healthcare premiums for dependents; unlimited PTO; relocation assistance available