# Software Operations Support Engineer

Worker Type RegularJob Description Summary AeroVironment (AV) is seeking a technically skilled and customer-focused Software Operations Support Engineer to support the deployment, operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of ARGUS, our advanced wireless Perimeter Intrusion Detection System (PIDS). ARGUS is deployed at customer facilities to provide reliable perimeter security and intrusion detection capabilities for critical infrastructure, defense, and commercial applications. The Software Operations Support Engineer will be responsible for ensuring the continued reliable operation of ARGUS software systems deployed at customer sites, including Linux-based servers, cloud-hosted infrastructure, databases, and custom software applications. This position will provide remote technical support, perform software installations and updates, diagnose and resolve operational issues, and work closely with software engineering, systems engineering, field service personnel, and customers to maintain system availability and performance. The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in Linux system administration, software troubleshooting, networking, and database technologies, along with practi

- **Id**: 3986199
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/aerovironment-software-operations-support-engineer>
- **Role**: Support
- **Role family**: Support
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Germantown, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T21:42:49Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T21:42:49Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 11464
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Drones & UAVs, Military Drones, Information Security, Defense Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 176366
- **Name**: AeroVironment
- **Domain**: avinc.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/aerovironment>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 28
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.786
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 36
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 85500
- **Max**: 145500
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 145500

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **Bash** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Configuration Management** — Optional: no
- **DNS** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **MariaDB** — Optional: no
- **MySQL** — Optional: no
- **PostgreSQL** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **TCP/IP** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T21:42:49Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 36
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T22:46:41Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 145500
- **Is top pay**: yes

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