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Senior DevOps Engineer

D-Fend Solutions

D-Fend Solutions

Software Engineering
Ra'anana, Israel
Posted on Feb 18, 2026
At D-Fend Solutions, our people are our greatest strength — and technology is our passion. Our team of innovators and subject matter experts, including veterans of elite military intelligence technology units, is transforming the way organizations protect themselves from drone threats.
As the global leader in cyber-takeover counter-drone technology, we design and deliver advanced, software-defined solutions that empower our customers to detect, take control, and safely land unauthorized drones — with precision and reliability.
Every day, we push the boundaries of innovation to meet real-world security challenges across industries and environments. We’re proud of our cutting-edge technology, our global reach, and the impact we make in securing the skies.
We’re seeking passionate professionals who thrive in a fast-paced, creative, and collaborative environment — those who want to be part of the next generation of airspace security innovation.
Join D-Fend Solutions and help make the world a safer place.
Become a D-Fender! Work with the world’s leading cyber-takeover counter-drone technology provider and shape the future of safe airspace.
As a DevOps Engineer, you will play a key role in the development of our cutting-edge solutions to detect, track, and mitigate drones.
Your primary responsibilities as part of our robust DevOps team will be to successfully design, develop, maintain, and improve the infrastructure and processes of our cloud based product offering, CI/CD processes, development environments and stand-alone products, while taking into account efficiency, security, and maintainability.
All this to allow the continuous development of new features and capabilities for an up-to-date response to new drone models and components, while collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams including SW, HW, algorithms, and QA engineers in an Agile environment, driving features from conception to deployment.

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience as a DevOps engineer or similar role
  • Proven experience designing, implementing and maintaining cloud based production environments in leading cloud providers such as AWS, GCP and Azure
  • Strong proficiency in Python for scripting and automation.
  • Significant experience with IaC tools such as Terraform
  • Strong expertise in CI/CD processes, including hands-on experience
  • Familiarity with containers and microservice architecture
  • Advanced Linux administration skills, including networking, storage, and troubleshooting expertise
  • Outstanding team player, with strong communication, collaboration, active listening, and problem-solving skills
  • Hard worker, ability to work independently in a complex environment, with a high sense of urgency, ownership and eagerness to work on a diverse set of system challenges

Advantages:

  • Experience with multi-cloud/cloud agnostic architecture
  • Experience with secure networking technologies such as ZTNA