DevOps Engineer

Aistech Space; Sant Cugat del Vallès; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work: 6 days/mo from home

Competitive salary

On-site gym / fruit & coffee

Job summary

Aistech Space, based in Barcelona, seeks a DevOps engineer to design, develop and maintain infrastructure and backend services for its data and geospatial solutions. You’ll work in an agile team, collaborating with satellite, ground, and operations teams to continuously improve the software infrastructure and adopt new technologies.

Ideal candidates have a BSc/MSc in computer science or equivalent, 3+ years of DevOps experience, Linux administration, IaC with Terraform, and strong scripting

Qualifications

• BSc/MSc in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Interest in space technologies.
• Open minded DevOps with proven experience.
• Knowledge of Cloud native concepts.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in the required functions.
• Experience in Linux Administration.
• Experience in IaC (Terraform).
• Experience creating and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with containerization and virtualization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with backend development.
• Experience with scripting languages.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain infrastructure and backend services for data and geospatial solutions.
• Work in an agile, collaborative team with short, client-driven iterations.
• Support ground/space infrastructure and business operations teams.
• Collaborate with satellite, payload, user segments and partners to improve infrastructure.
• Follow internal standards and agile project management practices.
• Produce documentation and demonstrations of work.

Skills

Linux administration

Open minded DevOps

Cloud native concepts

Scripting languages

English fluency

Education

BSc/MSc Computer science or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitOps (ArgoCD)

Job description

Company Description:

Aistech Space is focused on generating affordable, recurrent, high resolution thermal imagery of the planet to provide a new perspective of Earth’s changing resources. The company is based in Barcelona and aims to revolutionize remote sensing for environmental monitoring and resource management.

What you will do:

Aistech Space is looking for a DevOps engineer to design, develop and maintain infrastructure and backend services for our data and geospatial solutions.

In this role, you are expected to work as a team functioning in an agile, highly collaborative unit focused on short, client-driven development iterations.

You will directly support our ground/space infrastructure and business operations teams. This includes working directly with the satellite design team, payload design team, user segment team, our partners, and other software developers to build up and continuously improve our infrastructure, and identify opportunities that could improve or generate new business.

You will also be responsible to follow internal standards and good practices in terms of project management, documentation and time management following an agile approach in your daily work.

The key objectives to be achieved are:

• Understand Aistech Space mission objectives.


• Work with the user segment team developing a thermal satellite image platform.


• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to continuously improve the software infrastructure.


• Recommend adoption of new technologies, products, and services.


• Definition and analysis of backend software and infrastructure requirements and correspondence implementation in code using an Agile methodology.


• Write testable code, documentation and presentations.


• Keep the best communication between internal teams: space, ground, user and operations infrastructure teams aligned with business development.


• Evaluate software engineering approaches and risks.


• Actively engage in the development of documentation to build out the company procedures and specification manuals.


• Follow your curiosity to suggest new ideas to make our products and processes better.

Who you are:

Must:BSc/MSc Computer science or equivalent experience.

Interest in space technologies.

Open minded DevOps with proven experience

Knowledge of Cloud native concepts.

A minimum of 3 years of experience in the required functions

Experience in Linux Administration

Experience in IaC (tofu/terraform)

Experience creating and managing CI/CD pipelines

Experience working with containerization and virtualization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Experience with backend development

Experience with scripting languages

Fluent in English.

Nice to have:

Experience with GitOps (ArgoCD)

Experience managing and monitoring GCP/AWS

Experience in Golang/Python

Knowledge of microservices architecture

Knowledge of open geospatial application standards and formats (e.g. OGC's WMS, WMTS, API, etc. as well as STAC, COG, etc.).

What you’ll gain by joining us

• Be part of a passionate, collaborative, and respectful team.


• Enjoy a stable, permanent contract with a fast-growing company.


• Flexible working hours and hybrid work: 6 days/month from home.


• Competitive salary and flexible retribution through Cobee.


• Free access to paddle tennis courts and an on-site gym.


• Daily fresh fruit and coffee to keep you energized.


• Work in an international, diverse environment.


• 23 vacation days, plus December 24th and 31st off and your birthday too.

Where you will be:

You will be working on-site in the headquarters offices of Sant Cugat in Barcelona.

To be considered for this position, you must already have the legal right to work in the European Union. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship.