Cloud Infrastructure Lead — AWS/GCP, Multi-Cloud & SRE

Loft Orbital; United States; On-site; USD 190,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% company-paid medical, dental, and

Vision insurance

401(k) plan and equity options

Relocation assistance when applicable

Daily catered lunches and snacks

Job summary

Loft Orbital is seeking a hands-on Team Lead for the Cloud Infrastructure Team to guide a group of cloud engineers building the ground segment that powers our satellite operations.

You will set technical direction, foster DevOps and SRE practices, mentor engineers, and ensure secure, scalable cloud architectures across AWS, GCP, and Azure. This leadership role thrives in high-growth environments.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience managing and scaling high-performing cloud infrastructure or SRE teams.
• Hands-on experience running team ceremonies (daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives).
• Agile project management experience delivering complex infrastructure projects in fast-paced environments.
• Strong expertise in public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP preferred) and cloud-native technologies.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD tooling (GitLab CI, ArgoCD), and observability stacks.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of cloud infrastructure engineers.
• Own and run daily team operations, including standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and sync meetings.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, psychological safety, and collaborative problem solving.
• Define the team's mission, vision, and goals aligned with Loft Orbital’s business objectives.
• Champion DevOps/SRE mindset across the company, promoting reliability, scalability, and security.
• Set and drive cloud infrastructure strategy for secure, scalable, and cost-effective systems.

Skills

Leadership

Agile project management

Public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP)

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD (GitLab CI, ArgoCD)

Observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Lо

Automation (Python, Go)

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

GitLab CI

ArgoCD

Prometheus

Grafana

Loki

Python

Go

Job description

Loft Orbital is seeking a hands-on Team Lead for the Cloud Infrastructure Team to guide a group of cloud engineers building the ground segment that powers our satellite operations.

You will set technical direction, foster DevOps and SRE practices, mentor engineers, and ensure secure, scalable cloud architectures across AWS, GCP, and Azure. This leadership role thrives in high-growth environments.