Cloud Infrastructure Lead — Space Missions, SRE & IaC

Loft Orbital; Golden (CO); On-site; USD 190,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

HSA/FSA options

Life/AD&D insurance

Paid time off

401(k) and equity

Relocation assistance

Parental leave

Job summary

Loft Orbital seeks a hands-on Team Lead to steer the Cloud Infrastructure Team. You will mentor cloud engineers, manage daily ceremonies, and drive reliability and scalability across AWS, GCP, and Azure. You will partner with software, security, and satellite ops to meet mission-critical requirements.

The role emphasizes IaC, observability, and automated pipelines, with strong emphasis on leadership, collaboration, and delivering high-velocity cloud solutions for a fast-growing space company.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of cloud infrastructure or SRE teams.
• Experience running Agile ceremonies (daily standups, sprint planning, retrospectives).
• Agile project management experience delivering complex infrastructure projects in fast-paced environments.
• Strong expertise in public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) and cloud-native technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of cloud infrastructure engineers.
• Own daily operations: standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and sync meetings to ensure priorities and velocity.
• Foster culture of technical excellence, psychological safety, and collaborative problem-solving.
• Define and communicate the team's mission, vision, and goals aligned with Loft Orbital’s objectives.
• Champion DevOps/SRE mindset focusing on reliability, scalability, and security.
• Oversee multi-cloud infrastructure strategy and cost-effective operations.
• Drive Agile delivery practices within the Cloud Infrastructure Team.

Skills

Leadership experience

Agile practices

Public cloud

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Observability

Python/Go scripting

Collaboration/communication

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

GitLab CI

ArgoCD

Prometheus

Grafana

Loki

Python

Go

Job description

Loft Orbital seeks a hands-on Team Lead to steer the Cloud Infrastructure Team. You will mentor cloud engineers, manage daily ceremonies, and drive reliability and scalability across AWS, GCP, and Azure. You will partner with software, security, and satellite ops to meet mission-critical requirements.

The role emphasizes IaC, observability, and automated pipelines, with strong emphasis on leadership, collaboration, and delivering high-velocity cloud solutions for a fast-growing space company.