Cloud Infrastructure Team Lead — IaC, CI/CD & Scale

Loft Orbital; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Loft Orbital is seeking a senior Cloud Infrastructure Lead to guide and mentor a growing team responsible for mission-critical systems. You will own daily standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives while shaping technical direction.

You will drive infrastructure strategy across AWS, GCP, and Azure, champion Terraform, CI/CD, observability, and cost optimization, partnering with Software, Security, and Satellite Operations to enable reliable space missions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of cloud infrastructure engineers and own daily standups.
• Define team mission and goals aligned with business objectives.
• Drive cloud infra strategy across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
• Oversee incident response, disaster recovery, and cost optimization initiatives.
• Collaborate with Software, Security, and Satellite Operations teams.

Job description

Loft Orbital is seeking a senior Cloud Infrastructure Lead to guide and mentor a growing team responsible for mission-critical systems. You will own daily standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives while shaping technical direction.

You will drive infrastructure strategy across AWS, GCP, and Azure, champion Terraform, CI/CD, observability, and cost optimization, partnering with Software, Security, and Satellite Operations to enable reliable space missions.