Cloud Networking SRE — Network-as-Code & Observability

Loft Orbital Solutions; Golden (CO); On-site; USD 157,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision insurance

401(k) plan

Equity options

Relocation assistance

Parental leave

Job summary

Loft Orbital Solutions is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer with strong networking to own Loft’s cloud networking, VPN, site-to-site connectivity, and secure, observable operations across offices and ground stations.

You’ll define SLOs, instrument systems, and automate toil. You’ll work with the SRE team on platform reliability, incident response, and SatDevOps culture, scaling as the fleet grows.

Qualifications

• 4–5 years in network engineering with hands-on routing, VPN/site-to-site, DNS and firewalling.
• Hands-on Software-Defined Networking and IaC-driven networks.
• Strong public-cloud networking experience, ideally GCP.
• Comfort operating on Kubernetes (k8s, Docker) and sometimes coding.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Loft’s network architecture across offices, ground stations, and test equipment.
• Tighten network security posture: segmentation, access, and connectivity hardening.
• Manage the network as code: IaC provisioning, CI/CD, and GitOps workflows.
• Define SLOs for connectivity and ground-station availability; own observability (metrics, logs, tracing).
• Investigate and resolve reliability issues with root-cause analysis and durable fixes.
• Contribute to the SRE team’s reliability and incident-response culture.

Skills

Network engineering

Hands-on Software-Defined Networking

SRE mindset

Troubleshooting connectivity

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes (k8s)

Docker

Terraform

CI/CD

GitOps (ArgoCD/FluxCD)

GCP networking

DNS & firewalling

Job description

Loft Orbital Solutions is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer with strong networking to own Loft’s cloud networking, VPN, site-to-site connectivity, and secure, observable operations across offices and ground stations.

You’ll define SLOs, instrument systems, and automate toil. You’ll work with the SRE team on platform reliability, incident response, and SatDevOps culture, scaling as the fleet grows.