Cloud Platform Engineer for NASA Mission Systems

Mclaurin Aerospace; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Full insurance coverage

11 paid holidays

Generous PTO

401k with match

Education assistance

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Mclaurin Aerospace seeks a Cloud Operations Engineer to join the JETS II contract at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. You will develop cloud-native platform services across three major clouds and promote best practices for cloud-native app development.

You will administer NASA cloud networks, write quality code, and work with managed Kubernetes across providers, interfacing with NASA security and mission teams.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent certification in a related area.
• Ten years of experience in the field or related area.
• Strong production Kubernetes experience.
• Hands-on CI/CD tooling experience.
• Observability/monitoring with Grafana or similar.
• Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform or OpenTofu.
• Extensive Linux experience; Windows considered a plus.
• Go or Python programming; Python preferred.
• Experience with Python, SQL; R preferred.
• Machine Learning model lifecycle knowledge is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Developing cloud-native platform services across three major cloud environments.
• Promoting best practices for cloud-native app development within the org.
• Administer NASA cloud networks and manage deployment requests for COTS and cloud apps.
• Write quality code and perform peer reviews.
• Work with Managed Kubernetes across major cloud providers.
• Integrate cloud AI and data services with Kubernetes apps.
• Develop enterprise-grade, multi-tenant platform services.
• Collaborate with NASA security/compliance teams on requirements.
• Engage with missions like Orion, Lunar Gateway, Artemis.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Grafana

Superset

Linux

Go

Python

SQL

R

ML lifecycle

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent certification

Tools

GitLab

Terraform

OpenTofu

Job description

Mclaurin Aerospace seeks a Cloud Operations Engineer to join the JETS II contract at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. You will develop cloud-native platform services across three major clouds and promote best practices for cloud-native app development.

You will administer NASA cloud networks, write quality code, and work with managed Kubernetes across providers, interfacing with NASA security and mission teams.