Cloud Platform Engineer - SatDevOps & Kubernetes

Loft Federal; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% medical, dental, and vision

401(k) plan and equity

Relocation assistance

Flexible time off

Job summary

Loft Federal is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to maintain and scale our ground segment infrastructure. You will collaborate across development, operations, and IT to ensure integration, delivery, and reliability of services supporting our space missions on Earth and in orbit.

You will lead automation and observability efforts, design robust systems, and work in a hybrid cloud environment with a focus on performance and security.

Qualifications

• US Citizen with TS clearance eligibility.
• Extensive public cloud experience, preferably GCP.
• Deep Kubernetes expertise including architecture and ops.
• Proven ability to design scalable, highly available systems.
• Familiarity with SDN concepts and related tools.
• Experience building/maintaining observability stacks (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki).
• Proficient in at least one backend language (Go, Python, Rust, C/C++, Java).
• Strong DevOps: CI/CD, IaC, automation.
• Experience in fast-paced, high-growth technical environments.
• Excellent problem-solving and cross-cultural communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with developers and satellite operators to foster SatDevOps culture.
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure infra in a hybrid cloud environment.
• Improve developer experience by building better tools, workflows, and environments.
• Lead automation efforts for CI/CD, IaC, and deployment workflows.
• Own observability stack to improve usability and performance (Grafana/Prometheus/Loki).
• Advocate for reliability, fault tolerance, and performance tuning.
• Investigate and resolve system reliability issues with root-cause analyses.
• Partner to design and operate Software Defined Networking (SDN) solutions.

Skills

Public cloud experience (GCP preferred

Kubernetes expertise

Design scalable systems

SDN concepts/tools

Observability stacks (Grafana/PromQL/L

Backend language proficiency (Go/Py/Rs

DevOps: CI/CD, IaC, automation

Fast-paced tech environments

Problem-solving & proactive mindset

Cross-functional communication

Tools

Kubernetes

Grafana

Prometheus

Loki

ArgoCD/FluxCD (GitOps)

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, etc.)

SDN tools

Job description

Loft Federal is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to maintain and scale our ground segment infrastructure. You will collaborate across development, operations, and IT to ensure integration, delivery, and reliability of services supporting our space missions on Earth and in orbit.

You will lead automation and observability efforts, design robust systems, and work in a hybrid cloud environment with a focus on performance and security.