Mission Architect

Vantor; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Vantor seeks a Mission Architect for Space Communications Systems to design end-to-end mission architectures that connect spacecraft, ground stations, and cloud platforms. You will translate mission goals into scalable, secure software and data solutions, define reference architectures, and guide teams implementing modern web, API, and streaming workloads.

Partner closely with clients, lead technical decisions, and ensure reliability, observability, and automation across environments.

Qualifications

• Experience designing end-to-end mission architectures for space systems.
• Proven ability to translate goals into scalable software and data solutions.
• Strong collaboration with clients and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end mission architectures connecting spacecraft, ground stations, and cloud platforms.
• Define reference architectures and guide teams implementing web, API, and streaming workloads.
• Lead technical decisions and ensure reliability, observability, and automation across environments.

Skills

Mission architecture

Cloud architecture

API design

Streaming workloads

Reliability engineering

Observability

Automation

Technical leadership

Job description

Vantor seeks a Mission Architect for Space Communications Systems to design end-to-end mission architectures that connect spacecraft, ground stations, and cloud platforms. You will translate mission goals into scalable, secure software and data solutions, define reference architectures, and guide teams implementing modern web, API, and streaming workloads. Partner closely with clients, lead technical decisions, and ensure reliability, observability, and automation across environments. In Vantor’s collaborative, low-ego culture, you’ll grow your cloud, data, and architecture skills while shaping impactful digital systems for space missions.