Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (SatDevOps, Kubernetes)

Devopsroles; Golden (CO); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental & Vision

401(k) with equity

Relocation assistance

Fully paid parental leave

Job summary

Loft Orbital is seeking a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to maintain and scale our ground segment infrastructure. You will collaborate across development, operations, and IT to ensure reliable services that support missions on Earth and in orbit.

You will lead automation, CI/CD, IaC, and observability efforts while advocating best practices for reliability and performance in a fast-paced, innovative space company.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with public cloud infrastructure, ideally GCP.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes, architecture, deployment, ops, and resource optimization.
• Familiarity with SDN concepts and tools.
• Observability stacks (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki etc.).
• Proficiency in at least one backend language: Go, Python, Rust, C/C++, or Java.
• DevOps practices: CI/CD, IaC, and automation.
• Proven track record in fast-paced, high-growth technical environments.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and independent, proactive mindset.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with developers and satellite operators to foster a SatDevOps culture.
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure in a hybrid cloud environment.
• Improve developer experience by building better tools, workflows, and environments.
• Lead efforts to automate and optimize systems, including CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and deployment workflows.
• Own and evolve observability stack to improve usability and performance (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki).
• Implement and advocate for best practices in software reliability, fault tolerance, and performance tuning.
• Identify, investigate, and resolve system reliability issues with root-cause analyses and long-term fixes.
• Partner with teams to design and operate Software Defined Networking (SDN) solutions.
• Contribute to a collaborative and inclusive team culture with continuous learning.

Skills

Kubernetes

Public cloud

Scalable systems

SDN

Observability stacks

Go

Python

Rust

C/C++

Java

DevOps

CI/CD

IaC

Automation

Unix/Linux

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

Loki

Job description

Loft Orbital is seeking a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to maintain and scale our ground segment infrastructure. You will collaborate across development, operations, and IT to ensure reliable services that support missions on Earth and in orbit.

You will lead automation, CI/CD, IaC, and observability efforts while advocating best practices for reliability and performance in a fast-paced, innovative space company.