Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - SatDevOps & Scale

Loft Orbital

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

11 days ago

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Job summary

Loft Orbital is seeking a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to maintain and scale our ground segment infrastructure. You will collaborate with development, operations, and IT to ensure reliable services for space missions.

Join a fast-paced, cyber-ficient environment applying DevOps to spacecraft control as part of our SatDevOps approach. Loft Orbital offers growth, cutting-edge tech, and global teamwork across offices in San Francisco and beyond.

Qualifications

Strong experience with public cloud infrastructure, ideally GCP.
Deep expertise in Kubernetes, architecture, deployment, ops, and resource optimization.
Proficiency in at least one backend language: Go, Python, Rust, C/C++, or Java.
Hands-on experience with observability stacks (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki).
Familiarity with Software Defined Networking (SDN) concepts and tools.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with developers and satellite operators to foster a SatDevOps culture.
Design, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable infrastructure in a hybrid cloud environment.
Improve developer experience by building better tools, workflows, and environments.
Lead automation for CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and deployment workflows.
Own and evolve observability stack to improve usability and performance.
Partner with teams to design and operate Software Defined Network solutions.
Contribute to a collaborative and inclusive team culture.