Senior Cloud Systems Engineer

Lunar Outpost European Union; Golden (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

PTO

401(k) match

Holidays

Parental leave

Educational reimbursement

Job summary

Lunar Outpost, a leader in space robotics, is seeking a Senior Cloud Systems Engineer to join our team in a dynamic startup environment and help build the Pegasus LTV for NASA missions. You will own production deployments and drive reliability while collaborating with engineering to implement scalable Kubernetes, GitOps, and OpenTelemetry, delivering 99.99%+ uptime.

This role emphasizes hands-on architecture, automation, and cross‑disciplinary collaboration with competitive compensation and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production DevOps/SRE experience maintaining highly available systems.
• Kubernetes administration with production cluster access.
• Strong helm chart development for multi-component apps.
• Hands-on with canary and blue-green deployments.
• Deep Kubernetes infra knowledge: persistent volumes, DNS, load balancers, secrets.
• GitOps workflows with Flux CD.
• Proven uptime 99.99%+ in production.
• Strong judgment for production systems.
• Familiarity with Aetherflux for canary orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage Stargate release pipelines using GitOps.
• Drive metrics, log aggregation, uptime monitoring and KPI tracking.
• Maintain uptime SLAs of 99.99–99.999%.
• Design, develop, and maintain Helm charts for Stargate and components.
• Implement progressive deployment strategies (canary, blue-green).
• Manage Kubernetes infra including volumes, DNS, load balancers, secrets.
• Manage Kubernetes deployments and AWS services.
• Implement observability with OpenTelemetry.
• Collaborate with engineering to enforce reliability standards.

Skills

DevOps/SRE

Kubernetes

Helm charts

Canary deployments

Blue-green deployments

GitOps

Flux CD

Observability

SLA/Uptime

DNS/Networking

Aetherflux

Tools

AWS

EKS

Secrets Manager

Karpenter

OpenTelemetry

Terraform

CDK

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Flux CD

Job description

Are you passionate about shaping the future of humanity's presence in space? Lunar Outpost, an industry leader in space robotics and planetary vehicles, invites you to join our team! Lunar Outpost is dedicated to creating a permanent presence in space, while also driving positive impacts here on Earth. Currently, we are seeking a Senior Cloud SystemsEngineer to contribute to our mission in a dynamic startup environment.

Take the #NextLeap with Lunar Outpost and work on the Pegasus LTV, which will carry NASA astronauts farther than they've ever been before on the lunar surface!

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and manage Stargate production releases and deployment pipelines using GitOps practices
• Drive operational excellence initiatives including metrics collection, log aggregation, uptime monitoring, KPI tracking, and SIM Integration
• Maintain and achieve 99.99% (four nines) to 99.999% (five nines) uptime SLAs
• Design, develop, and maintain Helm charts for Stargate and related infrastructure components
• Implement and manage progressive deployment strategies including canary deployments and blue-green deployments
• Oversee critical Kubernetes infrastructure including volume management, DNS configuration, load balancer provisioning, and secret monitoring/management
• Manage and optimize Kubernetes deployments and related AWS services
• Implement and maintain observability stack using OpenTelemetry for comprehensive monitoring and alerting
• Collaborate with engineering teams to establish and enforce operational best practices and reliability standards

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of production DevOps/SRE experience with demonstrable track record of maintaining high-availability systems
• Kubernetes administration experience with elevated cluster access in production environments
• Strong proficiency writing and maintaining Helm charts for complex, multi-component applications
• Hands-on experience implementing canary deployments, blue-green deployments, and other progressive delivery patterns
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes infrastructure management: persistent volumes, DNS/networking, load balancers, and secrets management
• Production experience with GitOps workflows and Flux CD
• Proven track record maintaining 99.99%+ uptime in production environments
• Excellent judgment and decision-making skills when working with production systems
• Familiarity with Aetherflux for declarative canary orchestration and progressive rollout gating

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with AWS cloud services, particularly EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service), Secrets Manager, VPC networking, IAM, and AWS Load Balancers
• Experience with Karpenter for Kubernetes node autoscaling and cluster optimization
• Experience with OpenTelemetry instrumentation and observability platforms
• Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD, or CKS)
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.)
• Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CDK)
• Experience implementing SRE practices including SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets

Compensation & Benefits:

• Compensation level and base salary are competitively structured and thoughtfully determined based on factors such as relevant skills, experience, education, and the scope of the role.
• Comprehensive health coverage: Medical, dental, and vision benefits, with 70% of premiums covered by the employer
• Paid time off: Three (3) weeks per year of vacation
• Retirement plan: Up to 4% employer match on 401(k) contributions
• Paid holidays: 11 company-recognized holidays
• Parental leave
• Educational reimbursement opportunities to support company objectives, continued learning, and career development
  

Lunar Outpost Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Lunar Outpost Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. All employees, including executives and human resources personnel, are expected to conduct themselves with professionalism and treat others with dignity and respect in accordance with this policy.