Senior SRE for Stargate - Kubernetes, GitOps, Space Ops

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Vacation

401(k) match

Holidays

Parental leave

Education reimbursement

Job summary

Lunar Outpost in Golden, CO seeks a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to advance Stargate production and Kubernetes-based platforms. You will own deployments, enhance observability, and push for ultra-high uptime while collaborating with a small, fast-moving team.

The role emphasizes automation, progressive delivery, and strong Kubernetes/AWS expertise in a hybrid onsite environment with occasional remote work as needed.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or related discipline.
• Kubernetes administration experience with elevated cluster access in production.
• Strong software development experience in one or more languages (Go, Python, C++, etc.).
• Proficient in Helm charts for complex, multi-component apps.
• Experience with progressive delivery patterns (canary/blue-green).
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes infrastructure management (volumes, DNS, load balancers, secrets).
• Production experience with GitOps workflows and Flux CD.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Kubernetes operators and controllers in Go for Stargate services.
• Own and manage Stargate production releases and deployment pipelines using GitOps.
• Drive observability, metrics, log aggregation, uptime monitoring, and KPI tracking.
• Maintain 99.99% to 99.999% uptime SLAs.
• Design, develop, and maintain Helm charts for Stargate and related infra.
• Implement progressive deployment strategies (canary, blue-green).
• Oversee Kubernetes infrastructure including volumes, DNS, load balancers, and secrets.
• Manage and optimize Kubernetes deployments and AWS services.
• Implement and maintain observability stack using OpenTelemetry.

Skills

5+ years experience

Kubernetes admin

Go/Python/C/C++

Helm charts

Canary/blue-green

SRE: SLIs/SLOs

GitOps

Tools

Kubernetes

Helm

Flux CD

AWS EKS

OpenTelemetry

Karpenter

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Lunar Outpost in Golden, CO seeks a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to advance Stargate production and Kubernetes-based platforms. You will own deployments, enhance observability, and push for ultra-high uptime while collaborating with a small, fast-moving team.

The role emphasizes automation, progressive delivery, and strong Kubernetes/AWS expertise in a hybrid onsite environment with occasional remote work as needed.