Senior SRE - Scalable Cloud Infra for Space Data

Umbra; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

Sick Leave (family & medical)

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, LTD,STD

Pet Insurance (employee funded)

401k with 3% company contribution

Stock Options

Free Parking

Free lunch in office

Job summary

Umbra, an American space technology company, is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to design, build, operate, and scale mission-critical infrastructure powering Umbra’s systems. You will work with engineering teams to improve processes, evaluate new technologies, and drive reliability and performance improvements across platforms.

The role requires deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and automation, with a strong focus on reliability and scalability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 5-8+ years in a Site Reliability Engineer or DevOps role supporting a SaaS platform with distributed systems experience.
• Extensive experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, VPC) and cloud infrastructure best practices.
• Proficiency running, optimizing, and scaling Kubernetes clusters in production.
• Experience using Terraform to architect and manage production infrastructure.
• IaC and GitOps practices to increase reliability and reduce manual tasks.
• Agile/Scrum methodologies and leadership in projects or teams.
• Experience in building monitoring and alerting strategies for large-scale systems.

Responsibilities

• Ensure reliability and scalability of critical systems, meeting SLAs through proactive monitoring and incident response.
• Develop and promote new technologies to enhance team capabilities with proofs of concept.
• Lead by example in fostering a culture of excellence and reliability.
• Continuously evaluate and improve processes to increase efficiency.
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to align on technical strategy and provide guidance.
• Participate in on-call rotations and resolve complex technical issues.

Skills

Distributed systems

Site Reliability Engineering

Cloud infrastructure

GitOps

Agile/Scrum

Performance monitoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Umbra, an American space technology company, is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to design, build, operate, and scale mission-critical infrastructure powering Umbra’s systems. You will work with engineering teams to improve processes, evaluate new technologies, and drive reliability and performance improvements across platforms.

The role requires deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and automation, with a strong focus on reliability and scalability.