Site Reliability Engineer & DevSecOps Manager

York Space Systems; Greenwood Village (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

PTO

401K

Job summary

York Space Systems in Greenwood Village, CO, is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer & DevSecOps Manager to lead the SRE and DevSecOps team within the Simulation, Integration and Test Department. You will own deployment, observability, and the lifecycle of space vehicle production software, while staying hands-on when needed.

You will coordinate with production, flight software, ground software, and mission operations to translate needs into roadmaps, manage multiple products, and review code

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science , Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years of professional SRE + DevSecOps experience
• 3+ years of experience managing a team of engineers
• Demonstrated proficiency with CI/CD pipelines
• Demonstrated proficiency with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Demonstrated proficiency with infrastructure-as-code
• Demonstrated proficiency with cloud deployment environments
• Demonstrated proficiency with relational or time-series databases (SQL, InfluxDB , MongoDB)
• Experience leading others in software development, whether as a manager, technical lead, or both
• Experience designing, building, deploying and operating software applications in a production environment
• Strong communication skills and the ability to set priorities across multiple concurrent products and stakeholders
• Experience with writing test documentation, such as test plans, procedures, reports, and defect records
• Capable of managing multiple tasks while delivering according to program milestones and release commitments

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 5- 10 engineers with strong leadership skills, including tasking, technical direction, career growth, and performance
• Set priorities across multiple different products , working through a designated engineering lead for each, and grow that structure as the group scales
• Stay hands-on, contributing code on focused work and reviewing your engineers' work directly
• Lead design, development, delivery, maintenance, and support of multiple products
• Own product roadmaps and release cadence across multipl e platforms, and align them with internal customer roadmaps
• Communicate status, risks, and trade-offs clearly to SIT leadership and internal stakeholders
• Collaborate with internal and external teams that depend on stability of your products daily
• Design trainings for observability products for specific stakeholders
• Track, triage, and coordinate deployment requests to managed systems from external stakeholders
• Develop and maintain CI/CD standards for internal and external projects
• Interact with stakeholders and customers to gather feedback and requirements for feature requests and bugfixes
• Manage and monitor releases and ensure products are stable for deployments

Skills

SRE/DevSecOps expertise

Team leadership

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud deployment

Observability & monitoring

Stakeholder communication

Production software operation

Test documentation experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering / Aerospace or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Grafana

REST APIs

Job description

Site Reliability Engineer & DevSecOps Manager

Greenwood Village, CO, 6060 South Willow Drive, Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States of America

Job Description

Posted Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 4:00 AM

York Space Systems was founded to radically improve spacecraft affordability and reliability, transforming, and enabling next- generation space mission operations worldwide. Today, York is one of the most innovative aerospace companies, specializing in end-to-end customer solutions and the rapid production of spacecraft platforms. York’s complete Space Segment Solution includes spacecraft production, payload integration, system integration & test, launch services, ground segment services, and mission operations, enabling customers to leverage York’s existing technology solutions to get to orbit rapidly and responsively. We’re looking to expand our team across the board.

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic engineer to lead the S RE and Dev SecOp s team in the Simulation, Integration and Test Department with a passion for launching hardware into space and a desire to revolutionize the space industry. Our ideal candidate thrives in a highly collaborative environment and enjoys finding ways to innovate and make processes more efficient.

This role owns the s ystem deployment and observability products used to standardize operations of development and test assets use d during the ent ire lifecycle of space vehicle production .

In this role you will coordinate closely with spacecraft production, simulation, flight software, ground software, and mission operations teams to understand their needs, translate them into product roadmaps, and deliver the product that is required .

This is primarily a management role, but it is not a hands‑off one. You should expect to stay in the codebase, contribute directly on focused work, support production, and review your engineers' code with real technical judgment. You will follow your products from development to deployment.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 5- 10 engineers with strong leadership skills, including tasking, technical direction, career growth, and performance
• Set priorities across multiple different products , working through a designated engineering lead for each, and grow that structure as the group scales
• Stay hands-on, contributing code on focused work and reviewing your engineers' work directly
• Lead design, development, delivery, maintenance, and support of multiple products
• Own product roadmaps and release cadence across multipl e platforms, and align them with internal customer roadmaps
• Communicate status, risks, and trade-offs clearly to SIT leadership and internal stakeholders
• Collaborate with internal and external teams that depend on stability of your products daily
• Design trainings for observability products for specific stakeholders
• Track, triage, and coordinate deployment requests to managed systems from external stakeholders
• Develop and maintain CI/CD standards for internal and external projects
• Interact with stakeholders and customers to gather feedback and requirements for feature requests and bugfixes
• Manage and monitor releases and ensure products are stable for deployments

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science , Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 8 + years of professional SRE + DevSecOps experience
• 3 + years of experience managing a team of engineers
• Demonstrated proficiency with CI/CD pipelines
• Demonstrated proficiency with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Demonstrated proficiency with infrastructure-as-code
• Demonstrated proficiency with cloud deployment environments
• Demonstrated proficiency with relational or time-series databases (SQL, InfluxDB , MongoDB)
• Experience leading others in software development, whether as a manager, technical lead, or both
• Experience designing, building, deploying and operating software applications in a production environment
• Strong communication skills and the ability to set priorities across multiple concurrent products and stakeholders
• Experience with writing test documentation, such as test plans, procedures, reports, and defect records
• Capable of managing multiple tasks while delivering according to program milestones and release commitments

Desired Qualifications

• Direct people-management experience, including performance management and career development
• Familiarity with spacecraft integration and test workflows, environmental testing, or mission operations
• Experience scaling an engineering team
• Experience with frontend visibility software such as Grafana
• Experience with REST APIs, message-based interfaces, and network protocols
• Experience with Software in the loop test systems
• Experience with Hardware in the loop test systems
• Experience with UI/UX testing
• Experience with relational or time-series databases (SQL, InfluxDB , MongoDB)

Benefits

• In addition to compensation, York Space Systems is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance along with PTO and a 401K.

York Space Systems provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, military or protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Must have permanent authorization to work in the United States. This policy applies to all terms and conditions or employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. YORK SPACE SYSTEMS IS AN EEO EMPLOYER.