Site Reliability Engineer, USG

Aalyria; United States; On-site; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/remote flexibility

401(k) plan, health/dental/vision/life

Job summary

Aalyria seeks an experienced SRE/Platform Engineer to build its centralized observability stack for satellite and aerospace networks. You will shape the strategy, standardize tooling (Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Tempo/Jaeger), and scale across GCP and AWS. This remote US role includes on-call duties.

You will collaborate with SWE and infra teams to define SLOs/SLIs, automate deployment with Terraform and ArgoCD, and drive reliability for high-availability distributed systems.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance required.
• 4+ years in an SRE or platform engineering role with observability focus.
• Hands-on experience building and scaling observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry, Tempo/Jaeger, Honeycomb).
• Strong production-level experience with GCP and Kubernetes.
• Experience using IaC and GitOps (Terraform, ArgoCD).
• Proficiency in Go and Python for debugging and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design and build Aalyria's centralized observability platform, integrating and scaling metrics, logging, and tracing.
• Define, implement, and manage SLOs/SLIs and error budgets for core products.
• Partner with SWEs to implement observability best practices, templates, and documentation.
• Automate deployment, scaling, and management of the observability stack with IaC and GitOps.
• Collaborate with core infra to ensure visibility into Kubernetes clusters and cloud environments (GCP/AWS).
• Develop and lead monitoring, alerting, and incident-response strategy with blameless post-mortems.

Skills

SRE/Platform engineering experience

Go/Python tooling

Security clearance TS/SCI

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Loki

OpenTelemetry

Tempo/Jaeger

Honeycomb

Terraform

ArgoCD

Kubernetes

GCP

AWS

GitLab CI

Job description

About Aalyria

Aalyria is a leading technology company that supplies laser communications technology and temporospatial software-defined networking platforms to the aerospace industry. With technology acquired from Google, Aalyria is at the forefront of innovation in satellite and airborne mesh networks, as well as cislunar and deep-space communications. We are revolutionizing the orchestration and management of planetary mesh networks using any radio or optical spectrum, any orbit, and any hardware across land, sea, air, and space.

About Aalyria

Aalyria is a leading technology company that supplies laser communications technology and temporospatial software-defined networking platforms to the aerospace industry. With technology acquired from Google, Aalyria is at the forefront of innovation in satellite and airborne mesh networks, as well as cislunar and deep-space communications. We are revolutionizing the orchestration and management of planetary mesh networks using any radio or optical spectrum, any orbit, and any hardware across land, sea, air, and space.

Role Overview

This isn't a "keep the lights on" SRE role. This is a strategic, high-impact opportunity to build the nervous system for a platform that transforms how networks of satellites, ground stations, and fleets are interconnected and orchestrated. You will be building the core observability stack that ensures the reliability of systems critical to the operation of satellite megaconstellations and missions to deep space. This is a greenfield/brownfield opportunity. You will be a trusted expert, helping to define and implement the strategy and building the tools that empower our engineers. You will support the roadmap to mature our observability stack, moving from cloud-native tools to a robust, scalable, and insightful platform built on best-in-class technologies (Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, etc.). If you are an SRE who thrives on platform-building challenges and wants to be relied upon to build a production-grade observability stack from the ground up, this role is for you.

Note: this role includes on-call responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Help design and build Aalyria's centralized observability platform, integrating and scaling tools for metrics (e.g. Prometheus), logging (e.g. Loki), and distributed tracing (e.g. Tempo/OpenTelemetry).
• Define, implement, and manage a robust framework of Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and error budgets for our core products, ensuring we are launch-ready.
• Partner with SWEs to implement observability best practices, develop standard templates and documentation, and configure tooling (e.g., OpenTelemetry libraries).
• Automate the deployment, scaling, and management of the entire observability stack using Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform) and GitOps principles (e.g. ArgoCD).
• Partner closely with the core infrastructure team to ensure deep visibility into our Kubernetes clusters and underlying GCP and AWS environments.
• Develop and lead the company's monitoring, alerting, and incident response strategy, driving a culture of proactive reliability and blameless post-mortems.

Required Qualifications

• Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) security clearance.
• 4+ years of experience in an SRE or platform engineering role, with a focus on observability for large-scale, distributed compute or network systems.
• Deep, hands-on expertise building, scaling, and managing observability platforms (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Loki/ELK, OpenTelemetry, Tempo/Jaeger, Honeycomb, etc.). You have proven experience using these tools to support performance analysis and debugging of complex distributed systems.
• Strong production-level experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Kubernetes.
• Experience using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and GitOps principles (e.g., ArgoCD).
• Proficiency in a systems programming language, with a strong preference for Go and Python for debugging and writing tooling.
• Demonstrable experience defining, implementing, and managing SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets for production services for high availability distributed systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience operating a multi-cloud environment, specifically GCP and AWS.
• Hands-on experience with GitLab CI for CI/CD pipelines.
• Working knowledge of service mesh technologies such as Istio or Linkerd.
• Familiarity with instrumenting applications written in Go and C++.
• An active Secret clearance, or higher, is preferred for this position.
• Experience with JVM observability (tuning, monitoring) for Java-based applications.

What We Offer

• Innovative Environment: Work at a cutting-edge company shaping the future of aerospace communications.
• Impactful Work: Directly contribute to critical national security programs and initiatives.
• Growth Opportunities: Expand your career with opportunities for professional development and advancement.
• Inclusive Culture: Be part of a collaborative, supportive, and inclusive workplace where your contributions matter.
• Flexibility: Flexible working arrangements including hybrid remote/in-office schedules.
• Compensation and Equity: Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits (401(k), dental, vision, health, life insurance), paid time off, and equity options.

ITAR/EAR Requirements

This position involves access to export-controlled information. To comply with U.S. government export regulations, applicants must meet one of the following criteria:

• Qualify as a U.S. person, which includes:
• U.S. citizen or national
• U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder)
• Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157
• Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158
• Be eligible to access export-controlled information without requiring an export authorization.
• Be eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the necessary export authorization from the appropriate U.S. government agency.

The company reserves the right to decline pursuing an export licensing process for legitimate business-related reasons.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Aalyria is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Qualified applicants from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

The Pay Range For This Role Is

125,000 - 150,000 USD per year (Remote (United States))