Space DevOps Engineer | Kubernetes & IaC, Hybrid in CO

Sphinx Defense, Inc.; Colorado Springs (CO); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly bonus structure

Equity ownership

Premium medical/dental/vision coverage

HSAs

Life Insurance

401k employer contribution

Generous PTO

Job summary

Sphinx Defense, Inc. is hiring a DevOps Engineer in a hybrid role based in Colorado Springs, CO. You will help build and secure our space communications infrastructure, focusing on bare-metal Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD automation to support US government satellite programs.

You will collaborate with software and platform teams, shaping deployment pipelines, automation, and observability. A track record in cloud-native infrastructure and strong Python/Go skills are highly valued, with

Qualifications

• Hands-on production Kubernetes experience (OpenShift preferred).
• Experience writing, maintaining, and optimizing GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform.
• Creating, deploying, and maintaining Helm charts for Kubernetes apps.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and support production bare-metal Kubernetes environments.
• Develop and maintain IaC using Terraform.
• Build and manage GitLab CI/CD pipelines to support delivery.
• Create and manage Helm charts for deployments.

Skills

Kubernetes

GitLab CI/CD

Terraform

Python/Go

Tools

Nexus

GitLab

OpenShift

Kyverno

Ceph/Rook

Job description

Sphinx Defense, Inc. is hiring a DevOps Engineer in a hybrid role based in Colorado Springs, CO. You will help build and secure our space communications infrastructure, focusing on bare-metal Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD automation to support US government satellite programs.

You will collaborate with software and platform teams, shaping deployment pipelines, automation, and observability. A track record in cloud-native infrastructure and strong Python/Go skills are highly valued, with