Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Job description

**Wanna join the adventure?** Loft Orbital is revolutionizing access to space by building reliable, shareable satellites that drastically reduce the time and complexity traditionally required to get to orbit. We operate satellites, fly customer payloads, and handle entire missions from end-to-end. We’re a close-knit team of space enthusiasts, software experts, and cutting-edge technologists, all working together to make space simple for our customers. As a **Senior** **Cloud Infrastructure Engineer** on our Cloud Infrastructure Team, you’ll play a pivotal role in maintaining and scaling our ground segment infrastructure. You’ll collaborate across development, operations, and IT to ensure the integration, delivery, and reliability of services that support our space operations on Earth and in orbit. This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology and help build modern automated space infrastructure. This is not your typical SRE role, we apply DevOps principles even to spacecraft control. Yes, we call it **SatDevOps**, and we’ll train you to operate our satellites! ### About the Role: - Collaborate with developers and satellite operators to foster a strong **SatDevOps culture**. - Design, implement, and maintain **scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure** in a hybrid cloud environment. - Improve our **developer experience** by building better tools, workflows, and environments. - Lead efforts to automate and optimize systems, including **CI/CD pipelines**, **infrastructure provisioning (IaC)**, and deployment workflows. - Own and evolve our **observability stack** (metrics, tracing, logs) to improve usability and performance. Grafana-centric ecosystems are a plus. - Implement and advocate for **best practices** in software reliability, fault tolerance, and performance tuning. - Proactively **identify, investigate, and resolve system reliability issues**, performing root cause analyses and implementing long-term fixes. - Partner with teams to design and operate **Software Defined Network (SDN)** solutions. - Contribute to a **collaborative and inclusive team culture** where respectful debate and continuous learning are celebrated. ### Must Haves: - Strong experience with **public cloud infrastructure**, ideally GCP. - Deep expertise in **Kubernetes**, architecture, deployment, ops, and resource optimization. - Demonstrated ability to **design and build scalable, highly available systems**. - Familiarity with **Software Defined Networking (SDN)** concepts and tools. - Experience implementing and maintaining **observability stacks** (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, etc.). - Proficiency in at least one backend language: **Go, Python, Rust, C/C++, or Java**. - Deep understanding and hands-on experience with **DevOps practices**: CI/CD, infrastructure as code (IaC), and automation. - Proven track record of working in **fast-paced, high-growth technical environments**. - Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to operate independently with a **proactive, results-driven mindset**. - Strong communication skills; thrives in a multicultural, cross-functional team. ### Nice to Haves: - Hands-on experience with **GitOps frameworks** (ArgoCD, FluxCD). - Interest or experience in **FinOps** and **cost-optimized architectures**. - Understanding of **orchestration in resource-constrained environments**, like space systems. - Knowledge of **systems engineering tools** and SDLC governance. - Familiarity with **security practices**, vulnerability scanning, threat detection, risk mitigation. - **Master’s degree**in Computer Science or a similar field ### Some of Our Awesome Benefits: - 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance option for employees and dependents - Flexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) Accounts offered with an employer contribution to the HSA - 100% employer paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability insurance - Flexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave, and 12 paid holidays - 401(k) plan and equity options - Daily catered lunches and snacks in office - International exposure to our team in France - Fully paid parental leave; 14 weeks for birthing parent and 10 weeks for non-birthing parent - Carrot Fertility provides comprehensive, inclusive fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits with financial support - Off-sites and many social events and celebrations - Relocation assistance when applicable