Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Required Qualifications

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Design and maintain scalable, repeatable cloud infrastructure (AWS) using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Mission Ops Integration: Build and optimize the interfaces between core data management systems and Mission Operations software, ensuring reliable telemetry and command flows.
• User & Data Management: Architect and maintain high-availability identity providers (IdP) and distributed databases to support global user access and real-time data processing.
• Automated Deployment Pipelines: Create and manage robust CI/CD pipelines to deploy containerized applications into production with a focus on zero-downtime and rollback capabilities.
• Observability & Reliability: Implement comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and logging (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) to ensure 99.99% uptime for ground segment services.
• Scalability Engineering: Perform capacity planning and performance tuning to handle the high-throughput data requirements of a growing satellite constellation.

Technical Qualifications

• Cloud Operations: 4+ years of experience managing production-grade environments in AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Orchestration: Expert-level proficiency with Kubernetes (EKS), including networking, ingress controllers, and service mesh management.
• Automation: Strong experience with configuration management and IaC (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Helm).
• Data Systems: Deep knowledge of SQL and NoSQL database administration, focusing on replication, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Programming: Proficiency in Python and C++ for developing internal tooling and automating complex operational workflows.
• Systems Internals: Strong understanding of Linux networking, storage, and kernel tuning.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in Aerospace, Defense, or high-reliability sectors.
• Familiarity with CCSDS standards or satellite ground station software.
• Experience with secure, air-gapped, or hybrid-cloud deployments.