Senior Cloud and DevOps Engineer

at  Advanced Space

The team at Advanced Space is leading humanity back to the Moon and pioneering innovative solutions in the space industry. Based in Westminster Colorado, this incredible team is looking for a skilled and experienced Senior Cloud and DevOps Engineer. Responsibilities include architecting cloud-based DevOps solutions, selecting appropriate toolsets, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. Solid skills in cloud-based solution architecture, networking, AWS cloud administration, Linux, Docker/Kubernetes, and CI/CD Pipelines are required. Advanced Space is a rapidly growing, privately held business that incorporates our core values in all that we do. Advanced Space exists to support the sustainable exploration, development, and settlement of space and operates with four core values: We are customer obsessed and mission focused; when we see it, we solve it; we are one team, motivated by our vision; and we bring technical excellence and inexhaustible curiosity.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• BS degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience working in an information systems, network and/or server administrator role.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience architecting AWS cloud-based DevOps solutions using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Linux Operating System administration.
• Scripting with Python and Bash.
• AWS Computing Administration and Management (e.g., IAM, VPC, Route53, EC2, S3, EFS, Lambda, Systems Manager, CloudWatch, SNS).
• Managing and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines.
• Containerization and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Database Development and Administration (e.g., MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Neo4j).
• Log management, metrics monitoring, and alarms for compute resources (e.g., CloudWatch, Elasticsearch).
• Working experience with source control tools and concepts such as git workflows, versioning, branching (GitHub, GitLab).
• Knowledge of standard security processes in a DevOps environment.

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Knowledge of data engineering and backend development for high-performance computing and machine learning applications.
• Knowledge of AWS Organizations, Service Catalog, and the development of applicable security configurations.
• Experience with identity management systems and APIs.
• Monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus)
• Experience with cloud software development kits such as AWS CDK and Python Boto3.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to work in the Westminster, CO office 3-5 days/week.
• Applicants must be a US Person (citizen or Green Card Holder/permanent resident, or protected individual
• Must hold an existing TS clearance

• Collaborate with development and operations teams to understand project requirements. Architect and design suitable, maintainable, secure, and scalable cloud and DevOps solutions.
• Select appropriate toolsets based on capabilities, support, security, and cost.
• CI/CD and software lifecycle infrastructure maintenance, enhancement, and automation.
• System troubleshooting and problem resolution across various application domains and platforms.
• Assisting with the development and deployment of high-performance computing and data engineering solutions.
• Creating and maintaining Kubernetes clusters, administrating Kubernetes deployments (YAML, Helm).
• Configuration management using tools such as Ansible.
• Developing and deploying solutions using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions such as Terraform.
• Implementing cloud security solutions in AWS using cloud-native tools. Development and deployment of AWS IAM and Organizations Service Control Policies, permission sets, and secure IaC.
• Supporting and mentoring more junior engineers and team members.