Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes-based platforms that host mission-critical applications
• Harden infrastructure for resilience and build self-healing systems with minimal downtime
• Develop observability pipelines that provide insight into cluster health and cost
• Partner with engineering teams to ensure application requirements and SLAs are met
• Champion best practices in software reliability, security, and scalability across the organization

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in Infrastructure and/or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline
• Experience deploying and maintaining production Kubernetes clusters
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Ansible
• Proficiency with Python or other scripting languages
• Understanding of cloud spend optimization and best practices for managing cost
• U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with on-prem or bare-metal Kubernetes management
• Experience with GitOps tools like FluxCD or ArgoCD
• Familiarity with observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)
• Experience with secrets management (e.g., Vault, External Secrets)
• Experience with service meshes (e.g., Istio, Nginx)

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and significant equity package via incentive stock options
• High-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement planning
• Flexible PTO
• Free on-site catered meals

About the Company

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. We provide dedicated, secure networks to highly sophisticated customers, including large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military. Based in Northern California, we design, build, and operate our satellites from our 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters.