Slingshot Aerospace

Slingshot Aerospace

Senior DevOps Engineer

Remote, United States · Senior

No sponsorship$136k-$237kDetected 149 days ago
PythonAWSDockerKubernetesTerraformCI/CDLinuxDevOpsMachine LearningMLOpsCybersecurityIncident ResponseProblem Solving

About the role

  • We're a team of builders, thinkers, and problem-solvers who believe that the next generation of space operations will be powered by better data and smarter software.
  • We move fast, we're not afraid to fail, and we believe the best ideas can come from anywhere-whether you're in engineering, sales, product, or operations.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with offshore and onshore engineering teams to design, implement, and scale cloud-native infrastructure supporting a new customer portal and ongoing platform refactoring efforts
  • Architect, build, and maintain Kubernetes-based environments that power production systems, ensuring scalability, resilience, and security
  • Lead Infrastructure as Code initiatives (primarily Terraform) to automate provisioning, configuration, and environment consistency across AWS
  • Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment velocity, reliability, and developer experience
  • Drive automation initiatives that reduce manual processes and increase system reliability and repeatability
  • Collaborate closely with Platform, Engineering, and cross-functional stakeholders to gather requirements, troubleshoot issues, and continuously improve system architecture
  • Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and proactively implement improvements to optimize availability and cost efficiency
  • Support incident response and root cause analysis efforts, driving long-term fixes and ensuring lessons learned translate into system improvements

Requirements

  • Active Security Clearance is Required for this role (Top Secret Preferred)
  • Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools and practices, such as Terraform or CloudFormation

Skills

  • Our work directly impacts global security, disaster response, climate monitoring, and the critical infrastructure that connects our world.
  • Meet Slingshot
  • What You'll Be Launching

Compensation

  • $136,000-$237,000

Benefits

  • Integrate and operationalize MLOps practices, enabling efficient deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management of machine learning workflows

Company info

  • we are currently only able to hire residents of the following U.S. states: AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OR, RI, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, and WI.
  • We are unable to consider candidates residing in other U.S. states at this time.
  • we are currently only able to hire residents of the following locations: United Kingdom.
  • We are unable to consider candidates residing in other countries at this time.
  • we are currently only able to hire residents of the following U.S. states: AL, AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV We are unable to consider candidates residing in other U.S. states at this time.

Equal opportunity

  • We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds, who share a passion for creating a safer, more connected world.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Active Security Clearance is Required for this role (Top Secret Preferred)

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