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Loft Orbital | Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
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Site Reliability Engineer
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What this role officially is
ICT system administrator — ESCO, the EU occupation classification
ICT system administrators are responsible for the upkeep, configuration, and reliable operation of computer and network systems, servers, workstations and peripheral devices. They may acquire, install, or upgrade computer components and software; automate routine tasks; write computer programs; troubleshoot; train and supervise staff; and provide technical support. They ensure optimum system integrity, security, backup and performance.
Also known as: enterprise administrator, IT system administrator, ICT systems administrator, ICT sysadmins, IT systems administrator, ICT sysadmin
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(SRE)| Golden, CO or San Francisco, CA | $180k–$240k + equity | https://loftorbital.com
Loft builds and operates shareable satellites so customers can fly a payload without building a spacecraft. We integrate, launch, and operate the mission end to end: Earth observation, IoT, on-orbit AI, national security. 30+ missions flown since 2017, fleet on track for 30 satellites by 2027, offices in SF, Golden, and Toulouse.
Our Cloud Infrastructure team runs the ground segment that talks to the fleet. This is an SRE role with a twist: we apply DevOps practices to spacecraft control (we call it SatDevOps), and we'll train you to operate the satellites.
What you'd own:
- Hybrid cloud infra on GCP + Kubernetes: provisioning (IaC), CI/CD, GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux)
- The observability stack (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, tracing) across ground and flight systems
- Reliability: RCAs, fault tolerance, performance tuning, long-term fixes over patches
- Software-defined networking between ground stations, cloud, and mission ops
- Developer experience: tooling and environments for the flight software and ops teams
Looking for: strong public cloud (ideally GCP), deep Kubernetes, one backend language (Go/Python/Rust/C++/Java), IaC + CI/CD in anger, and someone who can design HA systems and then run them. Nice to have: FinOps, security tooling, orchestration in resource-constrained environments.
Benefits: 100% company-paid medical/dental/vision for you and dependents, 401(k) + equity, flexible PTO + 12 holidays, 14/10 weeks paid parental leave, daily catered lunch, relocation assistance, and time with the team in France.
Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital/3ae5c3e3-c1e0-4311-83b5-0b6cea03b390?lever-via=Hwgjd9YHeA and mention HN in your application.
Loft builds and operates shareable satellites so customers can fly a payload without building a spacecraft. We integrate, launch, and operate the mission end to end: Earth observation, IoT, on-orbit AI, national security. 30+ missions flown since 2017, fleet on track for 30 satellites by 2027, offices in SF, Golden, and Toulouse.
Our Cloud Infrastructure team runs the ground segment that talks to the fleet. This is an SRE role with a twist: we apply DevOps practices to spacecraft control (we call it SatDevOps), and we'll train you to operate the satellites.
What you'd own:
- Hybrid cloud infra on GCP + Kubernetes: provisioning (IaC), CI/CD, GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux)
- The observability stack (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, tracing) across ground and flight systems
- Reliability: RCAs, fault tolerance, performance tuning, long-term fixes over patches
- Software-defined networking between ground stations, cloud, and mission ops
- Developer experience: tooling and environments for the flight software and ops teams
Looking for: strong public cloud (ideally GCP), deep Kubernetes, one backend language (Go/Python/Rust/C++/Java), IaC + CI/CD in anger, and someone who can design HA systems and then run them. Nice to have: FinOps, security tooling, orchestration in resource-constrained environments.
Benefits: 100% company-paid medical/dental/vision for you and dependents, 401(k) + equity, flexible PTO + 12 holidays, 14/10 weeks paid parental leave, daily catered lunch, relocation assistance, and time with the team in France.
Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/loftorbital/3ae5c3e3-c1e0-4311-83b5-0b6cea03b390?lever-via=Hwgjd9YHeA and mention HN in your application.