{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"ab481ebf85a1568cbf4a1983","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ab481ebf85a1568cbf4a1983","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ab481ebf85a1568cbf4a1983","title":"Senior DevOps Engineer","description":"Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity's reach into the solar system. Today, Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military. With five satellites on orbit and many more set to launch soon, the company is servicing a backlog of more than $1 billion of commercial contracts.\n\nAstranis is the preferred satellite communications partner for buyers with stringent requirements for uptime, data security, network visibility, and customization. Astranis has raised over $750 million from some of the world's best investors, from Andreessen Horowitz to Blackrock and Fidelity, and employs a team of 450 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.\nSenior DevOps Engineer\nAs a Senior DevOps engineer, you will be an early contributor to the growing infrastructure team to support a rapidly expanding fleet of satellites.\nSpeed and reliability aren't luxuries here; they're lifelines. When a satellite is orbiting thousands of miles above Earth, minutes matter. Our developers need to iterate and deploy rapidly to fix mission-critical issues and push improvements that keep spacecraft healthy and missions on track. You'll be the one making sure our CI pipelines aren't just efficient, but blazing fast, so our engineers can respond to the unexpected in real time. You'll own every aspect of the development workflow including AI assistant tools, language upgrades, build systems, pre-commit checks, and emerging projects to help unlock developer velocity.\nIf you're excited by the idea of supporting spacecraft with infrastructure that's as mission-critical as the satellites themselves, this is your launchpad.\nThis role supports both commercial and U.S. Government programs.\nRole\nMaintain and streamline a CI pipeline integrating with a mix of real and simulated hardware\nIntroduce and optimize build tools and workflows to accelerate development\nAutomate release, deployment, and monitoring tooling for development and production systems\nImplement and own the proliferation of metrics and performance tracking in development, CI, production, and mission contexts\nLead initiatives that improve developer productivity and developer experience\nRequirements\n6+ years experience in Infrastructure and DevOps engineering\nBachelor of Science in a related discipline (e.g. Computer Science, Information Technology)\nProficiency with Python or other scripting language\nExperience with scaling build systems such as, but not limited to: Bazel, CMake, or Pants\nStrong Experience with Linux\nExperience working with CI tools such as Gitlab, Github, Jenkins, Tekton or others\nStrong written and oral communication skills\nHighly motivated, self-starting, and able to perform duties autonomously without much supervision\nBonus\nBazel build system\nCode coverage reporting\nAI tooling for developers\nRemote development environments\nFlaky test management and infrastructure\nU.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required\n(To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3))\nOur mission and our products are meant to connect the world and everyone in it, regardless of gender, race, creed, or any other distinction. 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Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.\nSenior DevOps Engineer\nAs a Senior DevOps engineer, you will be an early contributor to the growing infrastructure team to support a rapidly expanding fleet of satellites.\nSpeed and reliability aren't luxuries here; they're lifelines. When a satellite is orbiting thousands of miles above Earth, minutes matter. Our developers need to iterate and deploy rapidly to fix mission-critical issues and push improvements that keep spacecraft healthy and missions on track. You'll be the one making sure our CI pipelines aren't just efficient, but blazing fast, so our engineers can respond to the unexpected in real time. You'll own every aspect of the development workflow including AI assistant tools, language upgrades, build systems, pre-commit checks, and emerging projects to help unlock developer velocity.\nIf you're excited by the idea of supporting spacecraft with infrastructure that's as mission-critical as the satellites themselves, this is your launchpad.\nThis role supports both commercial and U.S. Government programs.\nRole\nMaintain and streamline a CI pipeline integrating with a mix of real and simulated hardware\nIntroduce and optimize build tools and workflows to accelerate development\nAutomate release, deployment, and monitoring tooling for development and production systems\nImplement and own the proliferation of metrics and performance tracking in development, CI, production, and mission contexts\nLead initiatives that improve developer productivity and developer experience\nRequirements\n6+ years experience in Infrastructure and DevOps engineering\nBachelor of Science in a related discipline (e.g. Computer Science, Information Technology)\nProficiency with Python or other scripting language\nExperience with scaling build systems such as, but not limited to: Bazel, CMake, or Pants\nStrong Experience with Linux\nExperience working with CI tools such as Gitlab, Github, Jenkins, Tekton or others\nStrong written and oral communication skills\nHighly motivated, self-starting, and able to perform duties autonomously without much supervision\nBonus\nBazel build system\nCode coverage reporting\nAI tooling for developers\nRemote development environments\nFlaky test management and infrastructure\nU.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required\n(To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3))\nOur mission and our products are meant to connect the world and everyone in it, regardless of gender, race, creed, or any other distinction. 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