Senior DevOps Engineer, Ursa Space Systems

• Our core technology stack includes AWS, Terraform, Python, and Java. Deep expertise with AWS cloud infrastructure and services is essential for success in this role
• B.S. in Computer Science, or other engineering discipline in which software development is a focus
• Industry experience in a Devops, SRE or software engineer role
• Strong experience with AWS Cloud stack like S3, ECS, CloudFront, EFS, API Gateway etc
• Experience using AI-assisted tools for rapid development and testing
• Expert knowledge of common software development tooling (Git, Docker, IDEs, linters, formatters, testing frameworks, terraform and python modularization)
• Experience with AWS GovCloud as well as associated governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) tooling
• Proficient in Terraform, AWS CDK, and Python
• Experience with NoSQL and/or SQL databases (Mongo, MySQL, Postgres)
• Experience with managing code and container repositories as well as CI/CD functions at scale (GitLab, Amazon ECR preferred)
• Familiarity with release processes for SaaS products
• Experience with microservice-based architectures and related design principles
• Organized and self motivated, able to successfully work with a remote team
• A creative, intuitive, and flexible mindset to approach complex problems and build innovative solutions
• A fast, reliable internet connection if you are working remotely is a must

Desirable

• As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Ursa Space Systems, you will architect and operate the robust, secure, and highly scalable infrastructure that powers our satellite intelligence platform
• This is a high-impact role where you will bridge software development and cloud operations to build resilient, auto-scaling environments capable of AI-assisted querying on massive geospatial datasets with high levels of concurrent system activity
• A key focus of this role is strengthening the scalability and security of our backend platform and evolving our infrastructure to support increasing concurrency, reliability, and operational efficiency at scale
• You will play a critical role in designing systems that are secure by default, observable in real time, and resilient under production load
• You will also serve as a technical leader in defining the “paved roads” for CI/CD and infrastructure best practices, enabling engineering teams to deploy quickly without compromising reliability or security
• Your work will span cloud infrastructure, automation, observability, DevSecOps, and platform scalability, with a strong emphasis on AWS-based architectures and services
• Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available AWS infrastructure supporting Ursa Space production systems
• Develop and manage infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform and AWS-native tooling
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices to enable fast, reliable, and secure deployments
• Improve backend scalability, reliability, and system performance to support high levels of concurrency and production traffic
• Implement monitoring, logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting systems to improve observability and incident response
• Develop and maintain self-service infrastructure tooling and platform automation to improve engineering productivity
• Support containerized applications and microservice-based architectures in cloud-native environments
• Implement security best practices across infrastructure, including IAM, RBAC, secrets management, and compliance controls
• Partner closely with software engineering teams on architecture, deployment, operational excellence, and production reliability initiatives
• Participate in architecture reviews, incident response, on-call rotations, and continuous improvement efforts across the platform
• What Success Looks Like:
• Security and reliability is integrated into the CI/CD pipeline (DevSecOps) so that breaks and vulnerabilities are caught before code is even deployed
• Ensuring users and services have exactly the permissions they need and nothing more (e.g., RBAC, advanced IAM policies)
• All systems have real-time monitoring and alerting capabilities for failures and suspicious activity
• Designing infrastructure that can withstand an attack or misconfiguration without a total system failure
• Make our infrastructure and systems easy to configure, maintain and observe. We can debug and resolve production issues quickly with the help of monitors, logging and metrics
• This position may have on-call responsibilities