Take space missions further faster. Backed by a16z.
About the role
Own and operate all components of the cloud infrastructure stack: cloud accounts, hosted k8s clusters, CA, secrets, IAM, the observability pipeline. Take a defined scope and execute it without ongoing oversight. Build and maintain infrastructure as code. Define and implement GitOps practices and proper CI gates to test, audit, and approve infrastructure changes. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 2–5 years of production infrastructure experience (SRE, DevOps, platform, cloud, or systems engineering). See Levels below for what we expect across that range
- Depth in cloud: multi-account organizations, IAM, VPC networking, EKS or equivalent managed Kubernetes
- Strong IaC experience: state management, CI-driven plan and apply, working in a shared monorepo with other engineers
- Working competence across Linux, networking fundamentals, containers and Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tooling
- Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of a production system: design, implementation, operation
- On-call experience in a production environment with measurable reliability outcomes
More about this role
Northwood is a modern space infrastructure company bringing the benefits of space to the masses through advanced communications technology. We are building a global network of phased array and parabolic ground stations that enable real-time, reliable communication for satellite missions such as national security, global connectivity, and disaster response. With a vertically integrated approach, Northwood designs, builds, and rapidly deploys scalable systems that power the next generation of space missions. If you like solving complex challenges and seeing your work deployed around the world with real impact, Northwood is the place to do it.
Role
Northwood runs a global network of phased array ground stations supported by cloud infrastructure; clusters that run mission software, identity systems every service depends on, the observability stack that tells operators what is happening at every site, and the IaC that defines all of it. The Infrastructure Engineer – Cloud owns and operates that environment.
This is a core individual contributor role on the Infrastructure team. You take a defined scope, run it independently, and bring real depth in cloud infrastructure. You'll work...
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