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David Careers

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

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evona united statesDenver (CO)
Computer Systems Engineers/ArchitectsComputer Systems Design Services

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About the role

Are you passionate about shaping the future of humanity's presence in space? Lunar Outpost, an industry leader in space robotics and planetary vehicles, invites you to join our team! Lunar Outpost is dedicated to creating a permanent presence in space, while also driving positive impacts here on Earth. Currently, we are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to contribute to our mission in a dynamic startup environment. The main responsibilities of this role include managing Stargate deployments in production, ensuring high availability and uptime, executing reliable releases, and driving operational excellence through comprehensive monitoring, metrics, and infrastructure management. Stargate is a next-generation Command and Control (C2) platform—the ground software that enables and empowers all Lunar Outpost missions, including the Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) program. As mission-agnostic software used by all operators in mission control, Stargate's reliability and uptime are critical to mission success. Take the #NextLeap with Lunar Outpost and work on the Pegasus LTV, which will carry NASA astronauts farther than they've ever been before on the lunar surface!
Working Conditions / Schedule: This position is required to be onsite Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Where applicable, employees may work remotely on Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Additional hours may be required based on business needs.?
Key Responsibilities:
  • Design, develop, and maintain Kubernetes operators and controllers in Go to automate deployment, configuration, scaling, and lifecycle management of Stargate services
  • Own and manage Stargate production releases and deployment pipelines using
  • GitOps practices
  • Drive operational excellence initiatives including metrics collection, log aggregation, uptime monitoring, KPI tracking, and SIM Integration
  • Maintain and achieve 99.99% (four nines) to 99.999% (five nines) uptime SLAsDesign, develop, and maintain Helm charts for Stargate and related infrastructure components
  • Implement and manage progressive deployment strategies including canary deployments and blue-green deployments
  • Oversee critical Kubernetes infrastructure including volume management, DNS configuration, load balancer provisioning, and secret monitoring/management
  • Manage and optimize Kubernetes deployments and related AWS services
  • Implement and maintain observability stack using OpenTelemetry for comprehensive monitoring and alerting
Required Qualifications:
  • 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or a related discipline
  • Kubernetes administration experience with elevated cluster access in production environments
  • Strong software development experience in one or more programming languages (C++, Go, Node, Python, etc.)Strong proficiency writing and maintaining Helm charts for complex, multi-component applications
  • Hands-on experience implementing canary deployments, blue-green deployments, and other progressive delivery patterns
  • Deep knowledge of Kubernetes infrastructure management: persistent volumes, DNS/networking, load balancers, and secrets management
  • Production experience with GitOps workflows and Flux CD
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience developing Go-based Kubernetes operators and controllers
  • Experience with AWS cloud services, particularly EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service), Secrets Manager, VPC networking, IAM, and AWS Load Balancers
  • Experience with Karpenter for Kubernetes node autoscaling and cluster optimization
  • Experience with OpenTelemetry instrumentation and observability platforms
  • Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD, or CKS)
  • Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.)Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CDK)
  • Experience implementing SRE practices including SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets
Compensation & Benefits: Comprehensive health coverage: Medical, dental, and vision benefits, with 70% of premiums covered by the employer
Paid time off: Three (3) weeks per year of vacation
Retirement plan: Up to 4% employer match on 401(k) contributions Paid holidays: 11 company-recognized holidays Parental leave Educational reimbursement opportunities to support company objectives, continued learning, and career development Lunar Outpost Inc.is an equal opportunity employer. Lunar Outpost Inc. doesnot discriminateon the basis ofrace, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Allemployees, including executives andhuman resources personnel, are expectedtoconduct themselves with professionalism andtreat others withdignityandrespect in accordance with this policy.

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