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Cloud and DevOps Engineer (5-8 years)

Westminster, CO

The team at Advanced Space is leading humanity back to the Moon and pioneering innovative solutions in the space industry. Based in Westminster Colorado, this incredible team is looking for a skilled and experienced Cloud and DevOps Engineer.  Responsibilities include architecting cloud-based DevOps solutions, selecting appropriate toolsets, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. Solid skills in cloud-based solution architecture, networking, AWS cloud administration, Linux, Docker/Kubernetes, and CI/CD Pipelines are required. Advanced Space is a rapidly growing, privately held business that incorporates our core values in all that we do. Advanced Space exists to support the sustainable exploration, development, and settlement of space and operates with four core values: We are customer obsessed and mission focused; when we see it, we solve it; we are one team, motivated by our vision; and we bring technical excellence and inexhaustible curiosity.

Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Partner with development and operations teams to gather requirements and architect scalable, secure, and maintainable cloud and DevOps solutions.
  • Evaluate and select modern toolsets based on industry best practices, functionality, support, security, and total cost of ownership.
  • Own the enhancement, automation, and ongoing maintenance of CI/CD and software lifecycle infrastructure.
  • Troubleshoot complex system and application-level issues across diverse cloud-native and containerized environments.
  • Support the development and deployment of high-performance computing and data engineering solutions.
  • Build and maintain Kubernetes clusters, manage deployments using YAML and Helm.
  • Implement and maintain configuration management systems (e.g., Ansible).
  • Design and deploy Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform.
  • Lead implementation of secure AWS environments using native security tools and IaC-driven deployments (IAM, SCPs, permission sets).
  • Mentor junior engineers, contribute to peer reviews, and share best practices across the engineering team.

Required Skills:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
  • 5-8 years of relevant professional experience.
  • 5+  years in systems, network, or cloud administration roles.
  • 5+ years hands-on experience designing and deploying AWS-based DevOps solutions (Ansible, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Expert-level Linux administration.
  • Proficient in Python and Bash scripting.
  • Strong AWS experience (IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, Systems Manager, etc.).
  • Demonstrated experience managing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab or GitHub (GitLab preferred).
  • Deep knowledge of containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
  • Experience in administering databases like MongoDB, PostgreSQL, or Neo4j.
  • Skilled in observability and monitoring (e.g., CloudWatch, Elasticsearch).
  • Strong git proficiency (branching, workflows, version control).
  • Understanding of DevSecOps principles and security best practices in cloud environments.

Preferred Skills:

  • Familiarity with data engineering or backend support for HPC and ML workloads.
  • Experience with AWS Organizations, Service Catalog, and governance/security configurations.
  • Working knowledge of identity and access management (IAM) systems and APIs.
  • Experience with observability stacks (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, DataDog).
  • Familiarity with configuration management systems (e.g., Ansible).
  • Proficiency in AWS CDK or Python Boto3 SDK.
  • Experience with NIST 800-171 and CMMC scoped environments.
  • Experience with:
    • GitLab architecture and restructuring
    • Terraform for AWS infrastructure automation
    • CI/CD pipeline optimization and maintenance
    • Cloud-native artifact repositories (e.g., Artifactory)
    • Workflow/project management tools (Jira, WRIKE, Redmine)

Compensation and Benefits:

  • Base Salary Range – $110,000 - $130,000 based on role, employee experience, and location
  • Signing bonus
  • Quarterly Performance bonuses
  • Company provided health insurance and 401K plan upon eligibility
  • Unlimited vacation time and extensive flexibility
  • Relocation Assistance

Eligibility Requirements

  • This is an IMMEDIATE hiring need.
  • Ability to work in the Westminster, CO office 3-5 days/week.
  • Applicants must be a US Citizen.
  • Must have a Security Clearance: Active [e.g., Secret/Top Secret/TS/SCI] security clearance required
  • Advanced Space values the power of collaboration and in-person interactions. As such, our team enjoys the option of hybrid work with at least three days a week in person.

About the company:

Advanced Space exists to enable the sustainable exploration, development, and settlement of space through software and services that leverage unique subject matter expertise. The company is actively supporting mission and cutting-edge capabilities spanning commercial, civil, and national security customers. Our core business is focused on three areas: (1) mission enabling services, (2) technology solutions and (3) mission solutions. Through its mission enabling services, Advanced Space provides mission and flight optimization, mission design, mission systems engineering. With its technology solutions Advanced Space provides its customers with trusted AI/ML/autonomy expertise, flight-demonstrated applications, and analysis at scale. Advanced Space offers Mission Solutions with unique turn-key missions, data and capabilities purchases and demonstrated cislunar and Martian success. Advanced Space is mission focused as the owner and operator of CAPSTONE™ for NASA and Prime contractor for Oracle for AFRL.

These competencies are leveraged by a dynamic, flexible, and agile team with cross domain knowledge. We have a small but growing team that works collaboratively across projects. We provide flexibility, and an opportunity for passionate employees to contribute directly to meaningful projects. Trusted to take on the challenge, the team at Advanced Space is Delivering Innovation to Orbit™ to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

Advanced Space, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Advanced Space, LLC recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

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