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Delivery Engineer - Cloud & Automation

Colorado Springs

About Bluestaq
At Bluestaq, we build secure data platforms that matter for space missions, national defense, healthcare systems, and commercial innovation. Founded in 2018, we've become a leader in enterprise software and secure data management by staying focused on what counts: modern architecture, operational excellence, and mission impact.

We're engineers, problem-solvers, and builders who take the mission seriously, but not ourselves. We automate the repeatable, question the status quo, and design systems that are as reliable as they are scalable. Whether we're supporting space, defense systems, or healthcare advancements, we build with the same principles: cloud-native solutions, security by design, and relentless simplicity.

Our name? "Blue" (military shorthand for the good guys) and "staq" (as in software stack). It's who we are, mission-aligned technologists building platforms that protect the world’s most valuable data.

Recognized Excellence We've earned national recognition as one of Inc. Magazine's Fastest-Growing Private Companies and consistently rank among Colorado's Best Workplaces. But what we're most proud of? The systems we build, the teams we develop, and the mission outcomes we enable.

Delivery Engineer — Cloud & Automation 

Design and Integrate Systems for Mission Success 

Bluestaq is hiring a Delivery Engineer to operate and evolve our Kubernetes-based platform on AWS. You will own the deployment automation, day-to-day production health, and incident response for the services that power the Unified Data Library (UDL) — a mission-critical data platform used across government and commercial space operations.

This is a hands-on platform/SRE role. You will spend your time deploying infrastructure with Terraform/Terragrunt, debugging failed rollouts in EKS, chasing latency and error spikes through Grafana and traces, and remediating production issues in Kubernetes directly. 

Why This Role Matters 

Bluestaq delivers integrated, secure, and reliable systems for customers operating in mission-critical and commercially demanding environments. Systems engineering is at the core of how we win, deliver, and scale. Without strong systems engineering execution, our teams can't move fast, our systems can't stay secure, and our customers can't rely on the technology that supports their operations. 

This role is foundational to the team and the organization. Your work spans defined features, environments, and components within a team, with growing independence, which means your decisions, your designs, and your technical judgment have a direct and measurable effect on what Bluestaq delivers. We're building a culture of ownership and technical excellence, and we need people who bring both depth and the right mindset to do it. 

What Success Looks Like in the First 90 Days

  • Comfortable deploying and updating services across our EKS environments via Terragrunt and Argo CD
  • Independently triaging Grafana alerts and resolving common production issues
  • Contributing improvements to runbooks, dashboards, or automation based on at least one real incident
  • Participating in the on-call rotation

Key Responsibilities 

  • Deploy and maintain UDL platform infrastructure on AWS EKS using Terraform and Terragrunt
  • Manage application rollouts via Argo CD / GitOps workflows; troubleshoot failed deployments, upgrades, and sync issues
  • Monitor production service health using Grafana dashboards, logs, and distributed traces; drive incidents to root cause
  • Perform live remediation in Kubernetes — pod restarts, rolling updates, scaling, node draining, debugging stuck workloads
  • Improve observability coverage, alert quality, and runbooks based on what you learn from real incidents
  • Automate repetitive operational toil using Python, Bash, or PowerShell
  • Partner with product, security, and engineering teams to ship changes safely into regulated environments
  • Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge across the platform team
  • Participate in an on-call rotation for production support

Qualifications & Skills 

  • 3–6 years in DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure roles
  • Production experience operating Kubernetes (EKS preferred) — deployments, services, ingress, troubleshooting failed pods/rollouts
  • Hands-on experience with Terraform (Terragrunt a plus) provisioning AWS infrastructure
  • Strong AWS fundamentals (IAM, VPC, EC2, EKS, S3, CloudWatch)
  • Comfort working in Linux environments and writing automation in Python, Bash, or PowerShell
  • Experience with observability tooling — Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, or equivalent log/metrics/trace platforms
  • Strong problem-solving skills and clear written/verbal communication, especially during incidents
  • Bachelor's degree plus 4+ years experience (or equivalent combination of education and experience)

Preferred Experience

  • Argo CD or other GitOps tooling at scale
  • Helm and/or Kustomize for Kubernetes manifest management
  • Kafka / Amazon MSK operations
  • Service mesh experience (Istio, Linkerd)
  • Incident response leadership and postmortem authorship
  • AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or similar)
  • Experience operating in regulated, security-conscious environments (FedRAMP, IL4/5, DoD)

Additional Requirements

  • U.S. citizenship required (clearance-eligible position)
  • On-site presence in Colorado Springs required
  • May require eligibility for TS/SCI security clearance

Salary Range (CO)

$95,000 - $140,000 USD

Clearance Requirement: This position may require the ability to obtain a TS/SCI Clearance. To be eligible for a security clearance, U.S. citizenship is required, and an employee must agree to participate in a background screen and credit check. Eligibility for a TS/SCI Clearance will be assessed as part of the onboarding process or based on programmatic needs.

Physical Requirements:

  • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
  • Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
  • Must be able to access and navigate each department at the organization's facilities.

Relocation: This position does not offer relocation. Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense.

Bluestaq is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees on the basis age 40 and over, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by state or local law.

Bluestaq will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities and employees whose work requirements interfere with a religious belief unless doing so would result in an undue hardship to Bluestaq or a direct threat. Employees needing such accommodation are instructed to contact Human Resources immediately at contact.us@bluestaq.com.

Date the Position Closes: Applications will be accepted for 60 days beyond the posting date, or until the position is filled, whichever comes first.

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