Senior Product Operations Engineer, Space

Role Overview

The Senior Product Operations Engineer will operate, maintain, harden, and evolve a classified networking capability that delivers operational Space Domain Awareness data for the United States Space Force. The role requires a deep technical credibility and leadership presence to match.

What You Will Do

The engineer will stand up, harden, and maintain classified Linux-based infrastructure across globally distributed sites in air-gapped environments, apply and enforce STIG compliance, and build, maintain, and evolve infrastructure as code using Ansible/Puppet.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The role requires a strong technical background, leadership presence, and experience with Kubernetes, Linux, STIG compliance, and infrastructure as code. The engineer will work hand in hand with Mission Software Engineers, Product Operations teammates, and Technical Program Managers to deploy new capabilities on operationally relevant timelines.

Requirements

• Active U.S. Secret security clearance
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments
• Expert-level Linux proficiency
• Proven experience with STIG compliance and system hardening
• Strong experience standing up infrastructure in air-gapped/classified environments
• Proficiency with Ansible, Puppet, and Terraform for building, managing, and versioning infrastructure as code at scale
• Strong scripting ability in Bash and Python
• Hands-on experience with observability tooling Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack
• Leadership presence without the title
• Strong communication and documentation skills
• Strong initiative and self-direction in isolated, secure environments
• Understanding of software development practices including version control (Git), code review, testing, and agile methodologies

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
• Highly competitive equity grants