Senior Platform Engineer
About the role
Senior Platform Engineer at Turion Space, focusing on CI/CD, AWS-based infrastructure, containerization, and infrastructure as code to build and operate internal developer platforms with cloud-agnostic and on-prem capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Design and drive implementation of internal developer platforms and self-service tools
- Develop abstraction layers that enable infrastructure portability across different deployment targets
- Build and optimize reusable infrastructure components and templates, ensuring cross-environment portability
- Design and implement platform APIs and tools that abstract away infrastructure-specific details
- Establish cloud-agnostic observability and monitoring solutions
- Define and implement standardized deployment patterns and workflows
- Architect and enhance our container orchestration platform improvements
- Develop comprehensive platform documentation and training materials
- Guide development teams in their transition to self-service capabilities
- Help maintain and optimize existing AWS infrastructure and deployment pipelines
- Support immediate production issues and deployments
- Assist in implementing security best practices across our platform and infrastructure
- Contribute to disaster recovery and business continuity plans
- Implement and manage advanced secrets management solutions
- Participate in on-call rotations and incident response efforts
- Support teams with their current CI/CD and deployment needs
- Help teams design cloud-agnostic solutions while working within current AWS constraints
Qualifications
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Personnel Security Clearance (PCL)
- 8+ years of experience in software development, DevOps, or platform engineering
- Proven track record of implementing large-scale platforms and infrastructure
- Expert-level knowledge of CI/CD concepts and extensive experience with industry-standard tools
- Deep expertise with AWS services and architectures, particularly around containerization and orchestration
- Advanced proficiency in infrastructure as code tools, especially AWS CDK
- Expert-level knowledge in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Go, TypeScript)
- Extensive experience with containerization technologies and orchestration platforms
- Comprehensive understanding of networking, security, and infrastructure concepts
- Experience with both cloud and on-premises infrastructure management
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to drive technical initiatives
- Outstanding communication skills
- Physical ability to occasionally work with server equipment (lifting up to 50 pounds, rack mounting)
Skills
Benefits
- Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Retirement Plans: 401(k) plan.
- Paid Time Off: Generous vacation days, personal days, and holidays.
- Professional Development: Ongoing training, workshops, and courses.
- Team Building Activities: Regular social events and company-sponsored activities.
- Diverse and Inclusive Culture: Commitment to diversity and inclusion.
About Turion Space
Moving Things Around in Space, Imaging Space Objects When We're Not
Turion Space is building spacecraft to move things around in space and image space objects when they’re not, and focused on developing the dual-use technology required to ensure a sustainable future in space. They aim to build a strong foundation selling space domain awareness imagery data while advancing their technology towards an affordable solution for orbital debris removal and eventually asteroid mining. The founding team originates from SpaceX, and after going through the Y-combinator accelerator in summer 2021 went on to raise a $6.2M seed round and is launching their first DROID satellite in early 2023.
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