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Senior Site Reliability Engineer

K2 Space· IT
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Los Angeles, CA$140k - $180kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior SRE responsible for core infrastructure and tooling used by the software team and broader Engineering org to design, deploy, and operate systems for large spacecraft software and related platforms. Initial six months focus on shaping software solutions for the Mega class satellite.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement and maintain both Cloud and On-Premises infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
  • Update, deploy and scale our mission-critical services using industry best practices
  • Closely collaborate with engineering teams to create highly available, deployable, and reliable products
  • Reduce operational toil through automation, tooling, and self-service platforms
  • Partner with other technical teams to design controls, uphold security standards, and proactively mitigate vulnerabilities
  • Lead high-impact reliability, security, and resiliency efforts that influence platform strategy, elevate engineering excellence, and enable critical business outcomes.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology or a STEM discipline or 5+ years of professional experience in Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps
  • Deep experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
  • 3+ years of Infrastructure-as-code deployment processes
  • Production experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration
  • Solid understanding of networking & Linux internals

Skills

Required:Infrastructure as CodeCloud platformsKubernetesNetworking

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks
Last updated Aug 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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