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K2 Space Corporation · 1 day ago

Senior Cloud Engineer

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$165K/yr - $215K/yr

5+ years exp

K2 Space Corporation is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, backed by significant investments and contracts. They are seeking a Cloud Engineer to design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure that supports mission-critical workloads while ensuring scalability, security, and reliability in a fast-paced environment.

AerospaceMachinery ManufacturingManufacturingSpace Travel

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Design, build, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure supporting mission-critical workloads (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, FaaS) across production, staging, and development environments

Define and implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) automation (Terraform, ARM/Bicep, etc.), CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and other automation tooling to enable rapid, reproducible, and secure deployments

Collaborate with software, mission-ops, and DevOps teams to integrate cloud architecture into our development lifecycle (DevSecOps — from build to launch)

Establish and manage identity and access management (IAM), role-based access, encryption, network security, secrets management, and compliance controls

Monitor and maintain the health, performance, and cost-effectiveness of cloud services; implement logging, monitoring, alerting, and capacity planning

Perform security assessments, threat modeling, vulnerability scans, compliance audits; develop mitigation strategies and drive best practices

Create clear documentation of architectures, relevant procedures, security policies, and infrastructure diagrams — and communicate across teams and stakeholders

Stay on top of cloud security threats, emerging technologies, and compliance requirements — and champion proactive improvements in our cloud posture

Qualification

Cloud infrastructure managementInfrastructure as Code (IaC)Cloud-native servicesSecurity best practicesContainer orchestrationCloud certificationsScripting languagesProblem-solving skillsCommunication skillsCross-functional teamwork

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field — or equivalent practical experience

5+ years (senior-level) hands-on experience managing cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP or similar), preferably across multiple cloud platforms

Strong proficiency with IaC tools (Terraform, ARM/Bicep, CloudFormation, etc.), CI/CD, configuration management, and scripting (e.g. Python, Bash, PowerShell)

Solid understanding of cloud-native services (VMs, containers/Kubernetes, serverless, databases, networking, storage) and ability to design scalable, resilient architectures

Experience with container orchestration systems (Kubernetes, Docker) and modern deployment workflows

Deep knowledge of security best practices: IAM, encryption, network security (firewalls, VNets), secrets management, monitoring, logging, and compliance frameworks

Familiarity with (or willingness to learn) compliance regimes relevant to defense/space sector (e.g., FedRAMP, CMMC, ITAR, government-cloud environments) — especially if working on sensitive or government-facing projects

Excellent problem-solving skills, strong communication (verbal + writing), ability to work in cross-functional teams, and comfort working in a fast-paced, mission-driven startup environment

Preferred

Advanced cloud certifications (e.g. AWS Solutions Architect/DevOps, Azure Administrator/DevOps/Security, Kubernetes certifications)

Experience with hybrid clouds / Gov-cloud environments / regulated-space-industry compliance

Prior experience supporting aerospace, defense, or highly regulated workloads

Familiarity with GitOps workflows, MLOps pipelines, container-security tooling, secrets vaults (e.g. HashiCorp Vault), log aggregators / monitoring systems (e.g. ELK, Splunk), and automated incident response / forensics pipelines