Senior Infrastructure Engineer

BlackSky

. Design and operate AWS infrastructure, including VPC, subnets, NLB/ALB, IAM, EKS, EC2, S3, Route 53, and hybrid connectivity to on-premises, private, and air-gapped networks .

Posted 10/12/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $135,000 - $150,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and operating AWS infrastructure, managing Kubernetes clusters, and implementing GitOps workflows. Proficient in infrastructure-as-code practices and production monitoring with a focus on security and compliance.

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AWS Infrastructure DesignKubernetes ManagementGitOps with Argo CDInfrastructure-as-Code with TerraformProduction Monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana

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Hard Skills

AWSKubernetesGitOpsTerraformHelmLinux AdministrationBash ScriptingPythonPrometheusGrafana

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationIndependent Work

Tools & Technologies

EKSRancherOpenShiftArgo CDZarfKustomize

Industry Keywords

Infrastructure EngineeringDevOpsSREITAR ComplianceSupply-Chain Security

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSEC2FluxGrafanaKubernetesLinuxOpenShiftPrometheusPythonTerraformGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and operate AWS infrastructure, including VPC, subnets, NLB/ALB, IAM, EKS, EC2, S3, Route 53, and hybrid connectivity to on-premises, private, and air-gapped networks
Stand up and operate production-grade Kubernetes clusters on EKS, Rancher (RKE2), and/or Red Hat OpenShift 4
Perform Kubernetes upgrades, capacity planning, networking, storage, and day-2 operations
Implement and own GitOps workflows with Argo CD, including declarative cluster and application state, app-of-apps patterns, sync policies, drift detection, and progressive rollouts
Author, version, and maintain Helm charts across environments
Build repeatable delivery into disconnected environments using Zarf or equivalent packaging and mirroring tooling
Codify infrastructure and platform configuration with Terraform, Helm, and Kustomize
Build and harden CI/CD pipelines from development through restricted production and BCP targets
Integrate certificate management, secrets management, container registries, storage, and observability as reusable platform building blocks
Establish monitoring, alerting, logging, runbooks, incident response, and capacity/cost-management standards
Report to the Manager, Infrastructure
Perform other responsibilities as assigned

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least five years in infrastructure, platform, DevOps, or SRE engineering, with at least 3 years running Kubernetes in production
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study or equivalent experience (four years)
Strong hands-on AWS experience across networking, compute, storage, and IAM, including hybrid/on-prem connectivity patterns
Production experience operating Kubernetes in one or more enterprise distributions — Amazon EKS, Rancher/RKE2, or OpenShift 4
Demonstrated GitOps experience with Argo CD (or Flux) as the primary deployment mechanism
Proficiency authoring and maintaining Helm charts, and a solid grasp of Kubernetes primitives (workloads, networking, RBAC, storage, CRDs/operators)
Experience with the Kubernetes Operator deployment model, deploying and managing workloads via operators and CRDs (OLM/OperatorHub)
Strong infrastructure-as-code skills, ideally with Terraform
Comfort with Linux systems administration and scripting (Bash, plus Python or Go)
Experience building on hardened, non-CVE / zero-known-vulnerability base images (e.g., Chainguard, Iron Bank, or distroless/minimal baselines) and supply-chain security practices
Production monitoring and observability with Prometheus and Grafana (exporters, PromQL, alerting, dashboards)
Clear written and verbal communication, and the ability to work independently across the full lifecycle of a platform component
U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, protected-individual status, or eligibility to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations for ITAR compliance

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses
15 days of PTO
11 Company holidays
Four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date)
One day of paid volunteerism leave per year
Parental leave
401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
Flexible Spending Accounts
Employee Stock Purchase Program
Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
Employer matching donations
Professional development
Choice of Mac or PC
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