DevOps Engineer (hybrid - Ithaca, NY)
About Ursa Space Systems
Ursa Space Systems builds the software and AI agents that guide the acquisition, analysis, and integration of satellite and geospatial data into customer workflows, delivering valuable insights for global security and commodity markets. By leveraging satellite data and advanced analytics, Ursa Space provides fast, actionable information to a range of industries, including finance, energy, and defense.
Job SummaryUrsa Space is looking for a skilled DevOps Engineer to join our growing team! There is a lot of cross-pollination here at Ursa Space. You will have the opportunity to work with a diverse team of highly-skilled engineers and scientists working on a variety of projects.
This position will work with Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure, handling design, implementation, and maintenance. You will work hand in hand with the engineering organization to improve the state of our platform and infrastructure.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with AWS services and the use of Terraform and AWS CDK to manage resources, as well as practical knowledge of CI/CD to support a growing platform. They will also have a good understanding of the containerization and orchestration of workloads.
The DevOps Engineer will report directly to the Sr. Information Technology Manager. This position is exempt and not eligible for overtime pay. This position will be hybrid, with headquarters located in Ithaca, NY.
Job Responsibilities- Administer and maintain AWS infrastructure in collaboration with senior team members
- Write, deploy, and maintain scalable infrastructure code
- Fulfill engineering needs for cloud resources
- Provide AWS support to engineers, scientists, and analysts
- Contribute to the development of IaC, CI/CD, and other engineering standards
- Harden our infrastructure to support customer SLAs
- Advise and assist other engineers with architecting cloud solutions
- Monitor platforms and troubleshoot technical issues
- Assist with migration of legacy systems to redefined architectures
- Coordinate with Ursa customers and vendors to facilitate exchange of data
- Automate repetitive tasks
- Learn and stay updated on new technologies, products, and releases
- All other duties as assigned
- B.S. in Computer Science and/or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- 3-5 years of experience with AWS solutions architecture, administration, and security best practices
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation, or similar)
- Experience with administering Git platforms like GitLab and GitHub
- Experience with building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, CodePipeline/CodeBuild, Github Actions, etc.)
- Intermediate Python programming skills with understanding of OOP principles
- Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS)
- Working knowledge of AWS managed services for networking, systems administration, monitoring, and security
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- AWS Associate certifications (Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, Developer)
- AWS GovCloud experience
- Kubernetes tooling (Helm, autoscalers, Argo Workflows, etc.)
- DataDog, CloudWatch, and other observability tools
- SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis, etc.)
- ArcGIS, STAC, and other geospatial industry domain tools
- Experience with multiple IaC frameworks
- Familiarity with compliance standards (NIST, CMMC, etc.)
- Exposure to geospatial/satellite imagery analysis
- Prior start-up experience
- Prior platform engineering experience
- $100,000 - $130,000
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What We Do
Ursa Space Systems is a U.S.-based satellite intelligence company that provides business and government decision-makers access to on-demand analytic solutions. Through its radar satellite network and data fusion expertise, Ursa detects real-time changes in the physical world to expand transparency. The company’s subscription and custom services enable clients to access satellite imagery and analytic results with no geographic, political, or weather-related limitations.
