About Skylo
Skylo is a global Non-Terrestrial Network service provider based in Mountain View, CA, offering a service that allows smartphone and IoT cellular devices to connect directly over existing satellites. Skylo’s direct-to-device service is now live on millions of activated devices across five continents, with more than 60 million square kilometers of coverage, in partnership with multiple satellite operators, mobile network operators (MNOs), Tier-1 chipset makers, and OEMs. Devices connected over satellite are managed and served by Skylo's commercial NTN vRAN, featuring a 3GPP standards-based cloud-native base station and core. Skylo provides an anywhere, anytime connectivity solution that seamlessly roams between terrestrial and satellite networks. Our focus is on enabling connected services for people outdoors and connected workflows across three main verticals: mass-market consumer devices, automotive, and industrial IoT.
This role is located at Bangalore,India where we are onsite at least 3 days a week in the office.
Summary Of How You Will Impact Skylo
Skylo is hiring a Principal Cloud Architect to help fulfill Skylo’s mission of making satellite connectivity available to all. As a senior leader within the Enterprise Systems & Security team, you will be the technical authority responsible for the robust cloud, data, and AI infrastructure that powers our global operations. You will design and implement the scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud foundations that enable our hybrid network connectivity to roam seamlessly between terrestrial and satellite networks.
How You Will Contribute
- Cloud Architecture & Strategy: Design and implement robust, scalable, and reliable cloud-based solutions while developing long-term strategies that align with Skylo’s global business goals.
- Infrastructure Optimization: Oversee cloud infrastructure to ensure optimal performance and availability, identifying continuous opportunities to enhance resource utilization.
- Cloud Security & Compliance: Establish and maintain rigorous security protocols for cloud resources (GCP/AWS), ensuring compliance with industry standards and safeguarding our digital assets.
- Cost Management: Lead cost optimization initiatives, including monitoring, rightsizing, and identifying underutilized resources to reduce infrastructure overhead.
- IAM & API Management: Streamline Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies and optimize API management workflows and costs using Apigee or alternative platforms.
- Disaster Recovery: Design and implement high-availability disaster recovery and backup strategies to minimize downtime and ensure service continuity.
- Technology Leadership: Serve as a subject matter expert, staying ahead of cloud technology advancements to provide recommendations that enhance Skylo's internal platform services.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with development, operations, and business teams to ensure the seamless delivery of cloud services across our 24x7 commercial network.
What We Look For
- Experience: 15+ years of experience in cloud architecture and infrastructure management.
- Technical Expertise: Deep proficiency in designing and maintaining complex cloud environments, specifically within AWS or GCP ecosystems.
- Certifications: Advanced professional certifications in AWS or GCP cloud architecture.
- Specialized Skills: Hands-on experience with IAM, API management (Apigee), and infrastructure automation tools.
- Leadership: Proven ability to lead complex technology initiatives and provide technical mentorship to engineering teams.
- Industry Context: Experience in telecommunications, satellite networks, or high-scale IoT environments is a significant plus.
What We Offer
With employees working across three continents, Skylo is proud to be an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. Our worldwide and inclusive culture encourages a flexible approach to work, and we also offer an attractive range benefits such as:
- Competitive compensation packages including a stock option based equity program
- Comprehensive benefits plans
- Monthly allowances for wellness and education reimbursement
- A generous time off policy, holidays, and the opportunity to temporarily work abroad
- Once in a lifetime opportunity to be a part of developing and running world’s first commercial, live direct-to-device satellite network and service
- Access to world-class team and talent across tech domains: software, hardware, chipsets, telecom, satellite and network virtualization
- Open, transparent, inclusive culture that blends the Silicon Valley, Nordic and South Asia characteristics
Top Skills
What We Do
Every company wants to change the world, and we are doing it. Skylo moves the world’s machine data from sensors to our satellite network and then delivers information to customers through our immersive interface. And we deliver that satellite connectivity affordably (at a monthly cost that’s less than a cup of coffee or chai). The connectivity drives real-time data which, in turn, drives decision making that transforms companies, industries, and lives.
It’s all made possible through the Skylo Hub, the Skylo Network, and the Skylo Data Platform. The Skylo Hub is a small piece of hardware - like a super-rugged mobile hotspot - that communicates with machine sensors. It transmits data to the Skylo Satellite Network, our ultra-reliable network that uses existing geostationary satellites to deliver always-on, always-accessible connectivity. Customers receive information - and take action - through our Skylo Data Platform.
Together, our Skylo Hub, Network, and Data Platform are securely delivering to global enterprise and governments, with early deployments across fishing vessels, trains, trucks, tractors and more from the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean. We’re a global, fast-growing team, with offices in California, India, Israel, and Finland.
