[Remote] Software Engineer, Infrastructure & Platform

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Aalyria is a technology company developing laser communications technology and software-defined networking platforms for the aerospace industry. The Software Engineer will build and operate multicloud, Kubernetes-based infrastructure, including cloud foundations, cluster lifecycle management, packaging, GitOps delivery, observability, and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Build the foundations every Aalyria environment starts from: accounts and projects, networking, DNS and IPAM, identity and RBAC, quotas and policy
• Own Kubernetes cluster lifecycle end to end - provisioning, upgrades, addons - and the networking layer on top of it: Gateway API, service mesh, and zero-trust connectivity
• Keep patterns consistent across environments, and make the differences that cloud providers, security domains, and customers force on us deliberate
• Make disconnected deployment a first-class path: registry and artifact mirroring, hermetic builds, artifact sourcing with no egress, bootstrapping with no upstream, and out-of-band promotion
• Define how Spacetime is packaged and configured for Kubernetes, and decide where Helm, rendering, or custom controllers each belong
• Build the delivery path: GitOps reconciliation with Argo CD, IaC run orchestration, drift detection, OPA policy gates, and promotion between environments
• Own fleet-scale change mechanics - module and chart versioning, staged rollouts, migration paths, deprecation - so one change reaches every environment without breaking any of them
• Run what you build: availability, upgrades, capacity, observability, backup/recovery, security maintenance, and incident response
• Work with product and domain engineers, and turn their requirements into primitives other teams use on their own

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of experience with production infrastructure or distributed systems
• Strong software engineering fundamentals. You automate infrastructure in code instead of orchestrating it by hand
• Experience with AWS or Google Cloud Platform, infrastructure-as-code, cloud networking, and Kubernetes infrastructure
• Experience packaging and delivering software onto Kubernetes, with a good understanding of the tradeoffs between templating, rendering, and controller-based approaches
• To comply with U.S. government export regulations, applicants must meet one of the following criteria:
• U.S. citizen or national
• U.S. lawful permanent resident ()
• Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157
• Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158
• Be eligible to access export-controlled information without requiring an export authorization
• Be eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the necessary export authorization from the appropriate U.S. government agency
• Experience supporting classified, air-gapped, regulated, or otherwise constrained environments
• Experience with cloud landing zones, account and project vending, network architecture, DNS/IPAM, IAM foundations, workload identity, organizational policy, or quota management
• Experience with GitOps delivery and continuous reconciliation at scale - Argo CD, Flux, or comparable - including drift, promotion, and multi-environment rollouts
• Experience with Terraform or OpenTofu, including reusable modules and self-service provisioning
• Experience designing infrastructure platforms used by multiple internal engineering teams

Benefits

• Opportunities for professional development and advancement.
• Flexible working arrangements including hybrid remote/in-office schedules.
• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Equity options
• Work at a cutting-edge company shaping the future of aerospace communications.
• Directly contribute to critical national security programs and initiatives.
• Be part of a collaborative, supportive, and inclusive workplace where your contributions matter.

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