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We’re a close-knit team of space enthusiasts, software experts, and cutting-edge technologists, all working together to make space simple for our customers.\nAs a passionate and experienced Team Lead for our Cloud Infrastructure Team, you will play a mission-critical leadership role, you will oversee a dynamic group of cloud engineers responsible for building and maintaining the cloud-based ground segment that powers our rapidly expanding constellation of satellites.\nYou will set the technical direction, foster collaboration across teams, champion DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) best practices, and directly contribute to our mission of making access to space fast, simple, and reliable.\nThis is a hands-on leadership role for someone who thrives in high-growth environments, enjoys technical challenges at scale, and is passionate about mentorship, reliability, and innovation.\nAbout this role:\nLead, mentor, and grow a team of highly skilled cloud infrastructure engineers.\nOwn and run daily team operations, including standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and sync meetings to ensure clear priorities, high execution velocity, andsmooth communication.\nFoster a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, psychological safety, and collaborative problem-solving.\nDefine and communicate the team's mission, vision, and goals aligned with Loft Orbital’s broader business objectives.\nChampion a DevOps/SRE mindset across the company, promoting ownership of reliability, scalability, and security.\nSet and drive the cloud infrastructure strategy, ensuring systems are secure, scalable, and cost-effective.\nOversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of multi-cloud solutions (AWS, GCP, Azure) supporting highly reliable satellite operations.\nChampion Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), cloud automation, observability, andcontinuous integration/delivery pipelines.\nEstablish and maintain best practices for incident management, disaster recovery, monitoring, and alerting.\nLead cloud cost optimization efforts, balancing innovation with operational efficiency.\nPartner closely with Software Engineering, Security, Satellite Operations, and Mission teams to ensure our ground infrastructure meets mission-critical requirements.\nInfluence architecture and operational processes across teams to align with infrastructure and reliability goals.\nDrive Agile delivery practices within the Cloud Infrastructure Team and support broader engineering initiatives.\nMust Haves:\nProvenleadership experience managing and scaling high-performing cloud infrastructure or SRE teams.\nHands-on experience running team ceremonies (daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives) and ensuring effective Agile practices.\nAgile project management experience, delivering complex infrastructure projects in a fast-paced environment.\nStrong expertise in public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP preferred) and cloud-native technologies.\nHands-on experience with:\n Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform)\nKubernetes and container orchestration\nCI/CD tools and pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, ArgoCD)\n Observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki)\nStrong background in automation, scripting (Python, Go, or similar), and modern DevOps practices.\nExcellent collaboration and communication skills; able to work effectively with engineers, product managers, and leadership.\nExperience managing cloud security and compliance considerations.\nNice to Haves:\nExperience in a highly regulated industry (e.g., aerospace, defense, critical infrastructure).\nFinOps experience managing cloud cost visibility and optimization strategies.\n Hybrid infrastructure (cloud and on-prem) management experience.\nPrior work with Satellite Operations, Mission Planning, or Space Systems Engineering.\nFamiliarity with GitOps methodologies (ArgoCD, Flux).\nSome of Our Awesome Benefits:\nEquity, we want you to have an active role in our success\nUp to 35 days of Paid Time Off (vacations & RTT ) and flexible working hours, we want you to be at your best\nHealth and life insurance, we care about your health\nLunch Vouchers, because let’s be honest, we love food! 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