About Saber Astronautics

Saber Astronautics is a space engineering company specialising in satellite mission operations. We’ve been around a while now, our global reputation is one of precision, innovation and commitment to the growth of the space industry. Saber launched the next generation Mission Control Center “Responsive Space Operations Center” (RSOC) program with sites in Australia and the USA.

Saber believes our future is among the stars so our goal is to democratise space and make it accessible to everyone. To facilitate our goals, the open dynamic culture at Saber means that an undergraduate can speak up alongside a 20 year industry veteran.

Saber is committed to the most cutting edge technology, and staying at the forefront of our field with a continuous process of invention and discovery.

Why Work at Saber

Saber is a diverse and inclusive workplace full of passionate, creative and dedicated people. Our employees say that Saber is a great place to work!

They tell us they enjoy the following when working with us:

• Flexible working hours
• Challenging and meaningful innovative work
• Flat hierarchy
• Teamwork
• Opportunity to explore and learn
• Friendly and respectful environment
• Inspirational culture
• Very good life-work balance
• Team building activities
• Opportunities for personal growth and career development

Our core values are:

• Be yourself, enjoy your job and treat others with respect
• Work to standard, not to time
• Embrace academic rigour
• Embrace artistic excellence
• Embrace experimentation
• Integrity above self

Our people are our power and we make sure they are enjoying a great working environment.

The Opportunity

Saber Astronautics is expanding rapidly, alongside a booming space industry. Take the opportunity to make your impact today! We’re looking to hire a DevOps or DevSecOps Engineer. You’ll be working with some of the best and brightest in the space industry, no ideas are too big, no jobs too small. See your ideas come to life!

You’ll work in leafy Chippendale, public transport within a 5 minute walk, quick access to restaurants and cafes in Chippendale, Central Park and Spice Alley, with a bakery/cafe making famous sourdough and coffee just seconds away from our front door. We encourage a healthy work-life balance, facilitated by our flexible working arrangements and supportive working relationships.

We encourage anyone who is interested and passionate to apply to see how they can join the space industry and make an impact.

The Role

The successful applicant will be responsible for various open source and proprietary services managed by Saber Astronautics. They will generally be involved in developing, updating and maintaining websites, APIs, related microservices and open source repositories.

A DevOps Engineers role at Saber Astronautics varies across different technical areas, including internal systems management, development tasks automation and infrastructure reliability. You will be responsible for building and configuring software for release and test automation. You will also be involved in the security and reliability aspects of the system through continual monitoring and control. You will be a key member of the team seeking out how to automate, scale and drive efficiency across product suites and platforms reporting directly to the Head of Infrastructure and Analytics.

Requirements

You will be required to implement scaling computing clusters, workflows and improve the Saber Space Operations UX.

Strong Python skills and experience in back end development is a requirement. Desired additional skills include familiarity with web frameworks such as Flask/FastAPI for API development, along with an understanding of (AWS/Azure) microservices server architecture.

Due to the secure nature of the work you may be required to perform, you must be Australian citizen. Non-negotiable. PR and work visas are not able to be hired for this position.

Typical tasks required of a Saber DevOps Engineer:

• Applying AWS (required) and Azure (additional) knowledge and skills to setup cloud infrastructure for software projects
• Designing, developing, and implementing software integrations based on user feedback
• Troubleshooting production issues and coordinate with the development team to streamline code deployment
• Implementing automation tools and frameworks (CI/CD pipelines)
• Analysing code and communicating detailed reviews to development teams to help improve applications and the timely completion of projects
• Collaborating with team members to improve the company’s engineering tools, systems and procedures, and data security
• Optimising the company’s computing architecture
• Optimise and control costs of the company’s computing infrastructure
• Conducting systems tests for security, performance, and availability
• Develop and maintain design and troubleshooting documentation

Preferred:

• Significant experience working with Linux and web applications at scale
• Strong understanding of networking and systems architecture
• Proven experience deploying, scaling and monitoring web applications and databases
• Familiar with CI/CD and/or DevOps work environment
• Experience working with automation tools such as Pulumi, CloudFormation, Ansible, Puppet, Chef or Terraform
• Micro-service development experience
• Bash scripting and experience using Python (or similar) to write automation scripts and tools
• Good knowledge of AWS and/or Azure platforms
• Experience working in high-performance or web-scale environment
• Experience with Docker and ideally Kubernetes
• Experience with serverless technologies such as API Gateway and AWS Lambda/Azure Functions
• Experience developing with Python and/or Flask/FastAPI and REST API architectures

Qualifications

• Certification or degree in engineering/computer science/software engineering and/or
• 3-5+ years experience required.
• AWS Developer certified or equivalent experience - Additional AWS/Azure certifications highly regarded
• Must be an Australian citizen

Desired Characteristics

• Good relationship and team player skills
• Have a keen interest in space.
• Must be detail-oriented self-starter and the ability to remain professional.
• Strong communication skills and ability to interface with multiple departments and clients.
• Conducts self in an appropriate manner and values consistent with Saber Astronautics

How to Apply

• Cover letter
• Evidence of Australian Citizenship
• CV or Resume
• Portfolio of prior work:
• Code samples in Python
• Other projects of note.

Once you have assembled your application, email the completed bundle to: careers@saberastro.com with the with the job role as the email subject.

Applications are currently open.