About Saber Astronautics
Saber Astronautics is a space engineering company specialising in satellite mission operations. Our global reputation is one of precision, innovation and commitment to the growth of the space industry. Saber launched and operates 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. Our goal is to democratize space access, making it accessible to everyone. We do this through our commitment to cutting edge technology. We stay at the forefront of our field in a continuous process of invention and discovery.
Diversity drives innovation. Saber is fully committed to a workplace that is respectful, inclusive, and diverse. We are at our best when we reflect the customers and communities we work with. We strongly encourage indigenous people, mature age people, people with disabilities, culturally and linguistically diverse people and people of the LGBTQIA+ communities to apply. We also encourage authenticity and our open, dynamic culture at Saber means that an undergraduate can speak up alongside a 20-year industry veteran. Join us as we build towards a galactic future!
The Opportunity
Saber Astronautics is expanding rapidly, alongside a booming space industry. You’ll be working with some of the best and brightest in the space industry. No ideas are too big, no job is too small. See your ideas come to life!
You’ll work in the Space CAMP-Colorado Springs, Colorado labs or the Responsive Space Operations Center in Boulder, Colorado USA. Public transportation and downtown are within a 10 minute walk, with quick access to restaurants and cafes from both labs. 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
We have an exciting new opening for a DevSecOps Engineer to work on a US Space Force Program - Space Cockpit. Space Cockpit is currently utilized by a number of USSF Delta's and our five eye partners to provide Space Domain Awareness (SDA), visualization and analysis.
Requirements (Non-Negotiable):
- Must be a United States Citizen
- Must be located within the contiguous United States
Required Experience:
- Programming languages: C# (.NET), NodeJS, Shell scripting, Python, Unity (not required, but a bonus)
- AWS tools (Route53, EKS)
- DevSecOps principles and tools
- Continuous Integration Continuous Development (CICD Pipelines) principles and tools
- Platform One's Big Bang environment (https://p1.dso.mil/)
- Defense Unicorns' ZARF package/tools (https://github.com/defenseunicorns/zarf)
- Utilizing ArgoCD to manage Kubernetes (K8's) deployments
- Tools such as ArgoCD, Kubernetes, Gitlab, Mattermost, Slack, JIRA
- Static code analysis tools such as Sonarqube, Fortify, Twistlock Trufflehog, NIST Vuls, etc
Things you will be working on:
- Monitor the uptime of all microservices
- Ensure the greenness of our pipelines
- Deployment of Platform One Big Bang infrastructure into an ArgoCD-managed K8's cluster
- Addressing pipeline issues and security updates
- Improving unit test coverage
- Implementing secrets rotation
- Bundling Space Cockpit microservices into a Defense Unicorns ZARF deployment
- Managing the ATO renewal
- Load testing and creating simulators that can emulate connected users and load
- Implement database backup and restoration
- Review of infrastructure (K8's Nodes etc) to ensure it is sufficient
- AWS route 53 and load balancing
- Improving the overall security and usability of our infrastructure
- Building and deploying new K8 clusters
- Building Dockerfile and bash scripts to containerize and auto-deploy to our clusters
How to Apply
- Cover letter
- Evidence of U.S. Citizenship
- CV or Resumé
- Portfolio of prior work (code samples and/or projects of note)
- 2-3 professional references