Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)

Location: Hybrid in Denver, CO; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; or Washington, DC. The role requires eligibility to work under U.S. ITAR regulations and the ability to obtain a Secret or Top Secret security clearance.

Salary: $145K–$186K annually, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global builds modern, cloud-native satellite mission operations software that replaces fragmented legacy ground systems with integrated, automation-driven infrastructure for space operations.

What you will do

• Architect, automate, test, deploy, and maintain highly available software infrastructure on Kubernetes across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Own the Kubernetes deployment strategy and collaborate with frontend and backend engineers on architecture and product delivery in an Agile Scrum environment.
• Implement DevSecOps practices focused on security and compliance with SOC2, NIST 800-171, and FedRAMP Medium controls.
• Develop secure ingress and egress to customer and vendor data centers across multi-tenant and single-tenant environments.
• Support deployments to cloud environments, offline facilities, and secure facilities while working directly with customers.
• Establish best practices for service availability, latency, performance, maintainability, quality, and resilience.

Requirements

• Expertise managing Kubernetes-based architecture and production platform infrastructure, including containerized applications and serverless architecture.
• Strong proficiency developing Infrastructure as Code solutions with Terraform or alternative tools.
• Proficiency in Python and experience working with software teams developing distributed microservice capabilities.
• Working knowledge of monitoring tools such as New Relic, Datadog, Splunk, AWS CloudWatch, or similar.
• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud services and the ability to evaluate cloud-native versus self-hosted capabilities.
• Understanding of VPNs, NLBs/ALBs, HTTPS, TLS, CDNs, Unix/Linux operating systems, cloud security, cost-effective cloud architecture, and identity and access management with Auth0 or Okta.
• Strong knowledge of APIs, distributed NoSQL and relational databases, caching systems, event-driven architectures, and multi-tier architectures.
• Strong knowledge of task automation and CI/CD pipeline building, with GitHub Actions preferred but not required, plus familiarity with Git and GitHub or similar version-control frameworks.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, plus 3+ years of professional experience as a reliability, systems, DevOps, infrastructure, or platform engineer.
• Independent self-starter with deep technical analysis and troubleshooting skills, strong communication skills, and the ability to complete projects on time with minimal guidance while engaging development teams, program management, and customers.
• Ability to obtain a Secret or Top Secret security clearance.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee under the stated ITAR requirements, or be eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Culture & Benefits

• Small, fast-moving team working on aerospace and software challenges with direct impact on customer space missions.
• Unlimited PTO with a requirement to take 15 days off, plus most U.S. federal government holidays.
• Quarterly health and wellness benefits and comprehensive health insurance with 100% employee coverage.
• 4% 401(k) matching.
• Annual four-day company offsite.