Ground Segment DevOps Engineer

TL;DR

Ground Segment DevOps Engineer: Designing, building, and operating CI/CD toolchain and container-based infrastructure for mission-critical ground segment services supporting space operations with an accent on automated deployments, monitoring, and lifecycle management. Focus on defining robust deployment strategies, leading operational maintenance, and ensuring seamless integration across development and operations teams.

Hybrid in UK or Luxembourg

Company

Space company founded in 2018, specializing in in-orbit servicing and space debris removal, operating across UK and Europe with world-leading partners.

What you will do

• Expand and maintain CI/CD toolchain for efficient, automated build, test, and deployment workflows.
• Manage container-based infrastructure using Docker, Portainer, Harbor, and orchestration tools.
• Define deployment procedures including versioning, rollback strategies, and operational readiness.
• Lead operational software maintenance for continuous availability of ground segment components.
• Design and deploy Mission Support System tooling: automated deployments, centralized logging/monitoring, system orchestration.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams for cohesive integration.

Requirements

• Hybrid work in UK or Luxembourg
• Proven experience with Docker-based environments, registry management (e.g., Harbor), container lifecycle.
• Hands-on with DevOps pipelines (GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Strong Linux, shell scripting, system automation knowledge.
• Networking fundamentals for distributed systems (DNS, NFS).
• Strong documentation and configuration management discipline.

Nice to have

• SQL database administration or optimization.
• Mission operations, satellite ground systems, or aerospace software experience.
• Infrastructure as code (Terraform) or monitoring stacks (Grafana).