At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. We are building artificial gravity space stations, allowing long-term stays in space without the adverse effects of zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in May 2026. Our team is all-in, committed to executing our mission safely and on time. If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity, come join us.
Vast is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer, reporting to the Manager, DevOps & Platform. This engineer will focus on supporting the Ground and Mission Operations Software organization. They will build the tooling, procedures, and systems that enable our software teams to deliver reliable and secure products with the speed and efficiency required to achieve our goal of launching the world’s first Artificial Gravity Space Station. This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and support CI/CD pipelines, automating the build, test, and release of frontend and backend applications for the Ground Software Team
- Collaborate with Flight Software and Flight Software Test teams to streamline release management, and integrated testing between physical and simulated flight assets and the supporting ground software
- Design and help operate a highly secure and stable cloud environment to support in-flight missions with the suite of ground software services. Assist in the initial design of this environment as well as the migration of deployed services from development environments to the mission environment
- Aid the Ground Software Team in the acceleration of software development and delivery through tooling improvement, optimized build systems, and management of common platforms and services
- Drive the operational requirements and procedures for ground software services and take ownership of reliability engineering; ensure the proper tooling is in place for monitoring and maintaining continuous uptime
- Assist in the development and management of central DevOps services such as ArgoCD, Artifactory, an internal GitHub Actions marketplace, security scanners, and other custom tooling
- Work cross-functionally with other teams at Vast including InfoSec and IT
- Help build the technical and cultural groundwork for a DevOps organization at Vast!
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or other engineering discipline
- 3+ years of experience in application development with Python, Go, or Javascript/Typescript
- Experience building robust CI/CD pipelines with preference towards GitHub Actions and AWS
- Extensive experience developing and managing solutions in the cloud using Terraform
- Deep experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes; should be able to confidently administer, configure, and operate a multi-tenant Kubernetes cluster
- Comprehensive understanding of networking concepts, both fundamental (OSI Model, linux networking appliances, etc.) as well as cloud (VPC’s, transit gateways, proper subnetting and routing, etc.)
- Ability to effectively triage priorities, communicate initiatives and timelines, and promote DevOps skills and culture within a fast-paced organization
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Expertise in building and testing distributed Golang applications
- Expertise in optimally configuring and maintaining Kafka clusters
- Experience driving security and code quality standards through automated scanners applied to the codebase (SAST)
- Experience managing and/or integrating with artifact registries such as Artifactory, Nexus, or other secure storage solutions
- Experience with observability instrumentation in distributed systems (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, etc.)
Salary Range: California
$155,000—$190,000 USD
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Base salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand. Salary is just one component of our comprehensive compensation package. Full-time employees also receive company equity, as well as access to a full suite of compelling benefits and perks, including: 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, flexible paid time off for exempt staff and up to 10 days of vacation for non-exempt staff, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, One Medical membership, ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health, and other discounts and perks.We also take pride in offering exceptional food perks, with snacks, drip coffee, cold drinks, and dinner meals remaining free of charge, and lunch subsidized as part of Vast’s ongoing commitment to providing high-quality meals for employees.
U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS
The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls, and therefore, must either be a “U.S. person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. This status includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and asylees and refugees with such status granted, not pending.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Vast is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Vast is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
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Vast Long Beach, California, USA Office
2851 Orange Ave, Long Beach, CA, United States, 90755
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