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Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Herndon, VA · Remote · full time · Senior

$135,000 – $150,000

Listed on BlackSky’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

This role involves designing and operating cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes platforms across public cloud, private data centers, and air-gapped environments to support BlackSky's satellite intelligence delivery. It suits experienced infrastructure or platform engineers who are comfortable with AWS, multiple Kubernetes distributions, and GitOps practices in complex, regulated environments.

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What they ask for

Required

At least 5 years infrastructure, platform, DevOps or SRE engineering experience
At least 3 years running Kubernetes in production
Bachelor's degree in relevant field or equivalent experience
Strong hands-on AWS experience across networking, compute, storage and IAM
Production experience with EKS, Rancher/RKE2 or OpenShift
GitOps experience with Argo CD or Flux
Ability to author and maintain Helm charts
Strong Terraform infrastructure-as-code skills
Linux systems administration and scripting proficiency
Experience with hardened base images and supply-chain security
Production monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana
Clear communication and ability to work independently
U.S. citizen or eligible for ITAR authorization

Nice to have

Experience across all three Kubernetes distributions
Kubernetes in edge or resource-constrained environments
Air-gapped deployment experience with Zarf
Container and image scanning tools
Secrets management and PKI automation
Persistent storage at scale experience
OpenTelemetry instrumentation
Centralized log aggregation with Elasticsearch/OpenSearch
Government or compliance program experience
Service mesh experience with Istio
Relevant certifications