Cloud Platform Engineer

Bastion Technologies•Houston, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Cloud Platform Engineer will support the space program located in Houston, Texas (77058). This position requires US Citizenship or Permanent Resident status due to the sensitivity of customer related information. This position requires experience in the space industry or Department of Defense/Department of War. This position is located onsite and offers a 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off; some travel may be required. Schedules are subject to change based on the requirements of the position and/or customer needs. All Bastion employees must be able to pass a national agency check and some positions require clearance and will require an extensive background verification/check process. All Bastion employees must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen and are required to participate in periodic random drug and alcohol screenings. Generally, an office environment, but can involve inside or outside work depending on the task. Work may involve sitting or standing for extended periods (90% of the time) and may require lifting and carrying up to 25 lbs. (5% of the time). Regular attendance in accordance with an established work schedule is critical. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status. Bastion participates in e-Verify.

Requirements

This position has been posted at multiple levels (must meet minimum level indicated). Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.
Must have a bachelor's degree in the field of engineering.
Must have 10+ years of recent and related work experience.
Strong experience with Kubernetes in production.
Ability to manage and use GitLab (preferably very proficient).
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipeline tools.
Observability Monitoring tools such as Grafana and SuperSet.
Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code utilizing Terraform for infrastructure automation and/or open source alternatives (OpenTofu).
Extensive Linux experience.
Experience with Python, SQL (and R is preferable).
Expert in at least one programming language (Go and Python is preferred).
Working understanding of Machine Learning Model Lifecycle management (is preferred).
Experience with Agile frameworks, methodologies, and techniques.
Must have experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and TEAMS.
All of Bastion's employees must be team players with strong work ethics and must be culture oriented.
Able to communicate effectively, verbally and in written form, with internal and external customers.
Able to follow company programs, processes, procedures, practices, requirements, goals, and objectives.
Must be organized with good time management skills and must be able to work outside normal schedule and adjust schedule to meet peak periods and surge requirements.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Windows preferred.
Experience architecting and building cloud-native applications.
Demonstrable success and confidence in owning the full project lifecycle.
Good instincts for identifying opportunities for abstraction.
Balances individual project development tasks at hand with overall platform and company goals.

Responsibilities

Developing new cloud-native platform services spanning all three major cloud environments.
Developing best practices for cloud-native application development and promoting them within the organization.
Administering NASA cloud networks and managing requests for deployment of COTS and Cloud Native applications into cloud environments.
Writing quality code, providing quality and engaged code reviews for peers.
Working with Managed Kubernetes offering across all three major cloud providers.
Integrating cloud managed AI and data services with other bespoke and open-source Kubernetes applications.
Identifying opportunities to abstract Prospective Project requirements and develop Enterprise-grade, multi-tenant Platform Services.
Collaborate with NASA security and compliance teams to ensure teams are adhering to industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
Working directly with NASA human spaceflight missions like Orion, Lunar Gateway, Artemis.
Other duties as assigned.