Team Lead - Cloud Infrastructure

Loft Orbital Solutions•Remote US, CO

15h

About The Position

Loft Orbital is seeking a hands-on Team Lead for its Cloud Infrastructure Team. The role leads a group of cloud infrastructure engineers responsible for building and maintaining the cloud-based ground segment that supports satellite operations. The Team Lead sets technical direction, encourages collaboration, promotes DevOps and SRE practices, and contributes to reliable, scalable, and secure access to space. The position is suited to a leader who enjoys technical challenges in a high-growth environment and is committed to mentorship, reliability, and innovation. The Team Lead will lead, mentor, and grow the team; run its day-to-day operations and Agile ceremonies; and define team goals aligned with company objectives. The role owns cloud infrastructure strategy and oversees multi-cloud system design, implementation, and maintenance, as well as automation, Infrastructure-as-Code, observability, CI/CD, incident management, disaster recovery, monitoring, alerting, and cloud cost optimization. The Team Lead partners with Software Engineering, Security, Satellite Operations, and Mission teams to ensure the ground infrastructure meets mission-critical requirements and supports broader engineering initiatives.

Requirements

Proven leadership experience managing and scaling high-performing cloud infrastructure or SRE teams.
Hands-on experience running team ceremonies, including daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives, and ensuring effective Agile practices.
Agile project management experience delivering complex infrastructure projects in a fast-paced environment.
Strong expertise in public cloud platforms, with AWS and GCP preferred, and cloud-native technologies.
Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, such as Terraform.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and pipelines, such as GitLab CI and ArgoCD.
Hands-on experience with observability stacks, such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki.
Strong background in automation, scripting in Python, Go, or similar, and modern DevOps practices.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills, including the ability to work effectively with engineers, product managers, and leadership.
Experience managing cloud security and compliance considerations.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a highly regulated industry, such as aerospace, defense, or critical infrastructure.
FinOps experience managing cloud cost visibility and optimization strategies.
Experience managing hybrid cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
Prior work with Satellite Operations, Mission Planning, or Space Systems Engineering.
Familiarity with GitOps methodologies, such as ArgoCD or Flux.

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and grow a team of cloud infrastructure engineers.
Run daily team operations, including standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and sync meetings.
Foster technical excellence, continuous learning, psychological safety, and collaborative problem-solving.
Define and communicate the team's mission, vision, and goals in alignment with company objectives.
Promote DevOps and SRE practices, including shared ownership of reliability, scalability, and security.
Set and drive cloud infrastructure strategy to ensure systems are secure, scalable, and cost-effective.
Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of multi-cloud solutions supporting satellite operations.
Champion Infrastructure-as-Code, cloud automation, observability, and continuous integration and delivery pipelines.
Establish and maintain practices for incident management, disaster recovery, monitoring, and alerting.
Lead cloud cost optimization efforts while balancing innovation and operational efficiency.
Partner with Software Engineering, Security, Satellite Operations, and Mission teams to meet mission-critical infrastructure requirements.
Influence architecture and operational processes across teams to align with infrastructure and reliability goals.
Drive Agile delivery practices within the Cloud Infrastructure Team and support broader engineering initiatives.

Benefits

100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance options for employees and dependents.
Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts, with an employer contribution to the HSA.
100% employer-paid life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
Flexible Time Off for vacation and sick leave, plus 12 paid holidays.
401(k) plan and equity options.
Daily catered lunches and snacks.
International exposure to the team in France.
Fully paid parental leave: 14 weeks for a primary caregiver and 10 weeks for a secondary caregiver.
Carrot Fertility benefits, including comprehensive fertility healthcare and family-forming support.
Off-sites, social events, and celebrations.
Relocation assistance when applicable.