Team Lead - Cloud Infrastructure
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 the company’s satellite constellation. The Team Lead sets technical direction, promotes collaboration and DevOps/SRE practices, and contributes to reliable, scalable satellite operations. The position combines people leadership with technical ownership in a fast-growing environment. It includes mentoring and developing engineers, running team operations and Agile ceremonies, setting infrastructure strategy, and overseeing secure, scalable, cost-effective multi-cloud systems. The Team Lead also works with engineering, security, satellite operations, and mission teams to align infrastructure and reliability practices with mission requirements.
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; AWS and GCP are preferred.
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools 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 with Python, Go, or similar, and modern DevOps practices.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with 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.
- Promote 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 a DevOps/SRE mindset and 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 CI/CD pipelines.
- Establish and maintain best practices for incident management, disaster recovery, monitoring, and alerting.
- Lead cloud cost optimization efforts.
- Partner with Software Engineering, Security, Satellite Operations, and Mission teams to ensure ground infrastructure meets mission-critical requirements.
- Influence architecture and operational processes across teams to support 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 option 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, and 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 fertility healthcare and family-forming support.
- Off-sites, social events, and celebrations.
- Relocation assistance when applicable.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
