Site Reliability Engineer (Space Communications)

Job Overview

Northwood is on a mission to transform connectivity between earth and space and bring the benefits of space to the masses through innovations in space communications technologies. If you like building quickly and seeing your work deployed in locations around the globe with real impact, we want you at Northwood.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain observability stack (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Vector, VictoriaMetrics) that monitors ground stations, satellite communication systems, and cloud infrastructure across multiple AWS regions


• Support CI/CD pipelines using GitLab and ArgoCD, partnering with development teams to ensure reliable deployments of mission-critical software


• Develop and maintain AWS infrastructure using Terraform, with focus on multi-region reliability and automated scaling for ground station operations


• Deploy and manage Kubernetes applications with Helm, ensuring both developer productivity and system uptime for satellite communication services


• Establish monitoring strategies, alerting frameworks, and incident response procedures for infrastructure supporting real-time satellite communications


• Participate in on-call rotation and lead post-incident reviews to continuously improve system reliability

Required Qualifications

• 2-5 years of production infrastructure and monitoring experience with measurable reliability improvements


• Strong experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration in production environments


• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred)


• AWS experience with multi-service deployments and Python programming skills for automation


• Self-directed work style with ability to own projects from conception to production in fast-moving environments


• Understanding of SRE principles, SLOs/SLIs, and systematic approaches to system reliability

About Northwood Space

Northwood Space is transforming connectivity between earth and space through innovations in space communications technologies. We are building the infrastructure that will bring the benefits of space to the masses.

Benefits

Northwood Space offers equity, comprehensive health care, flexible vacation, retirement savings plans, and opportunities for professional development.