Quindar

What You’ll Be Doing Architect, automate, test, deploy, and maintain a well-designed, highly available cloud infrastructure in AWS GovCloud and AWS C2E with a strong focus on security, compliance, and operational excellence. You will ensure adherence to SOC2, NIST 800-171, and FedRAMP Moderate controls while supporting cleared environments and workflows. You will also manage the deployment and ongoing maintenance of Quindar deployments at government sites. As the team grows, you will define best practices for availability, latency, and performance across all services. A key mission focus will be driving Quindar’s readiness and deployment onto AWS C2E, including control implementation, continuous container hardening, deployment configuration, and networking requirements. Some of your responsibilities will include incident management, supporting a 24/7 on-call rotation, and technical troubleshooting of complex enterprise and mission-critical systems. Ideally, the systems and automation you create significantly reduce the need for manual intervention. You will work closely with engineering teams (frontend, backend, and flight/mission operations engineers) to ensure the Quindar system is operational to all required performance metrics. Technical Skills Deep experience with Kubernetes, containerized workloads, and serverless architectures Expertise managing Kubernetes clusters with AWS EKS or Rancher as well as with integrating AWS cloud-specific services Hands-on experience supporting GovCloud, IL-enclave deployments, or C2E environments Experience managing and using observability stacks such as Grafana LGTM, Datadog, etc. Proficiency in Python and Terraform (or similar IaC tooling) Strong understanding of networking: VPNs, NLB/ALBs, HTTPS, TLS, VPC peering, and CDN integration Strong knowledge of designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting API services, distributed NoSQL/relational databases, caching systems, event-driven architectures, and multi-tier systems Strong background in task automation and CI/CD pipeline development (GitLab Workflows preferred but not required) Understanding of Unix/Linux operating systems Knowledge of cloud security best practices, enclave boundary protections, enclave-to-enclave interconnects, and cost-efficient architectures Experience with identity and access management (Auth0, Keycloak, AWS IAM, or ICAM patterns) Strong git fundamentals and preferred experience managing software product deployment across multiple classification levels. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field 3+ years of professional experience as an SRE, DevOps, reliability, infrastructure, or platform engineer Active U.S. Security Clearance (Secret or higher required; TS/SCI preferred) U.S. Citizenship required Experience working toward ATO/authorization in federal, DoD, or IC environments preferred Experience supporting deployments in GovCloud, C2S/C2E, or IL-enclave environments highly desirable ITAR REQUIREMENTS To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here. Why you'll love working at Quindar We work in a cutting edge industry and you will get the opportunity to be part of a small team with a large direct impact on the success of our customers’ space missions! We take work life balance very seriously. We require employees to take 15 days off but provide unlimited PTO and follow most US federal government holidays. Mental health is just as important as physical so we provide quarterly health & wellness benefits. Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family with 100% coverage for employees. We encourage employees to save for retirement a

What You’ll Be Doing 👨‍💻👩‍💻 🛰 🛰 You will be responsible for developing and integrating software Command & Control solutions for satellite vehicles as well as working with customer stakeholders to decompose mission requirements and engineer solutions with existing products. The successful candidate will have very strong software integration and debugging skills and deep experience in low level software integration with hardware (satellites or other!). You will bring or build expertise with C2 concepts and common industry standards and protocols such as CCSDS, CSP, CFDP, XTCE, and MIB. Your primary responsibility will be integrating new satellites and flight software into Quindar’s mission management platform and you will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to do this while supporting development and integration of solutions into Quindar’s broader product suite. Ultimately, you will contribute to Quindar’s mission of simplifying operations and allowing our customers to utilize their satellites like servers!  This is a hybrid role with 2-3 days in-office in Irvine, CA or Arvada, CO. We aim to maximize benefits of having in-person collaboration spaces while also working on a flexible schedule with a large amount of remote work! Tech Skills: Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, C++, or Java  Experience developing real-time embedded software and/or integrating hardware assets with mission management software Preferred experience with satellite communication protocols such as CCSDS, CSP, CFDP, IP and data processing algorithms  Preferred understanding of standardized command and telemetry definitions such as XTCE and MIB or similar concepts from other industries Understanding of encryption algorithms such as AES-256 GCM, AES-256 CFB, AES-256 ECB, NSA Type 1 PEGASUS, NSA Type 1 CARIBOU  Preferred experience with AWS services such as Lambda, ECS, EKS, CloudWatch, S3, EFS/EBS, EC2, and RDS  Familiarity with Git and GitHub or similar framework for version control  Preference for experience with open source software Soft Skills: Deep technical analysis and troubleshooting skills Highly adaptable; you will integrate a wide variety of missions into Quindar’s software and will need to find creative solutions to work through unknowns and unforeseen challenges quickly A foresight for scalability and proliferation of c2 Independent self-starter; able to complete projects on time with minimal guidance A high standard for software maintainability, quality, resilience, and performance Strong cross-functional communication and ability to distill complex information for internal and customer-facing audiences Background Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field 3+ years [professional] experience with satellite command and control systems or similarly complex hardware-software integration efforts Active US Security Clearance (TS/SCI) Why you'll love working at Quindar We take work life balance very seriously. We require employees to take 15 days off but provide unlimited PTO and follow most US federal government holidays. Mental health is just as important as physical so we provide quarterly health & wellness benefits. Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family with 100% coverage for employees. We encourage employees to save for retirement and provide 4% 401(k) matching. Each quarter we have a 4-day company offsite. Previous locations include San Francisco, Nashville, Denver, Santa Fe, New Orleans, and San Diego. Our culture and company is evolving. You will be key in creating the next major or minor version!