Site Reliability Engineer (Network)

📋 Description

• Design and implement Loft’s network architecture across offices, ground stations, and test gear.
• Tighten network security posture: segmentation, access controls, and connectivity hardening.
• Manage the network as code: IaC provisioning, CI/CD, and GitOps.
• Define SLOs for connectivity and ground-station availability; own observability (metrics/logs/tracing).
• Investigate and resolve reliability issues; root-cause analysis and durable fixes; automate toil.
• Contribute to SRE reliability and incident response; foster SatDevOps culture.

🎯 Requirements

• 4–5 years in network engineering with hands-on routing, VPN/site-to-site, DNS, segmentation, and firewalling.
• Hands-on Software-Defined Networking; manage networks programmatically (IaC).
• Strong public-cloud networking experience, ideally GCP (VPCs, peering, hybrid connectivity).
• Comfort with Kubernetes (k8s) and Docker; occasional coding.
• Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or similar); CI/CD and GitOps workflow.
• SRE mindset: SLOs, observability, and reducing toil via automation.
• Ability to debug connectivity issues in a complex, hybrid network environment.
• Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Network certifications (CCNP or similar).
• GitOps frameworks (ArgoCD, FluxCD).
• FinOps and cost-optimized architectures.
• Security practices: vulnerability scanning, threat detection, risk mitigation.
• Orchestration in resource-constrained environments (space systems).

🎁 Benefits

• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision for employees and dependents
• FSA and HSA accounts with employer contributions
• 100% employer-paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Time Off and 12 paid holidays
• 401(k) plan and equity options
• Daily catered lunches and snacks in the office
• International exposure to our France team
• Fully paid parental leave: 14 weeks birthing, 10 weeks non-birthing
• Carrot Fertility fertility coverage
• Off-sites and many social events
• Relocation assistance when applicable