Mission Control DevOps Engineer

The Exploration Company • Germany

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AI Summary

Develop and operate cloud infrastructure for space orbital vehicle ground segment software. Design, deploy, and maintain scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant infrastructure. Manage Kubernetes clusters and implement CI/CD pipelines.

Key Highlights

Design and operate AWS cloud infrastructure

Manage Kubernetes clusters

Implement CI/CD pipelines

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Key Responsibilities

Design and operate the AWS cloud infrastructure underpinning Nyx ground segment software

Build and maintain scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant infrastructure to ensure mission-critical uptime during launch, flight, and re-entry operations

Manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS) — including node group scaling, cluster upgrades, networking (CNI, ingress), RBAC, and workload scheduling for ground segment services

Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate the build, test, and deployment of ground segment software with minimal operator intervention

Define infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform or AWS CDK, ensuring all environments are reproducible and version-controlled

Monitor system health and reliability, setting up observability stacks (metrics, logging, alerting) to proactively detect and resolve issues before they impact mission operations

Enforce security and compliance best practices across all infrastructure — including IAM policies, network segmentation, secrets management, encryption at rest and in transit, and vulnerability patching

Manage data storage and retention strategies for telemetry, command logs, and mission data across RDS, S3, EBS, and EFS

Participate in on-call rotations and incident response during mission-critical windows, including launch campaigns

Collaborate closely with ground software, flight software, and mission operations teams to understand operational requirements and translate them into robust infrastructure solutions

Technical Skills Required

AWS services: EC2, EKS, RDS, EBS, EFS, and S3 Kubernetes Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation CI/CD pipelines: GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or equivalent Networking concepts: VPCs, subnets, security groups, load balancers, DNS, and VPNs AWS KMS Observability tooling: Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, or similar AWS IAM Secrets management: AWS Secrets Manager / HashiCorp Vault

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Benefits & Perks

Relocation assistance

Equal opportunity employer

Diversity values

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Nice to Have

Experience in the aerospace, defense, or mission-critical systems domain

Experience with multi-region or disaster recovery architectures

Familiarity with real-time or high-throughput telemetry data pipelines

AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer – Professional)

Exposure to FedRAMP or ISO 27001 compliance environments

Job Description

Here at The Exploration Company, we are developing, producing, and operating Nyx, a modular and reusable space orbital vehicle that can eventually be refuelled in orbit and that can carry cargo - and potentially humans in the longer run.As a Mission Control DevOps Engineer, you will own the cloud infrastructure that powers the Nyx ground segment — the backbone of our mission operations. You will design, deploy, and maintain the systems that our flight controllers and ground software teams depend on around the clock. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role at the intersection of aerospace and modern cloud engineering.Key Responsibilities

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