Sr. Secure Cloud Engineer; Active Secret Clearance

Location

Irvine, CA

Full time

On‑site

IT & Platform

• $165K – $230K

Base salary will vary depending on job‑related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand. Salary is just one component of our comprehensive compensation package. Full‑time employees also receive company equity, as well as access to a full suite of compelling benefits and perks.

At Turion Space, our Platform Engineering team is building the infrastructure backbone that powers the next generation of space exploration. As a Senior Secure Cloud Engineer, you’ll architect and scale secure cloud infrastructure that enables our engineering teams to deploy spacecraft control systems, autonomous satellite operations, and mission‑critical applications with speed and confidence – securing the infrastructure that protects our most sensitive national security missions.

Our team’s mission is to enable Turion engineers to efficiently and reliably deliver products at scale, supporting missions that can’t afford downtime when hardware is operating hundreds of miles above Earth. You’ll create the infrastructure and deployment capabilities that are as reliable, secure, and cutting‑edge as the spacecraft they support.

• Deploy and manage core infrastructure components including microservices, databases, and supporting services.
• Design and implement improvements to our container orchestration platform.
• Develop abstraction layers that enable infrastructure portability across different deployment targets.
• Build and optimize reusable infrastructure components and templates for consistent cross‑environment deployments.
• Define and implement standardized deployment patterns and workflows.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to understand their requirements and translate them into functional cloud solutions with industry best practices.
• Identify operational bottlenecks and architect innovative solutions that maximize system availability and reliability.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or an engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Dev Ops, or Cloud Infrastructure Engineering type roles.
• Active DoD Top Secret (TS/SCI‑eligible) clearance.
• In‑depth knowledge of integrating security and automation for classified IT (JSIG, RMF, NIST 800‑53, NIST 800‑218).
• Strong hands‑on experience with Kubernetes in production environments.
• Deep expertise with AWS services and architectures, particularly around containerization, orchestration, networking, and AWS Control Tower.
• Proven experience designing and implementing cloud‑native architectures, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code tools (AWS CDK, Terraform, or similar).
• Development experience in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Go, Type Script).

• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Security – Specialty).
• Experience automating FedRAMP High or IL6 environments.
• Experience with ATO/authorization processes for DoD/IC environments.
• Prior work with cross domain solutions in cloud.
• Experience implementing Git Ops practices in large‑scale production environments.
• Deep knowledge of Linux distributions and their management at scale.
• Knowledge of multiple cloud providers and their architectural differences (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc).
• Experience building infrastructure control planes using Crossplane or similar frameworks.
• Experience enabling continuous deployment for large‑scale application suites with tools like ArgoCD.

This position may include access to technology and/or software source code that is subject to U.S. export controls. 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.

• Equity: Receive equity in Turion Space, letting you benefit from the company’s success.
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