DevOps Engineer

Dev Ops Engineer

Location:

Seal Beach – In office. Full‑time

At Astro Forge, our mission is to make space resources accessible on Earth. We mine asteroids to extract valuable minerals in space at a lower cost and smaller carbon footprint than current terrestrial mining methods. Along the way, we seek to leverage the technologies we build to provide additional value across other domains. We offer a unique opportunity to join an exciting team looking to expand humanity’s capabilities in space.

As a Dev Ops Engineer at Astro Forge, you'll support our engineering teams by maintaining our systems’ uptime and accelerating their workflows. Your role will involve working with engineering teams to troubleshoot software issues, developing and documenting solutions that span software and hardware. You'll need expertise in CI/CD, a strong understanding of containerization, and hands‑on experience with networking infrastructure, including setting up VPNs, managing subnets, and troubleshooting network‑related issues.

• Build and support CI/CD systems.
• Manage our containerized environments using Docker, and automate deployments.
• Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure.
• Set up and maintain VPNs and handle network segregation across subnets.
• Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of services — from inception and design, through deployment, and operation.
• Support database operations, backups, and migration workflows.
• Maintain observability systems for metrics, logs, and alerts.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 3+ years supporting engineering teams in a fast‑paced or startup environment.
• Ability to troubleshoot hardware problems and perform complex system tests.
• Develop and maintain accurate documentation for internal procedures and services.
• Ability to automate solutions to repetitive problems / tasks.
• Expertise in managing cloud services, CI/CD automation, and virtualization in complex environments using external tools, Build Kite or Jenkins preferred.
• Experience building and managing production systems leveraging containerization technologies, Docker preferred.
• Experience with database management, Postgre
  
  SQL preferred.
• Willing to work extended hours and weekends when needed.
• Ability to work onsite in Seal Beach, CA.

• 100% paid medical, dental, and life insurance coverage
• Vision and FSA benefits available
• 3 weeks of PTO + 1 week of sick time
• 10 paid holidays
• Retirement savings plan – 401(k), with company match

• Level 1 $ 95,000 – $118,500
• Level 2 $ 115,000 – $149,575
• Level 3 $ 140,000 – $165,900
• Equity on the ground floor of a startup

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), you 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. Government.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.