Senior Cloud DevSecOps Engineer

Company Overview

Iridium is an award-winning and innovative satellite communications company with bragging rights to the only network that offers voice and data connectivity anywhere in the world.   For over 20 years, Iridium’s unique network and services have supported critical communications needs for individuals, businesses, and the evolving Internet of Things.

 

At Iridium, we understand the importance of staying connected and the limitations of traditional communications networks. People across the globe, including first responders, humanitarians, global militaries, scientific researchers, and lone workers, as well as ships, aircraft and remote operations all rely on Iridium to stay connected. We take our responsibility for providing these essential communications very seriously and pride ourselves on offering a reliable lifeline when needed.  Likewise, Iridium is committed to providing an exciting and innovative workplace, where employees are challenged to think outside the box and collaborate on new, bold ideas and solutions.  Our talented teams are passionate about their work and the impact our company makes around the world.  Iridium fosters an empowering and inclusive culture that allows employees to genuinely be their best selves.   We are looking for others who want to join this truly unique company that celebrates our employees and provides the opportunity to truly make a difference in the world.

What We’re Looking For:

If you enjoy solving complex technical challenges and developing high-quality cloud-native software solutions in a collaborative engineering environment, then you will be excited about the Senior Cloud DevSecOps Engineer opportunity with Iridium. As a Senior Cloud DevSecOps Engineer, you will independently design, develop, test, and maintain cloud-based software applications and deployment infrastructure supporting mission-critical systems. In this role, you will leverage your technical expertise to implement secure, scalable, and automated cloud solutions, contribute to software architecture and deployment strategies, and collaborate across multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver reliable software and infrastructure. You will thrive in this position if you are a self-starter who enjoys solving difficult technical problems, continuously learning new technologies, and delivering high-quality solutions within an Agile development environment.

 

This position requires an active/current Secret Security Clearance or the ability to obtain a Secret Security Clearance (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active).

 

What You’ll Do:

• Independently design, develop, test, enhance, and maintain cloud-native software applications and supporting cloud infrastructure and deployment platforms
• Design, implement, and optimize secure cloud architectures, application security controls, and deployment solutions supporting mission-critical applications.
• Build, maintain, and automate CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and containerized deployment environments
• Collaborate with software, systems, operations, cybersecurity, and infrastructure engineers to integrate cloud-native solutions throughout the software development lifecycle
• Support software integration, testing, troubleshooting, deployment, and sustainment activities
• Build, maintain, and improve software build environments, automated testing, and deployment processes as appropriate
• Participate in Agile/Scrum planning activities, sprint execution, backlog refinement, and software release planning
• Maintain accurate project status, technical documentation, and issue tracking using approved development tools
• Follow established engineering processes including configuration management, change control, risk management, software quality, and secure development practices
• Clearly communicate technical concepts, project status, risks, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Identify opportunities to improve software quality, team processes, automation, and overall engineering efficiency
• Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing within the engineering team

What You’ll Need to Succeed:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• 8+ years of professional software development experience Experience developing production-quality software throughout the full software development lifecycle
• Experience with AWS EKS/Kubernetes and automated container deployments
• Experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code tools alternatives
• Experience with Vault/AWS Secrets Manager or other alternatives
• Proficiency with Amazon Web