Cloud Security Architect for Space Telescope Missions

3 weeks ago


Baltimore, Maryland, United States Space Telescope Science Institute Full time
Transformative Cloud Engineering Opportunities

We are seeking a seasoned Principal Cloud Engineer to lead our cloud security automation initiatives and leverage DevOps practices to implement robust automation and monitoring systems using modern engineering frameworks for AWS cloud applications and environment supporting our space observatories.

About the Role

This is an exceptional opportunity to join our team working on NASA flagship Space Telescope missions that are revolutionizing our understanding of the universe. As a key member of our team, you will design, implement, and maintain infrastructure automation features of our AWS cloud environment, provide project support for Development, Science, and IT teams, automate configuration and monitoring of security features, and work with peers to automate, review, optimize, and drive cloud infrastructure operations and efficiency of the code, processes.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, ECS/EKS, IAM, CloudFormation, and CloudWatch, strong understanding of networking concepts (VPC, VPN, Direct Connect, Route 53, Security Groups, NACLs), and proficiency in AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) and implementing best practices for cloud security.

You will be responsible for designing and implementing DevOps best practices, establishing standards and policies for managing source code and continuous integration/delivery, creating, maintaining, and sharing technical documentation used by engineers and other team members across the Institute, and demonstrating excellent trouble-shooting skills and resolving deployment and environmental issues to closure.

Key Skills and Qualifications
  • Minimum of 15 years of relevant software development or large systems integration required with a strong background in automated code testing
  • Experience with deployment automation, dark launches, feature toggle, and blue-green deployment
  • Proficient in Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS ECS/EKS for container management and orchestration
  • Scripting skills required - shell scripts, Python preferred including familiarity with CloudFormation/Terraform, JSON, YAML
  • Certifications Preferred: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, or similar certifications
What We Offer

Our comprehensive benefits package includes employer retirement contribution, 12 days sick leave, up to 24 days' vacation, and 10 paid holidays, flexible work schedule with healthy work/life balance, and comprehensive medical/dental/vision/prescription plans.

Salary Range: $160,000 - $180,000.



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