Loft Orbital
Site Reliability Engineer (Network)
$157K–$239K
San Francisco, CA +1 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jul 21, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
Golden, CO - Experience
- 4–5 years in network engineering.
- Education
- Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Own and improve Loft’s cloud and hybrid network infrastructure, ensuring reliable, observable, and secure connectivity across offices, test equipment, and ground stations.
What you'll do
- Design, secure, and manage network architecture and infrastructure as code, including routing, VPNs, segmentation, and CI/CD/GitOps workflows.
- Define and measure connectivity and ground-station SLOs; investigate reliability issues and reduce operational toil through automation.
- Contribute to broader SRE work, including platform reliability, incident response, planning, and user support.
What they ask for
- 4–5 years in network engineering, with hands-on experience in routing, VPN/site-to-site, segmentation, DNS, and firewalling.
- Hands-on software-defined networking and strong public-cloud networking experience; GCP is preferred within the requirement.
- Experience with Kubernetes platforms, Docker, infrastructure as code (Terraform or similar), and CI/CD-driven GitOps workflows.
- SRE practices and ability to debug connectivity issues in complex hybrid networks; degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Network certifications such as CCNP; hands-on experience with GitOps frameworks such as ArgoCD or FluxCD.
- Interest or experience in FinOps and cost-optimized architectures, security practices, or orchestration in resource-constrained environments.
Pay
USD 157,000–239,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, ArgoCD, FluxCD, Grafana, GitOps
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