Senior Satellite System I&T Engineer

ALTEN Technology USA

Senior Satellite System I&T Engineer at ALTEN Technology USA designing and maintaining cloud infrastructure with focus on GitLab CI/CD and AWS services.

Posted 6/12/2026full-timeMerritt Island • Florida • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $145,000 - $190,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSDNSDockerEC2FirewallsKubernetesPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines in GitLab, using GitLab YAML configuration files to automate the build, test, and deployment processes.
Engineer solutions and manage infrastructure using a wide variety of AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Lambda, RDS, ECS/EKS).
Develop automation scripts using languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell to reduce manual intervention, automate repetitive tasks, and improve overall efficiency.
Ensure security best practices are integrated into the development lifecycle (DevSecOps), performing vulnerability assessments and adhering to security protocols.
Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to evangelize high engineering standards and best practices and participate in on-call rotations to provide timely support. (Bridge between Software and IT teams)
Has good experience with Docker containers, their usage within pipelines, and managing multiple runners/resources

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer with a strong focus on GitLab CI/CD.
Extensive experience working within AWS and with its managed products.
Proficiency in writing deployment scripts and YAML files for automation and configuration management.
Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes (K8s) or AWS ECS/EKS.
Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or a similar language.
Familiarity with configuration management tools like Git
Strong understanding of networking concepts, DNS, firewalls, and security best practices.
Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with a drive towards continuous improvement.
Ability to recommend and design new solution designs and Infrastructure components (IaaS or PaaS)
Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technical, Engineering, Math) or related scientific areas.
Preferred: Master's in STEM (Science, Technical, Engineering, Math) or related scientific areas.
A minimum of 9 years with a Bachelor's degree, 7 years with a Master's degree; or equivalent experience.
Proven track-record of working with aerospace hardware and/or software systems, starting from conceptual designs and tradeoffs through detailed design, development, manufacture, integration, test, deployment, and operations.
Periodic travel (less than 20%) to customer facilities or partner companies. Occasional International travel to collaborate with European teams/ counterparts
US Citizenship required
Ability to obtain and maintain a Government security clearance. Active DoD security clearance at Secret or above highly desirable.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Mentorship
Career growth opportunities
Comprehensive benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

CI/CD pipelinesGitLabAWSPythonBashPowerShellDockerKubernetesYAMLconfiguration management

Soft Skills

communicationproblem-solvingcontinuous improvementcollaboration

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in STEMMaster's degree in STEMGovernment security clearance