Infrastructure Engineer

ZAITRA, established in 2020, is a startup with a primary emphasis on delivering tailored flight software and cutting-edge AI solutions for space missions. Our endeavours encompass projects for both the European Space Agency and commercial customers.

About the role

As a Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for the entire insfrastructure powering our services and internal tool, including the cloud-native app delivering satellite insights and self-hosted tools the team uses every day. Your responsibilities will include:

• Build the automated backbone so the dev team can deploy heavy workloads without thinking about it.

• Architect and run the cloud infrastructure (compute, storage, networking) for our ground-segment platform.

• Manage the VPN and keep our internal services (Mattermost, Nextcloud, etc.) fast, self-hosted, and secure.

• Automating repetitive tasks and maintaining configuration management for our infrastructure.

• Setting up and managing backup solutions for critical systems and data.

• Ensuring system security and staying up-to-date with cybersecurity best practices.

Required qualifications

• You have done DevOps or SysAdmin work in a production environment before.

• You are a Linux power user. You know how the kernel, networking, and storage actually work.

• You're proficient with Docker and Kubernetes.

• You can write clean, functional scripts in Python or Bash to automate your own job.

• You understand networking, VPNs.

• You have experience with virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware).

• You think space is cool and want to help build the infrastructure that connects it to Earth.

What we offer

• Hybrid work (preferably with at least 3 days a week in our office).

• Flexible working hours.

• Modern offices near the center of Brno.

• Direct impact on the development and direction of products for space missions.

• Involvement in the development of solutions to be deployed in Earth's orbit and beyond.

• 5 weeks of vacation.

• Meal vouchers.

• Team-building activities and company events.

• Multisport card

What is nice to have

• You are not afraid of the physical layer (swapping RAM, replacing disks, or racking gear in our infrastructure when needed)

• You are an open source contributor.

Interview process

• Submit your CV and short cover letter via email to [email protected].

• Attend a 30-minute call with the CTO and HR.

• Complete a short take-home task.

• Participate in a 60-minute technical screening, including a review of your task.

• Receive an offer.

Where: Brno

Type: Part time

Contact: [email protected]