IT Platform Engineer
- Location
- Golden, CO
- Listed
- Today
Wanna join the adventure?
Loft Orbital’s mission is to make space simple for organizations, and Loft IT’s mission is to make work simple for employees. Our Golden office is growing, and we’re looking for an IT Administrator to join our international IT team. You’ll be the go-to person on the ground for our two Colorado sites, while contributing to IT activities across all of our offices worldwide.
You’ll focus most of your time on end-user support in office, with a path to owning our global IT service desk within your first six months. We’re looking for someone who is passionate about technology, has a customer-centric personality, and can translate technical problems into plain English. This is not an entry-level position, and there’s plenty of room for mentorship to help you grow your technical chops!
About the Role
- Design, build, and maintain automated workflows and integrations across Loft's SaaS ecosystem, using APIs, scripting, identity standards, and integration tooling.
- Develop automation that improves IT operations, including user lifecycle management, access provisioning, system configuration, data synchronization, reporting, and repetitive administrative workflows.
- Administer and improve identity and access management (IAM) across hybrid environments, including provisioning and authentication workflows using technologies such as Okta, SCIM, SAML, and OAuth.
- Administer and support AWS infrastructure, including IAM, EC2, WorkSpaces, VPC, and directory integrations.
- Deploy, maintain, and improve VMware vSphere/ESXi infrastructure, supporting initiatives such as migrations, patching, upgrades, troubleshooting, and capacity management.
- Partner with Security to automate and improve security controls across endpoints, networks, cloud infrastructure, operating systems, and SaaS applications.
- Administer and automate aspects of GitLab, including repository permissions, access management, and CI/CD-related workflows.
- Troubleshoot complex technical issues spanning SaaS, cloud, networking, identity, virtualization, and on-premises infrastructure, identifying root causes rather than relying on short-term fixes.
- Partner with teams including People, Finance, Engineering, and Operations to understand business processes and identify opportunities where automation and systems integration can improve efficiency and data quality.
- Improve the reliability and scalability of IT by documenting solutions, developing reusable tooling, reducing manual processes, and contributing to disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
Must Haves
- 5+ years of professional IT experience, with hands-on experience in areas such as platform engineering, systems engineering, infrastructure engineering, applications engineering, DevOps, or IT automation.
- Strong experience integrating and automating SaaS applications through APIs, with exposure to platforms such as NetSuite, Atlassian Cloud, HRIS systems, GitLab, Google Workspace, or similar enterprise applications.
- Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar languages, with demonstrated experience turning manual operational processes into reliable automated workflows.
- Hands-on experience with identity and access management, including technologies and standards such as Okta, SCIM, SAML, OAuth, SSO, and automated user provisioning.
- Experience administering AWS environments, including services such as IAM, EC2, WorkSpaces, VPC, and directory integrations.
- Hands-on experience administering and troubleshooting VMware vSphere/ESXi or comparable enterprise virtualization infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of networking fundamentals and demonstrated ability to troubleshoot issues spanning cloud, SaaS, identity, and on-premises environments.
- Experience working with security concepts and controls such as endpoint protection, VPNs, firewalls, encryption, access controls, system hardening, and patch management.
- Demonstrated automation mindset: you naturally look for opportunities to replace repetitive manual work with scalable, maintainable, and testable solutions.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to translate business problems into technical solutions and work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Nice to Haves
- Experience with NetSuite, Atlassian Cloud, GitLab, Google Workspace, Tailscale, or HRIS platforms and their APIs.
- Experience building or maintaining ETL pipelines, iPaaS workflows, or other forms of data integration between enterprise applications.
- Familiarity with monitoring, alerting, observability, and ITSM platforms.
- Experience with vulnerability management, security monitoring, incident response, SIEM, or automated remediation.
- Experience with configuration management, Infrastructure as Code, or CI/CD tooling.
- Experience with container technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with Google Workspace security and DLP capabilities.
- Experience supporting disaster recovery and business continuity initiatives.
- Experience mentoring or providing technical guidance to other IT team members.
- Experience working in aerospace, defense, manufacturing, or another highly regulated or engineering-driven environment.
Some of Our Awesome Benefits
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents
- 100% company-paid life, AD&D, and disability insurance
- Fully paid parental leave: 16 weeks for birthing parents, 10 weeks for non-birthing parents
- Flexible time off and 12 paid holidays
- HSA with employer contribution, FSAs, and commuter benefits
- Carrot Fertility, One Medical, and a free Employee Assistance Program
- 401(k) and equity
- Daily catered lunches and snacks in office
- Annual company off-site and regular social events
- International exposure to our team in France
- Relocation assistance when applicable
Who We Are
Loft Orbital builds “shareable” satellites, providing a fast & simple path to orbit for organizations that require access to space. Powered by our hardware & software products, we operate satellites, fly customer payloads onboard, and handle entire missions from end to end - significantly reducing the lead-time and risk of a traditional space mission.
Our standard interface enables us to fly multiple customer payloads on the same satellite, with capabilities such as earth imagery, weather & climate /science data collection, IoT connectivity, in-orbit demonstrations, and national security missions. Our customers trust us to manage their space infrastructure, so they can focus on what matters most to them: operating their mission and collecting their data.
At Loft, you’ll be given the autonomy and ownership to solve significant challenges, but with a close-knit and supportive team at your back. We believe that diversity and community are the foundation of an open culture. We are committed to hiring the best people regardless of background and make their time at Loft the most fulfilling period of their career.
We value kind, supportive and team-oriented collaborators. It is also crucial for us that you are a problem solver and a great communicator. As our team is international, you will need strong English skills to better collaborate, easily communicate complex ideas and convey important messages.
With 3 satellites on-orbit and a wave of exciting missions launching soon, we are scaling up quickly across our offices in San Francisco, CA | Golden, CO | and Toulouse, France.
As an international company your resume will be reviewed by people across our offices so please attach a copy in English.
*Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other underrepresented people tend to only apply when they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Loft, we value respectful debate and people who aren’t afraid to challenge assumptions. We strongly encourage you to apply, even if you don’t check all the boxes.
Who We Are
Loft: Space Made Simple.
Founded in 2017, Loft provides governments, companies, and research institutions with a fast, reliable, and simple way to deploy missions in orbit.
We integrate, launch, and operate spacecraft, offering end-to-end missions as a service across Earth observation, IoT connectivity, on-orbit AI, national security missions, and more. Leveraging our existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses, Loft is reducing years-long integration and launch timelines to months. With more than 30 missions flown, Loft’s flight heritage and proven technologies enable customers to focus on their mission objectives.
With a growing fleet on track to reach 30 satellites by 2027, we are scaling up quickly across our offices in San Francisco, CA | Golden, CO | and Toulouse, France to meet accelerating demand for space infrastructure.
From Loftorbital's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 13, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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