Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3000 plus satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Project Kuiper will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.

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Kuiper Identity and Access Management team is looking to hire a Systems Development engineer. This is a fast-paced, intellectually challenging position, and will work with leaders in multiple technology areas. Have relentlessly high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and be constantly looking for ways to improve your product’s performance, quality and cost. We want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.



Key job responsibilities
- Collaborate directly with customers to understand their unique use cases and implement tailored solutions
- Develop Identity and Access management solutions to help secure Kuiper's environments.
- Implement and improve observability measures across the team's infrastructure
- Extend the security provided by the Kuiper Internal Identity Provider to additional services through OIDC/SAML integrations
- Integrate and extend Kuiper's Identity solutions with systems like M365 and Atlassian
- Manage File Storage solutions
- Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices for all managed systems
- Design, develop, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployment and updates
- Apply DevOps best practices to improve system reliability, scalability, and security
- Troubleshoot complex issues across various platforms and services
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align infrastructure improvements with business needs
- Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends in system administration and DevOps
- Document processes, configurations, and system architectures
- Mentor junior team members in system administration and DevOps practices
- Participate in on-call rotations to ensure 24/7 system availability and support

A day in the life
In this role, you will function as a System Development engineer. You will work with teams to help integrate Kuiper's identities into their workflows. You will work with upstream identity source systems to ingrate with the Kuiper Immutable Ledger DB.

About the team
Kuiper Identity and Access Management (KIAM) owns the management and delivery of internal Kuiper identities (user, device, and automation) and policies that govern access to resources at Kuiper. To deliver internal identities for Kuiper, KIAM owns and operates 5 tier-1 services, Kuiper Identity Lifecycle Management (KILM), Kuiper Access Management, Kuiper Public Key Infrastructure for Internal Kuiper Services, Kuiper External Account Federation and Kuiper Internal DNS for device endpoints. Our primary Identity service is KILM which provides automated user provisioning/de-provisioning and access management, Kuiper Identity Provider, Kuiper Identity Immutable Ledger DB (KILDB), and Kuiper Data Access Controls with attribute-based access control.