GNSS (GPS) creates upwards of $500B in economic value in North America every year, supporting everything from consumer applications, to transportation, to time sync for critical infrastructure. As these industries progress towards autonomy, the performance and security demands of their Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) systems are increasing beyond what GNSS can support, leaving a need for a cost-effective global solution.

Using lessons we've learned at places like SpaceX and Blue Origin, Xona is building a modern commercial satellite system at the rapid pace of the new space industry leveraging the recent wave of technology and regulatory advancements. Building on our patented small satellite architecture, we are developing a robust and accurate service that is an independent alternative to GNSS rather than a correction, solving the longstanding challenge of obtaining a reliable high accuracy solution. Our satellite system will provide the first ever high-accuracy global navigation and timing services with the security and resilience that modern applications need to operate safely at scale.

Our growing constellation requires robust, secure, and scalable cloud systems to manage our data distribution infrastructure.

Xona is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and maintain our secure data distribution platform. You'll architect solutions for delivering real-time data to our global customer base while maintaining the highest standards of security and scalability.

Key Responsibilities:

· Design and implement secure data distribution architectures on AWS

· Evaluate and implement messaging solutions (e.g., AWS IoT Core, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, MQTT brokers)

· Create robust authentication and authorization systems for our device fleet

· Develop scalable real-time data delivery solutions

· Design automated certificate and key management systems

· Build monitoring and alerting infrastructure

· Create automated deployment pipelines using IaC

· Lead incident response for system issues

· Architect solutions for efficient real-time data processing

· Maintain system documentation and technical specifications

· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

· 3-5 years experience with AWS cloud services

· Strong background in distributed systems design

· Experience with message brokers and pub/sub systems

· Expertise in security architecture and implementation

· Background in authentication systems and PKI

· Proficiency in Python and infrastructure as code

· Experience with monitoring and observability tools

To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States (i.e. Green Card holder), or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Desired Qualifications

· Experience with AWS IoT Core, MQTT, or similar IoT platforms

· Knowledge of Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, or other message queuing systems

· AWS Professional certifications

· Background in real-time data processing

· Experience with high-availability system design

· Understanding of network security principles

· Familiarity with WebSocket and gRPC protocols