Platform Engineer — AWS Cloud Software

Platform Engineer — AWS Cloud Design and operate a scalable AWS-first cloud platform with IaC and CI/CD pipelines

Location:

Houston, Texas

Axiom Space fosters a work environment inclusive of all perspectives. We are the pioneers of commercial space, leading the transformation of low-Earth orbit into a global space marketplace. Our mission-driven team is seeking a bold and dynamic Platform Engineer (AWS Cloud) who is fueled by high accountability, execution horsepower, and driven to understand our world, science/technology, and life itself, for the benefit of all on Earth and beyond.

POSITION SUMMARY

Since Axiom Space is a very complex work environment, we are looking for a resilient, high-energy Platform Engineer (AWS Cloud), who designs, builds, and operates the AWS-first cloud infrastructure that Axiom's engineering and business teams run on. This person drives automation, infrastructure-as-code, and platform reliability practices that let internal teams ship faster and safer, while maintaining working familiarity with Azure and Microsoft 365 to support occasional cross-platform workloads.

This role serves as an escalation point for platform architecture and technical issues beyond the scope of entry-level engineers, and contributes to the continuous improvement of Axiom's enterprise cyber security program under the direction of senior IT leadership.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Designs, builds, and maintains infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or Cloud Formation) to provision and manage AWS Gov Cloud environments — accounts, networking (VPC), and compute — in a repeatable, version-controlled way via AWS Landing Zone Accelerator (LZA) based architecture
• Serves as the primary escalation point for AWS platform architecture, systems design, and technical issues beyond the scope of entry-level engineers
• Builds and maintains CI/CD pipelines (AWS Code Pipeline, Git Hub Actions, or Jenkins) that automate build, test, and deployment workflows for internal engineering teams
• Administers and evolves Axiom's AWS environment as the primary cloud platform — accounts, networking, compute, and core services (EC2, S3, and related)
• Builds and maintains container and orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS) to support internal application workloads
• Manages identity and access management (IAM) within AWS IAM and supports SSO/SAML/SCIM integrations, ensuring least-privilege access across the platform
• Implements monitoring, logging, and observability (e.g., Cloud Watch) to track platform health, and reviews incidents and performance data to determine root cause and drive remediation
• Preserves platform assets by implementing disaster recovery and backup automation, and develops, maintains, and tests business continuity plans for cloud environments
• Develops and maintains internal tooling and self-service capabilities that give engineering teams safe, automated access to the AWS platform
• Recommends cloud platform engineering strategies, tooling, and standards by evaluating organizational outcomes, identifying problems, and anticipating requirements
• May provide technical guidance to entry-level platform and IT engineers and review their AWS-related work as needed
• Maintains basic working familiarity with Azure and Microsoft 365 administration to support occasional cross-platform workloads
• Communicating project progress, status, and potential issues to stakeholders and leadership
• Implementing and maintaining agile project management methodologies throughout the project lifecycle
• Perform additional job duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The majority of that experience should be spent building and operating production workloads on AWS
• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Engineering Science, or Engineering Management, 4+ years of experience, or an…