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title: 'Senior DevSecOps Engineer - Cleared at Orbital Insight'
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# Senior DevSecOps Engineer - Cleared at Orbital Insight

- **Company:** Orbital Insight
- **Location:** Washington, DC
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2025-08-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/privateer/jobs/4883759008

## Job description

This position is subject to U.S. export control regulations. Only U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, naturalized citizens, and lawful permanent residents (Green Card holders) are eligible for consideration. Individuals requiring visa sponsorship or working under a temporary visa status (e.g., H-1B, L-1, F-1, OPT, CPT, etc.) are not eligible for this role.

As a Senior DevSecOps Engineer, you will play a crucial role in integrating security practices into the DevOps pipeline. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing infrastructure and security processes that ensure our applications are secure, scalable, and highly available. You will work closely with development, operations, and security teams to automate and streamline our operations and processes.

Compensation: $180,000–$200,000 base salary, plus equity, benefits, and other perks.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design and implement security controls and processes in the CI/CD pipeline.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar.
- Manage and optimize AWS environments, ensuring high availability and scalability.
- Implement and manage container orchestration using Docker, Kubernetes, and EKS.
- Develop and maintain scripts and automation tools using Python.
- Conduct security assessments and vulnerability management.
- Collaborate with development teams to ensure security best practices are integrated into the software development lifecycle.
- Monitor and respond to security incidents and threats.
- Perform regular audits and compliance checks to ensure adherence to security policies.
- Mentor and guide junior DevSecOps engineers.

Required Skills and Experience:

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in a DevSecOps or similar role.
- Strong experience with AWS services and architecture.
- Proficiency in using GitLab for source control and CI/CD pipelines.
- Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and EKS.
- Strong scripting skills in Python.
- Solid understanding of security principles and best practices.
- Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Active TS/SCI clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

- AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect).
- Familiarity with IL 6/7 Environments

## About Orbital Insight

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Orbital Insight is a geospatial analytics company that analyzes satellite, drone, and other aerial imagery combined with AI to provide business and strategic insights, now operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Privateer Space, Inc.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Acquired by Privateer Space, Inc. in May 2024; prior to acquisition, it was a venture-backed private company)
- **Headquarters**: Palo Alto, California, United States (also operates offices in New York, NY; Arlington, VA; and has presence in Brazil, Japan, and Indonesia)
- **Founded**: 2013
- **Founders**: James Crawford

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Geospatial Analytics, Defense & Intelligence, Commercial Satellite Imagery, AI/ML Data Processing
- **Target customers**: B2B, Enterprise, Government (Defense & Civil), Commercial sectors (Insurance, Energy, Finance, Supply Chain, Agriculture)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To empower problem-solvers by providing unprecedented access to tools that help them understand the present and anticipate the future.

## Products & Services
- **Elements Platform**: An all-domain data fusion platform that delivers AI-powered insights across land, sea, air, space, and cyber. Integrates satellite, terrestrial, and customer data streams for applications including traffic monitoring, supply chain analysis, pattern-of-life monitoring, vessel tracking, GNSS interference detection, and space domain awareness. Available via UI, APIs, and microservices.
- **Taskable Satellite Network**: A capability to task satellite imagery collection over specific areas of interest.
- **AI-Driven Data Fusion & Analytics**: Raw imagery and sensing data undergoes rapid AI/ML processing, then flows into Elements for fusion and analysis, producing actionable intelligence for defense, civil, and commercial use.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company). Prior to acquisition, Orbital Insight had raised a total of $130.2M in funding. Privateer itself raised $56.5M in a round concurrent with the acquisition in May 2024.
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue estimated at $30.0M (as of latest available data); Total Funding raised: $130.2M.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Sequoia Capital (lead investor in multiple rounds), Google Ventures (GV), Lux Capital, Clearvision Ventures. In April 2025, Taiwan’s Far Eastern Group (FEG) became a strategic investor in Privateer. Partners include OMEGA SA (for space sustainability).
- **Growth Signals**: Acquired by Privateer Space in May 2024, backed by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak (co-founder of Privateer). Privateer has indicated it is eyeing further acquisitions (CEO statement, June 2025). Won a contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for maritime surveillance in the Indo-Pacific region (July 2024). Both product demos marked Awardable by the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace (June 2025). Recognized as a Best Tech Startup in Hawai‘i for 2025.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Founding pedigree & talent**: Built by a team of engineers, scientists, and strategists with deep expertise in aerospace, AI, and orbital mechanics. Co-founder Steve Wozniak brings significant brand and credibility.
- **Unique data integration**: Aggregates data from "sea to space" — satellite, terrestrial, and customer data — in a single platform (Elements).
- **AI/ML at core**: Raw imagery undergoes rapid AI/ML processing, enabling automated, real-time insights rather than manual analysis.
- **First-mover in commercial geospatial analytics**: One of the earliest companies to commercialize satellite imagery analytics at scale.
- **Defense & intelligence credibility**: Secured NGA contracts and recognition from the U.S. Department of Defense, providing a high barrier to entry for competitors.

## Strategic Focus
- **Growth through acquisition**: Privateer CEO has stated the company is actively pursuing further acquisitions to expand capabilities.
- **Expanding into new verticals**: Targeting insurance, energy, finance, and sustainability markets with tailored geospatial intelligence products.
- **Defense & government contracts**: Continued focus on winning U.S. government and allied nation contracts for maritime, border, and infrastructure monitoring.
- **Space sustainability**: Partnership with OMEGA SA and focus on space domain awareness (tracking debris, GNSS interference) as a growing priority.
- **International expansion**: Presence in Brazil, Japan, and Indonesia; recent strategic investment from Taiwan’s Far Eastern Group signals Asia-Pacific growth.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as a team of engineers, scientists, and strategists committed to answering tough questions impacting life on the planet. Employee reviews on LinkedIn rate culture 4.8/5.0, compensation 4.7/5.0, and work-life balance 4.8/5.0 (based on 47 reviews).
- **Remote/Hybrid/Office Policy**: Hybrid working model. Roles listed include "Washington, DC Area - Hybrid" for cleared positions. Headquarters in Palo Alto, CA with offices in New York, NY and Arlington, VA.
- **Notable perks & engineering culture**: Strong emphasis on AI/ML, cloud-native infrastructure (Kubernetes, Docker, Istio, gRPC, Terraform, Python, React, Mapbox, ESRI). Tech stack includes modern DevOps practices and microservices architecture. High concentration of talent from Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Planet. Engineering-centric environment with opportunities to work on cutting-edge space and AI problems.
- **Growth trajectory**: Post-acquisition, the combined entity (Privateer + Orbital Insight) is well-funded and actively hiring, with a clear mandate to scale. The company is in a growth phase with recent contract wins and new strategic investors.
- **Mission-driven**: Work has direct impact on national security, environmental monitoring, and space sustainability — appealing to those seeking purpose-driven work.

## Sources
1. [LinkedIn - Orbital Insight Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/orbital-insight-inc-)
2. [Privateer.com - Company Page](https://www.privateer.com/company)
3. [Privateer.com - Home Page](https://www.privateer.com/)
4. [Privateer.com - Careers Page](https://www.privateer.com/careers)
5. [Greenhouse - Jobs at Orbital Insight / Privateer](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/privateer)
6. [SpaceNews - Privateer acquires Orbital Insight (May 2024)](https://spacenews.com/privateer-acquires-orbital-insight/)
7. [SpaceNews - Orbital Insight wins NGA contract (July 2024)](https://spacenews.com/orbital-insight-wins-nga-contract-for-maritime-surveillance-in-indo-pacific-region/)
8. [ION Analytics - Privateer eyeing further acquisitions (June 2025)](https://ionanalytics.com/privateer-eyeing-further-acquisitions-ceo/)
9. [LinkedIn - Privateer update: Far Eastern Group strategic investment (April 2025)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/orbital-insight-inc-/posts/)

## Other roles at Orbital Insight

- [General Application for Privateer Space / Orbital Insight](https://feeny.ai/job/general-application-for-privateer-space-orbital-insight-orbital-insight-united-efjjvdm9txbh) — United States