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Bluestaq

Secure data infrastructure for mission-critical sectors

Delivery Engineer - Cloud & Automation

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
$95k - $140k+ Annual performance bonus
Mid, Senior
Bachelor's
Colorado Springs, CO, USA
In PersonOn-site presence in Colorado Springs is required.
DevOps & InfrastructureSite Reliability Engineering
No H1B Sponsorship
US Citizenship, US Top Secret Clearance Required

About the job

Requirements
  • The candidate must have 3–6 years of experience in DevOps, site reliability engineering, platform engineering, or infrastructure roles.
  • The candidate must have production experience operating Kubernetes, preferably EKS, including deployments, services, ingress, and troubleshooting failed pods and rollouts.
  • The candidate must have hands-on experience with Terraform provisioning AWS infrastructure; Terragrunt is a plus.
  • The candidate must have strong AWS fundamentals, including IAM, VPC, EC2, EKS, S3, and CloudWatch.
  • The candidate must be comfortable working in Linux environments and writing automation in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
  • The candidate must have experience with observability tooling such as Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, or equivalent log, metrics, and trace platforms.
  • The candidate must have strong problem-solving skills and clear written and verbal communication, especially during incidents.
  • A bachelor's degree plus 4+ years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, is required.
  • U.S. citizenship is required.
  • The candidate must be able to work on-site in Colorado Springs.
  • The position may require eligibility for TS/SCI security clearance.
  • The candidate must use modern AI tools judiciously, review their outputs, and handle proprietary or sensitive data responsibly.
Responsibilities
  • Deploy and maintain Unified Data Library platform infrastructure on AWS EKS using Terraform and Terragrunt.
  • Manage application rollouts through Argo CD and GitOps workflows, troubleshooting failed deployments, upgrades, and synchronization issues.
  • Monitor production service health using Grafana dashboards, logs, and distributed traces, and drive incidents to root cause.
  • Remediate issues directly in Kubernetes, including restarting pods, performing rolling updates, scaling, draining nodes, and debugging stuck workloads.
  • Improve observability coverage, alert quality, and runbooks based on lessons from incidents.
  • Automate repetitive operational work using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
  • Partner with product, security, and engineering teams to safely ship changes into regulated environments.
  • Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge across the platform team.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation for production support.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with Argo CD or other GitOps tooling at scale.
  • Experience using Helm or Kustomize for Kubernetes manifest management.
  • Experience operating Kafka or Amazon MSK.
  • Service mesh experience with Istio or Linkerd.
  • Incident response leadership and postmortem authorship experience.
  • AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer, or similar certifications.
  • Experience operating in regulated, security-conscious environments such as FedRAMP, IL4/5, or DoD environments.

About the company

Bluestaq provides secure data infrastructure that supports missions across defense, commercial, healthcare, and space sectors, enabling safe storage, sharing, and processing across cloud, hybrid, and edge environments. It builds platforms that handle data storage, processing, and controlled access with encryption and compliance so teams access the right data when needed. The company stands out through mission-focused, scalable data solutions and a people‑first culture, reflected in Inc. 5000 honoree status and Best Workplace awards. Its goal is to enable mission-ready data globally to support critical operations across multiple sectors.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Grant

Total Funding

$450K

Headquarters

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Founded

2018

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What believers are saying

  • Space Force awarded Bluestaq a $280 million contract extension in 2026.
  • Bluestaq launched ARQ on July 16, 2026, targeting healthcare, finance, agriculture, and government.
  • Revelio counted 150 employees in March 2026, and Colorado approved 585 new jobs.

What critics are saying

  • Bluestaq remains heavily exposed to Space Force and Missile Defense Agency procurement cycles.
  • ARQ commercial adoption is unproven outside defense, despite July 2026 launch.
  • Loss of a major federal recompete in 2027 would crush revenue and hiring plans.

What makes Bluestaq unique

  • Bluestaq’s ARQ spans cloud, edge, enclave, and mobile deployments across secure networks.
  • Its Unified Data Library and Global Data Marketplace already serve defense workflows.
  • The platform keeps customer data ownership while integrating legacy systems without replacement.

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Benefits

  • Annual performance bonus
  • Private health cover allowance
  • Health/wellness allowance
  • Professional subscription
  • Salary sacrifice and salary packaging options
  • Paid Vacation

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

20%

1 year growth

22%

2 year growth

22%
SpaceNews
Jul 16th, 2026
Bluestaq launches BLUESTAQ / ARQ defense-grade data infrastructure now available for commercial, government, and enterprise organizations.

Bluestaq launches BLUESTAQ / ARQ defense-grade data infrastructure now available for commercial, government, and enterprise organizations. Eight years of architecture built for the most demanding environments on the planet. Now available to every organization with the same problem. COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, July 16, 2026 - Bluestaq today announced the launch of BLUESTAQ / ARQ, the company's commercial data infrastructure platform. / ARQ is built for organizations in healthcare, financial services, agriculture, government, and commercial operations that need their data to move securely, compliantly, and without replacing what they already have. The data problem isn't new. Critical information exists across systems that don't talk to each other, governance requirements turn days into months, and integrations that should take a week take a year. Bluestaq has been solving this problem since 2018, not in a lab, but in operational environments where data failures carry real consequences. Federal security operations. Multi-agency coordination at scale. Environments where the architecture either works or it doesn't. The problem is the same whether the stakes are operational, clinical, financial, or agricultural and so is the platform. Platform Architecture BLUESTAQ / ARQ is the foundation. Four deployment environments meet organizations wherever they operate: * ARQ / CLOUD is built for organizations operating in modern, scalable cloud environments. * ARQ / EDGE supports on-premises, tactical, and sovereign infrastructure where cloud connectivity cannot be guaranteed. * ARQ / ENCLAVE serves classified and high-security network environments. * ARQ / MOBILE puts iOS, Android, and ATAK-class access in the hands of distributed and field-deployed teams. Four capabilities extend / ARQ's reach across data sources, distribution channels, and decision workflows: * ARQ / MARKET connects organizations with vetted data vendors worldwide for the discovery, procurement, and governed secure delivery of commercial datasets. * ARQ / AI delivers intelligence at mission speed - we bring the infrastructure, you bring the analytics. * ARQ / FABRIC federates, synchronizes, and replicates data across every / ARQ deployment into a real time connected global data mesh. * ARQ / INTEROP connects / ARQ to the systems you already trust, integrating directly with your analytics platforms, operations systems, and dashboards. Throughout it all, customers retain full ownership and control of their data. "We built this in environments where the data had to move and there was no room to get it wrong. Eight years supporting critical operations around the globe. We learned this problem is the same everywhere. Healthcare, agriculture, financial services. Organizations with invaluable data stuck in systems that don't talk to each other. / ARQ is the connective infrastructure that makes it move. I am jacked about the partnerships we are building across the defense, allied, agriculture and financial communities, and we are just getting warmed up." Dr. Seth Harvey, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Bluestaq Availability BLUESTAQ / ARQ is available immediately. Visit arq.bluestaq.com or contact the team at [email protected] to schedule a discussion. The Architecture of Trust. Built to work. Proven in mission. Media Contact Rebecca Decker Chief Operating Officer, Bluestaq [email protected] | (719) 394-1059 About Bluestaq Bluestaq is a data company founded in 2018, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with additional offices in London, Canberra, and Brisbane. The company builds secure, hybrid data platforms for organizations that refuse to accept "good enough" when it comes to moving their most important data. The data's there. It's always been there. We just made it move.

PR Newswire
Jul 16th, 2026
Bluestaq launches BLUESTAQ / ARQ defense-grade data infrastructure now available for commercial, government, and enterprise organizations.

Bluestaq launches BLUESTAQ / ARQ defense-grade data infrastructure now available for commercial, government, and enterprise organizations. Jul 16, 2026, 06:00 ET Eight years of architecture built for the most demanding environments on the planet. Now available to every organization with the same problem. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Bluestaq today announced the launch of BLUESTAQ / ARQ, the company's commercial data infrastructure platform. / ARQ is built for organizations in healthcare, financial services, agriculture, government, and commercial operations that need their data to move securely, compliantly, and without replacing what they already have. The data problem isn't new. Critical information exists across systems that don't talk to each other, governance requirements turn days into months, and integrations that should take a week take a year. Bluestaq has been solving this problem since 2018, not in a lab, but in operational environments where data failures carry real consequences. Federal security operations. Multi-agency coordination at scale. Environments where the architecture either works or it doesn't. The problem is the same whether the stakes are operational, clinical, financial, or agricultural and so is the platform. Platform Architecture BLUESTAQ / ARQ is the foundation. Four deployment environments meet organizations wherever they operate: * ARQ / CLOUD is built for organizations operating in modern, scalable cloud environments. * ARQ / EDGE supports on-premises, tactical, and sovereign infrastructure where cloud connectivity cannot be guaranteed. * ARQ / ENCLAVE serves classified and high-security network environments. * ARQ / MOBILE puts iOS, Android, and ATAK-class access in the hands of distributed and field-deployed teams. Four capabilities extend / ARQ's reach across data sources, distribution channels, and decision workflows: * ARQ / MARKET connects organizations with vetted data vendors worldwide for the discovery, procurement, and governed secure delivery of commercial datasets. * ARQ / AI delivers intelligence at mission speed - we bring the infrastructure, you bring the analytics. * ARQ / FABRIC federates, synchronizes, and replicates data across every / ARQ deployment into a real time connected global data mesh. * ARQ / INTEROP connects / ARQ to the systems you already trust, integrating directly with your analytics platforms, operations systems, and dashboards. Throughout it all, customers retain full ownership and control of their data. "We built this in environments where the data had to move and there was no room to get it wrong. Eight years supporting critical operations around the globe. We learned this problem is the same everywhere. Healthcare, agriculture, financial services. Organizations with invaluable data stuck in systems that don't talk to each other. / ARQ is the connective infrastructure that makes it move. I am jacked about the partnerships we are building across the defense, allied, agriculture and financial communities, and we are just getting warmed up." Dr. Seth Harvey, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Bluestaq Availability BLUESTAQ / ARQ is available immediately. Visit arq.bluestaq.com or contact the team at [email protected] to schedule a discussion. The Architecture of Trust. Built to work. Proven in mission. Media Contact Rebecca Decker Chief Operating Officer, Bluestaq [email protected] | (719) 394-1059 About Bluestaq Bluestaq is a data company founded in 2018, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with additional offices in London, Canberra, and Brisbane. The company builds secure, hybrid data platforms for organizations that refuse to accept "good enough" when it comes to moving their most important data. The data's there. It's always been there. We just made it move. SOURCE Bluestaq LLC

GovCon Wire
Apr 18th, 2024
Army Veteran Brandon Tripp Joins Software Developer Bluestaq as Chief Growth Officer

Army veteran Brandon Tripp joins software developer Bluestaq as chief growth officer.

The Business Journals
Mar 21st, 2022
Bluestaq LLC increases headcount by 585

Bluestaq expects to create 585 net new jobs over the next eight years.

KRDO
Jan 19th, 2022
Bluestaq increases headcount by 60

Bluestaq outgrew its original location at Catalyst Campus in downtown Colorado Springs and is close to outgrowing its current location in the 1st Bank building; the company plans to hire an additional 60 employees during the next 18 months.