Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Long Beach, CAfull timeOn Site

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senior

$146k–$208k

H1B: no

Vast Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Vast responsible for designing, building, and maintaining secure, highly available IT systems in cloud and server environments. Acts as technical lead for infrastructure projects and provides urgent support and root cause analysis.

Responsibilities

Independently design, build, and maintain complex, highly available, secure, and cost-optimized systems in AWS, Kubernetes, and Linux/Windows server environments
Write high-quality infrastructure-as-code and automations to make systems reliable and easier to maintain
Act as technical lead for infrastructure projects. Set the roadmap and pacing, break work into milestones and tasks, and coordinate work among team members
Provide quality support for your systems. Respond urgently to issues and identify root causes to prevent recurrence

Qualification

5+ years of experience designingExperience with infrastructure as codeBroad IT expertiseExperience with self-hosted AI systemsExperience working with ITARAdditional RequirementsWillingness to work overtimePay Range

Required

5+ years of experience designing, deploying, and managing enterprise IT infrastructure
Proficiency with public cloud systems (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Experience with infrastructure as code, including terraform, gitops, ansible, and/or puppet
Broad IT expertise, can integrate infrastructure with networking, security, DevOps, and software development

Preferred

Experience with self-hosted AI systems, AI agents, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) platforms
Experience writing Lambdas and scripts to automate configuration and recurring tasks
Understanding of networking protocols and infrastructure (BGP, VPNs, DNS, DHCP)
Experience working with ITAR, NIST, FIPS, and FedRAMP compliant systems
Excellent written and verbal communication. You can explain technical concepts to people unfamiliar with them and gather requirements from cross-functional partners
Additional Requirements:
Willingness to work overtime, or weekends to support critical mission milestones
Pay Range: California

Benefits

Dental
Vision
401(k)
PTO
Equity/RSU
Parental Leave
Life Insurance

Company

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