DevOps Engineer II

Torch.AI•Leawood, KS

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Torch.AI builds a government-owned reasoning infrastructure which creates a Reasoning Layer to enable machine reasoning at scale, in environments where it is hardest to achieve and least tolerant of failure. This is not incremental software. It is long-term infrastructure designed to endure, integrate, and evolve alongside the systems it supports. The Reasoning Layer is a modular architecture where data is connected, governed, transformed, represented, fused, reasoned over, and delivered into mission applications and operational workflows. It does not replace systems of record. It enables them to function better together. The Reasoning Layer is comprised of: ORCUS (ingestion, orchestration, governance), NEXUS (semantic representation, vectorization), HALO (graph-based fusion and reasoning) and various product and capability components deployed for specific customer use cases. We are seeking candidates who approach problems creatively, are comfortable operating without full clarity, and take responsibility for outcomes, not just implementation. If you’re driven to strengthen U.S. defense readiness and protect national interests, Torch.AI offers meaningful impact at national scale. Torch.AI was founded on a simple operational insight: better use of data leads to better decisions. As data volumes increased across commercial, enterprise, and national security environments, the limiting factor was not collection, storage, or user interface design. The missing layer was machine understanding. And an infrastructure that could operate and reason between layers, preserve context, reconcile meaning, and make data useful for decisions in real time. We believe the government must own its data and decision environment. In mission and operational environments, the layer where data becomes context, context informs models, models support decisions, and decisions shape action cannot be controlled entirely by private technology vendors. Ownership does not mean the government must build every component itself. It means the government maintains stewardship and authority over the mission and operational layer. Commercial software, models, and services can contribute to the environment, but they should not capture the mission. We are craftsmen. We build with intention. We ship with discipline. You’ll collaborate with engineers, data experts, veterans, and mission practitioners. You’ll own meaningful work, move quickly, and see your systems deployed in production, often within weeks. We are fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and mission-driven. Every day is a new puzzle.

Requirements

B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
5+ years of DevOps, infrastructure engineering, or SRE experience.
Strong experience with CI/CI tooling (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).
Production-level experience with Docker and Kubernetes/ECS.
Hands-on experience with Terraform or other IaC tooling.
Strong Linux administration and scripting ability.
Familiarity with secure deployment requirements and networking fundamentals.
U.S. citizenship is required for all positions.
Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain the appropriate clearance level.

Nice To Haves

Experience with STIG hardening, SCAP scanning, or enclave constraints.
Familiarity with Kafka/NiFi/data pipelines.
Experience supporting ML infrastructure or MLOps tooling.
Prior experience supporting classified environments.

Responsibilities

Own CI/CD pipeline execution and deployment workflows across multiple environments.
Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code for repeatable provisioning and environment promotion.
Containerize and deploy applications using Kubernetes, ECS, or equivalent orchestration systems.
Manage secure networking, TLS certificates, reverse proxies, and system-level hardening requirements.
Support deployments into secure and mission environments including cloud-isolated networks.
Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and lead root-cause resolution.
Build and maintain observability pipelines for logs, metrics, and alerting.
Support patching, vulnerability scanning, and compliance workflows.