Director, DevOps and Mission Infrastructure
About The Position
Vantor is seeking a Director of DevOps & Infrastructure to lead the modernization, standardization, and operational reliability of the platforms powering its mission systems and customer deployments. This leader will own DevOps, cloud infrastructure, SRE, release engineering, and platform operations across commercial, sovereign, and customer-managed environments. The ideal candidate is both an architect and an operator — someone who can scale cloud and on-prem deployment platforms while building the engineering rigor, automation, and accountability needed to reduce operational chaos and improve delivery reliability. You will help define Vantor’s long-term platform engineering strategy, balancing centralized shared services with embedded domain support teams. This role reports directly to the VP of Mission Platforms & Infrastructure.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in DevOps, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or cloud operations
- 5+ years leading engineering teams or technical organizations
- Experience designing and operating Kubernetes-based cloud or hybrid infrastructure platforms
- Strong background in AWS, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, automation, and deployment orchestration
- Experience architecting both cloud and on-prem deployment environments
- Proven success modernizing fragmented DevOps or platform engineering ecosystems
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, operational resiliency, observability, and release engineering
- U.S. Citizenship required
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting defense, aerospace, intelligence, or mission-critical operational systems
- Experience with sovereign cloud, disconnected operations, or customer-managed deployments
- Experience implementing AI-assisted DevOps, AIOps, or autonomous operational tooling
- Experience defining centralized vs distributed platform engineering operating models
- Familiarity with geospatial intelligence, satellite operations, or mission planning systems
- Background from organizations such as Palantir, defense primes, or cloud-native platform companies
- Familiarity with Zero Trust and modern DevSecOps practices
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
Responsibilities
- Lead the modernization, standardization, and operational reliability of platforms powering mission systems and customer deployments.
- Own DevOps, cloud infrastructure, SRE, release engineering, and platform operations across commercial, sovereign, and customer-managed environments.
- Scale cloud and on-prem deployment platforms.
- Build engineering rigor, automation, and accountability to reduce operational chaos and improve delivery reliability.
- Define Vantor’s long-term platform engineering strategy, balancing centralized shared services with embedded domain support teams.
Benefits
- Robust 401(k) with company match
- Mental health resources
- Student loan repayment assistance
- Adoption reimbursement
- Pet insurance
- Incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
