Infrastructure Engineer III

Aether Aerospace•Dayton, OH

2d•Remote

About The Position

Aether Aerospace is a defense technology platform formed by JHNA, CTSi, and EXPANSIA. It delivers technology, technology-enabled services, and advanced manufacturing solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense and related national security customers. The organization brings together expertise across military programs, digital engineering, systems integration, and specialized manufacturing. The Infrastructure Engineer III automates infrastructure provisioning and upgrades using Ansible and bb-bootstrap, and manages and maintains Kubernetes clusters across NIPR-IL5, SIPR, and JWICS enclaves. The role performs bi-weekly BigBang upgrades and monthly CLI tool updates, supports backend infrastructure for Jira, Confluence, KubeCost, and GitLab, and troubleshoots cluster and deployment issues with other teams. The position also provides broad technical and engineering support across cloud computing, infrastructure, architecture, integration, verification, and risk management efforts.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance.
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or a similar discipline and at least 5 years of relevant experience.
CompTIA Cloud+ or Security+; GICSP, SSCP, or GSEC.
Proven AWS experience.
Experience managing Kubernetes clusters.
Strong knowledge of cloud computing in a DoD context, including industry-standard tooling and major cloud service providers.
Broad understanding and application of technical principles, theories, and concepts in cloud computing and Infrastructure-as-a-Service.
Experience, knowledge, and adherence to engineering lifecycle workflow principles across hardware, software, networks, interfaces, design, integration, verification, and regression testing.
Expertise in DoD areas such as command and control, intelligence, acquisition, data handling, space, cyber, and intelligence data handling.
General knowledge of related disciplines.

Nice To Haves

Master’s or other advanced degree in Information Technology or a similar discipline.
Proven experience managing a Kubernetes cluster running the Platform One Big Bang system.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification.
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification or similar certifications.

Responsibilities

Automate infrastructure provisioning and upgrades using Ansible and bb-bootstrap.
Manage and maintain Kubernetes clusters across NIPR-IL5, SIPR, and JWICS enclaves.
Perform bi-weekly BigBang upgrades and monthly CLI tool updates.
Support backend infrastructure for Jira, Confluence, KubeCost, and GitLab.
Troubleshoot cluster and deployment issues alongside other teams.
Apply knowledge of cloud computing in a DoD context, including industry-standard tooling and major cloud service providers.
Serve as a senior technical expert on engineering teams across architecture, infrastructure, platform, migration, network, hardware, software, integration, and verification efforts.
Provide requirements decomposition and definition, and engineering expertise to develop and sustain program DoD requirements.
Support program architect and staff engineering efforts.
Provide technical solutions to complex problems and determine approaches to those solutions.
Direct or participate in risk management assessments, including cyber and software/hardware assessments.
Perform other related duties as assigned.