Infrastructure Engineer III

Aether Aerospace•Dayton, OH

4d•$109,082 - $154,000•Remote

About The Position

Aether Aerospace is hiring an Infrastructure Engineer III to 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 Big Bang upgrades and monthly CLI tool updates; support backend infrastructure for Jira, Confluence, KubeCost, and GitLab; and troubleshoot cluster and deployment issues with other teams. The role is full-time and permanent, with remote work available and Boston, MA or Dayton, OH preferred. The start date is immediate. The engineer serves as a senior technical expert within engineering teams spanning architecture, infrastructure, platforms, migration, networking, hardware, software, integration, and verification. The role supports program architecture and staff engineering, helps define and decompose requirements, develops technical solutions to complex problems, and participates in risk management assessments, including cyber and software/hardware risks. The position calls for DoD-context cloud expertise, particularly AWS, Infrastructure-as-a-Service, and Kubernetes, alongside knowledge of engineering lifecycle practices and national security domains.

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+, or GICSP, SSCP, or GSEC certification.
Proven AWS experience.
Experience managing Kubernetes clusters.
Strong knowledge of DoD-context cloud computing, industry-standard tools, and major cloud service providers.
Broad understanding and application of technical principles, theories, and concepts in cloud computing and Infrastructure-as-a-Service.
Expertise in DoD areas such as command and control, intelligence, acquisition, data handling, space, and cyber.
Knowledge of and adherence to engineering lifecycle workflows covering hardware, software, networks, interfaces, design, integration, verification, and regression testing.
General knowledge of related disciplines.

Nice To Haves

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

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 Big Bang upgrades and monthly CLI tool updates.
Support backend infrastructure for Jira, Confluence, KubeCost, and GitLab.
Troubleshoot cluster and deployment issues alongside other teams.
Apply cloud computing and Infrastructure-as-a-Service principles and tooling in a DoD context.
Serve as a senior technical expert across architecture, infrastructure, platform, migration, network, hardware, software, integration, and verification efforts.
Provide requirement decomposition, definition, and engineering expertise to support development and sustainment of program DoD requirements.
Support program architect and staff engineering efforts.
Provide technical solutions to complex problems that are imaginative, thorough, practicable, and consistent with program objectives; determine and develop approaches to solutions.
Direct and/or participate in all phases of risk management assessments, including cyber and software/hardware risk assessments.
Perform other related duties as assigned.