Infrastructure Engineer IV

Aether Aerospace•Dayton, OH

5d•$121,813 - $172,000•Remote

About The Position

Aether Aerospace is hiring a full-time, permanent Infrastructure Engineer IV to support infrastructure and platform engineering for U.S. Department of Defense and national security customers. The role is remote, with Boston, MA or Dayton, OH preferred locations. The engineer automates infrastructure provisioning and upgrades using Ansible and bb-bootstrap; manages and maintains Kubernetes clusters across NIPR-IL5, SIPR, and JWICS enclaves; 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 role also provides senior technical expertise across engineering teams and disciplines, supports program architecture and staff engineering, helps define and decompose requirements, and develops practical solutions to complex technical problems. The position participates in risk management assessments, including cyber, and supports engineering lifecycle activities spanning hardware, software, networks, interfaces, design, integration, verification, and regression testing.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance.
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or a similar discipline.
At least 8 years of relevant experience.
CompTIA Cloud+ or Security+, or GICSP, SSCP, or GSEC certification.
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 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 sound engineering lifecycle workflow principles across hardware, software, networks, interfaces, design, integration, verification, and regression testing.
General knowledge of related disciplines.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or other advanced degree in Information Technology or a similar discipline.
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 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 tools and major cloud service providers.
Serve as a senior technical expert across architecture, infrastructure, platform, migration, network, hardware, software, integration, and verification efforts.
Decompose and define requirements and provide engineering expertise to develop and sustain program DoD requirements.
Support program architect and staff engineering efforts.
Provide technical solutions to complex problems, determining and developing practical approaches consistent with program objectives.
Direct or participate in phases of risk management assessments, including cyber and software/hardware risks.
Apply engineering lifecycle principles across hardware, software, networks, interfaces, design, integration, verification, and regression testing.
Perform other related duties as assigned.