Infrastructure Engineer IV

Aether Aerospace•Dayton, OH

2d•Remote

About The Position

Aether Aerospace is a Defense Technology platform formed by JHNA, CTSi, and EXPANSIA. It delivers technologies, technology-enabled services, and advanced manufacturing solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense and related national security customers. The organization combines expertise across Army, Navy, Air Force and Space Force programs, digital engineering, systems integration, and specialized manufacturing. The Infrastructure Engineer IV 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 position is full-time and permanent, remote, with Boston, MA or Dayton, OH preferred.

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+ certification, or GICSP, SSCP, or GSEC.
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.
General knowledge of other related disciplines.

Nice To Haves

Master’s 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.
Serve as a senior technical expert on engineering teams across architecture, infrastructure, platform, migration, network, hardware, software, integration, and verification efforts.
Provide requirement decomposition and definition, and engineering expertise to ensure program DoD requirements are developed and sustained.
Support program architect and staff engineering efforts.
Apply expertise in DoD areas including command and control, intelligence, acquisition, data handling, space, and cyber.
Apply sound engineering lifecycle workflow principles across hardware, software, networks, interfaces, design, integration, verification, and regression testing.
Develop imaginative, thorough, practicable technical solutions to complex problems that are consistent with program objectives.
Determine and develop approaches to solutions.
Direct or participate in all phases of risk management assessments, including cyber and software/hardware assessments.
Perform other related duties as assigned.