Infrastructure Engineer

Zus Health•Boston, MA

1d•$130,000 - $175,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Zus Health is hiring an Infrastructure Engineer to help build, maintain, and scale the cloud infrastructure powering its healthcare data platform. The role is part of the Engineering organization and works closely with Platform, Data, Product Engineering, and Security teams to keep systems reliable, secure, scalable, and cost-effective. The engineer will improve the AWS environment, automate infrastructure processes, and develop tools that help engineers build and deploy software efficiently. This is a hands-on role suited to someone who enjoys technical problem-solving, collaboration across teams, and continuously improving systems that process and deliver health records.

Requirements

At least 3 years of experience in infrastructure engineering, DevOps, site reliability engineering, or a related technical role.
Hands-on experience with AWS or another major cloud provider, and a strong interest in deepening AWS expertise.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
Familiarity with containerization and deployment technologies such as Docker, ECS, or Kubernetes.
Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, CircleCI, CodeDeploy, or similar technologies.
Ability to write scripts and automate workflows using Python, Go, Bash, or similar languages.
Understanding of core cloud infrastructure concepts, including networking, IAM, security, monitoring, and system reliability.
Enjoys troubleshooting technical issues, learning new technologies, and finding practical solutions to complex problems.
Collaborative approach and willingness to work across engineering teams and share knowledge.
Takes ownership, moves quickly, and can thrive in a growing startup environment.
Excitement about enabling a digital revolution in healthcare.
Located in the Boston metro and willing to collaborate in person on a hybrid schedule, or remote in EST/CST and willing to travel occasionally for in-person collaboration.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting large-scale, highly available systems in AWS.
Familiarity with Go and supporting backend services built in Go.
Experience with ECS, container orchestration, or modern platform engineering practices.
Knowledge of cloud monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog, CloudWatch, Grafana, or Prometheus.
Familiarity with PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, or other cloud-based database technologies.
Experience with cloud cost optimization and infrastructure performance improvements.
Knowledge of application security, SOC 2, HIPAA, HITRUST, or other compliance frameworks.
Interest in developer productivity, internal tooling, and infrastructure automation.
Experience working with healthcare data, APIs, or interoperability platforms.
Familiarity with FHIR, HL7, and/or TEFCA standards.

Responsibilities

Build, maintain, and improve cloud infrastructure supporting the Zus platform and its applications.
Work with AWS services including ECS, Fargate, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, RDS, and other cloud-native technologies.
Collaborate with Platform, Data, and Product Engineering teams to support and standardize infrastructure needs, troubleshoot issues, and improve system performance.
Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar technologies.
Support, standardize, and improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, and developer tooling.
Monitor infrastructure performance and compliance, troubleshoot production issues, and improve system reliability and availability.
Identify opportunities to automate manual processes, optimize cloud costs, and improve infrastructure efficiency.
Partner with Engineering and Security teams to implement cloud security best practices and maintain a secure environment that meets compliance needs.
Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and ongoing improvements to infrastructure operations.
Contribute to infrastructure documentation, technical discussions, and engineering best practices.