Sr. Principal Mission Engineer

Clarity Innovations • Columbia, SC

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Clarity Innovations is a trusted national security partner, dedicated to safeguarding our nation’s interests and delivering innovative solutions that empower the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) to transform data into actionable intelligence, ensuring mission success in an evolving world. Our mission-first software and data engineering platform modernizes data operations, utilizing advanced workflows, CI/CD, and secure DevSecOps practices. We focus on challenges in Information Warfare, Cyber Operations, Operational Security, and Data Structuring, enabling end-to-end solutions that drive operational impact. We are committed to delivering cutting-edge tools and capabilities that address the most complex national security challenges, empowering our partners to stay ahead of emerging threats and ensuring the success of their critical missions. At Clarity, we are people-focused and set on being a destination employer for top talent, offering an environment where innovation thrives, careers grow, and individuals are valued. Join us as we continue to lead innovation and tackle the most pressing challenges in national security.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret / SCI Clearance
• 5+ years of hands-on experience managing enterprise Linux environments and bare-metal hardware infrastructure in secure environments.
• Strong, demonstrable experience configuring and troubleshooting Proxmox VE, KVM, QEMU, or equivalent enterprise virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware vSphere, OpenStack).
• Practical experience with Ceph storage orchestration, software-defined networking, VLAN tagging, and low-level Linux network troubleshooting.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a proven track record of managing technical relationships and conducting formal training for government or military personnel.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience managing incident response lifecycles and resolving critical control-plane or etcd failures within live, high-scale production systems.
• Advanced capability in utilizing telemetry, API server audit logs, distributed tracing, and metrics to perform root-cause analysis and resolve complex issues in live production environments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, update, and optimize the on-site Proxmox VE hypervisor environments, Ceph distributed storage clusters, and associated underlying server hardware.
• Diagnose and resolve complex hardware failures, kernel panics, network partitions, virtualization bottlenecks, Kubernetes pod crash loops, CNI networking failures, and node pressure conditions within the isolated classified space.
• Deploy automated system updates, patch air-gapped systems, and integrate new physical compute or storage nodes into the local cluster environment.
• Serve as the trusted, face-to-face technical representative for the program, managing day-to-day interactions with site stakeholders, mission owners, and local administrators.
• Conduct technical walkthroughs, operational training, and compliance briefings for customer personnel interacting with the Proxmox execution platform.
• Partner with the program ISSO/ISSM to enforce local security benchmarks, apply security patches, and support configuration control board reviews for physical hardware modifications.

Benefits

• We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed