Meridian: Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer (Senior / Washington, D.C. / Hybrid) [TS/SCI with CI poly]
Spear AI10 hours ago
Washington, DC, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Design and implement cloud architecture.
- Develop Infrastructure as Code using Pulumi.
- Build and maintain GitLab CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines.
- Continuously deploy to AWS cloud and air-gapped environments.
- Monitor applications and services with OpenTelemetry, Sentry, and SigNoz.
- Enforce CMMC compliance policies and rules.
- Manage secrets and configuration.
- Deploy, configure, and troubleshoot infrastructure in customer and air-gapped environments.
- Support RHEL/Linux platforms using Kubernetes, Podman, Docker, and Helm.
- Partner with customer engineering teams to integrate, test, and resolve infrastructure issues.
- Travel to customer sites as needed for deployments, upgrades, and mission execution.
Requirements
- Current or active U.S. TS/SCI clearance with CI poly is required.
- Expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Pulumi or Terraform.
- Expertise in Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux system administration, and Podman.
- Experience deploying and managing containerized environments using Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and Podman.
- Expertise in CI/CD and DevSecOps, including GitLab CI/CD and GitHub Actions.
- Proficiency in AWS and/or other cloud services.
- Scripting and automation experience with Bash, Python, Go, or TypeScript.
- Proficiency with networking.
- Familiarity with cybersecurity compliance frameworks such as CMMC, PCI, or SOC.
- Familiarity with single sign-on and identity providers such as Authentik and Keycloak.
- Experience deploying to air-gapped environments and self-hosting on bare-metal servers.
- Preferred experience supporting classified DoD or Navy environments, edge computing, maritime systems, sensor platforms, AWS GovCloud, secure cloud environments, and government customers in operational environments.
- Preferred familiarity with OpenTelemetry, Sentry, or SigNoz.
- Strong software engineering skills, including attention to code quality, correctness, performance, testing, and technical communication.
Benefits
- Unlimited PTO and dedicated sick time.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- 11 paid holidays.
- Professional development opportunities and resources.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Onsite, remote, flexible, or hybrid work arrangements depending on the position.
- Relocation assistance depending on the position.
- Referral and performance bonuses.
- Life insurance and disability coverage.
- Technology home office setup stipend.
- Professional certification reimbursement depending on the position.
- Full-time exempt position with salaried compensation and no overtime eligibility.
- Washington, D.C.-based hybrid role with travel to customer sites as needed.
Tech Stack
Categories
DevOpsForward Deployed
About Spear AI
Spear AI builds AI/ML-driven hardware, software, and data solutions for national security, including unmanned maritime sensor systems designed for operational deployment across classification levels. The privately held company sells products and implementation services to defense agencies and contractors, with work spanning reinforcement learning, acoustic ML, and cloud architectures. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Washington, DC.