2 days ago
San Diego, CA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$186k - $215k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect and integrate enterprise AI platforms with corporate applications, proprietary systems, databases, and business resources.
- Design, deploy, and automate secure middleware bridging secure and non-secure networks across hybrid cloud and on-premise environments.
- Build and maintain secure API integrations and SQL, NoSQL, and vector database connections for AI agents.
- Automate integration layers, middleware, and network boundaries with infrastructure-as-code tools.
- Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for AI models, automation scripts, and system integrations with shift-left security baselines.
- Perform other duties as directed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Mechatronics/Robotics Engineering, or a relevant field, or 10+ progressive years of related experience in lieu of a degree.
- At least 5 years of experience in DevOps, systems integration, or automation engineering focused on enterprise application and database connectivity.
- U.S. Person status as defined by 22 CFR § 120.62 is required due to ITAR regulations.
- Experience working in FedRAMP Moderate, FedRAMP High, or other highly secure environments.
- Hands-on experience integrating enterprise AI platforms and designing autonomous agentic workloads that interact with corporate systems.
- Experience bridging secure and non-secure on-premise and cloud networks using automated middleware, access controls, and network segmentation.
- Experience with Python, Bash, or Go for API integrations, middleware automation, and database query logic.
- Hands-on Linux administration, including Ubuntu, and experience with Windows Server environments.
- Preferred experience integrating HRIS, ERP, MES, or other business systems; vector databases, ETL pipelines, or corporate data warehousing; Docker and Kubernetes; advanced routing, VLAN segmentation, access controls, and 100G networking; NinjaOne or Microsoft Intune; and Microsoft GCC High or AWS GovCloud.
Benefits
- Onsite work at the company headquarters in San Diego, California; candidates may be local or willing to relocate, with relocation assistance potentially available.
- Up to 5% domestic travel may be required.
- Equity grants for new hires.
- Medical, dental, and vision plans.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan.
- Unlimited PTO and a generous holiday calendar, including July and December holiday hiatuses.
- Parental leave, Lifestyle Spending Account, FSA, DCFSA, and HSA.
- Hospital indemnity, critical illness, accident, life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance; Firestorm covers basic life/AD&D and disability insurance at 100%.
- 24/7 free mental health resources and additional legal and financial work-life services.
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About Firestorm
Firestorm builds modular, open-architecture unmanned systems and mission-configurable hardware for defense customers, leveraging additive manufacturing to rapidly tailor platforms for diverse Department of Defense mission areas. Its fielded xCell platform is being developed in multiple variants and supported across mechanical, electrical, software, and manufacturing interfaces. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in San Diego, the privately held company sells hardware platforms and components to U.S. and allied military programs.