Infrastructure Engineer

• Design and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure supporting enterprise-scale data platform operations.
• Develop architecture solutions utilizing VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, PrivateLink, and other AWS networking services.
• Support high availability, disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity strategies.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code solutions utilizing Terraform and related automation tools.
• Collaborate with cloud engineers, data engineers, and cybersecurity specialists to deliver secure and scalable solutions.
• Support platform modernization, performance optimization, capacity planning, and infrastructure lifecycle management.
• Develop and maintain technical architecture documentation, standards, and operational procedures.
• Participate in architecture reviews, deployment planning, and operational readiness activities.
• Support monitoring, observability, and operational support initiatives across cloud environments.

Cloud Infrastructure Architect, AWS

• Design, integrate, and maintain network, cloud, hardware, and operating system infrastructure for the platform
• Test and integrate COTS, GOTS, and FOSS components to ensure system reliability and performance
• Manage data-pipeline resource needs, access controls, and capacity planning
• Develop and implement performance metrics, instrumentation, and monitoring tools
• Ensure system stability, availability, and scalability across all environments
• Prepare, maintain, and execute a System Engineering Plan (SEP) for managing all systems architecture and engineering aspects
• Conduct systems engineering activities to specify, build, and maintain system engineering designs
• Design, prepare, and document systems engineering and cybersecurity artifacts
• Establish and maintain a System Requirements management environment and process
• Support enterprise system architecture activities and maintain system architecture artifacts
• Define, document, maintain, and promulgate APIs and technical standards
• Design, engineer, integrate, and continuously improve the underlying infrastructure of the System
• Identify, prepare, track, secure, and integrate government, commercial, and open-source tools and services
• Design, build, and maintain services and products to make production-ready AI/ML models accessible
• Design, architect, engineer, and continuously improve all aspects of cybersecurity elements of the System
• Perform site reliability engineering to build and maintain a reliable, scalable, and efficient System
• Participate in the Engineering Control Board (ECB) process for supporting all major engineering milestones and decisions

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

• Own the rollout and operational management of AI-assisted development tools across engineering (e.g., Cursor, Copilot, Claude Code)
• Define and implement access controls, license management, and usage policies that satisfy SOC2/ISO 27001 requirements
• Build cost tracking and reporting so leadership has visibility into AI tool spend and usage patterns across the org
• Reduce friction for engineers adopting these tools while maintaining security and auditability
• Partner with teams across the org to identify, build, and support internal AI applications such as RAG pipelines, agents, and automation workflows
• Evaluate and recommend tooling, frameworks, and patterns based on what teams actually need
• Define where IaaS’s responsibility ends and consuming teams’ begins – this boundary doesn’t exist yet; you’ll help draw it
• Advise on data governance policies for LLM usage, including what data can go into which models, where outputs are stored, and how audit trails are maintained
• Ensure AI infrastructure and tooling meets existing SOC2 and ISO 27001 controls and can be evidenced in audits
• Provide leadership with clear, regular reporting on AI adoption, cost, risk, and usage across the org
• Stand up and manage AI/ML infrastructure, primarily on GCP (Vertex AI) within OpenVPN’s existing environment
• Design the Terraform modules and IaC patterns for AI infrastructure that follow the team’s existing conventions (e.g., Atlantis-driven GitOps workflows)
• Build visibility into AI/ML infrastructure costs and implement controls (spot instances, auto-scaling policies, idle resource cleanup) consistent with how compute costs are managed elsewhere
• Evaluate build-vs-buy decisions for AI/ML infrastructure components and managed services with an eye toward operational fit within existing patterns

Infrastructure Engineer – AI Platform

• The Infrastructure Engineer will work on cross functional teams to build scalable infrastructure for our government -- designing, implementing, and delivering services that millions of Americans depend on.
• As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you may be responsible for technical leadership of platform infrastructure projects supporting dev teams and large-scale systems with a strong focus on automation, organization, and communication.
• Your work enables application development teams to run effectively in the cloud to deliver users a modern experience.
• You will be responsible for delivering on client requirements as well as providing long-term oversight and vision to help shape future work.
• Your strong cross-functional communication skills will complement your technical leadership skills to provide the highest value for government systems.

Infrastructure Engineer – Mid/Sr

• Assist with the installation, configuration, maintenance, and monitoring of physical and virtual servers.
• Support day-to-day IT infrastructure operations including system health checks, patching, and performance monitoring.
• Troubleshoot hardware, software, and connectivity issues under the guidance of senior engineers.
• Support Active Directory administration, account management, and group policy implementation.
• Assist with backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes to ensure data protection and system resiliency.
• Monitor infrastructure alerts and respond to operational incidents and service requests.
• Support virtualization technologies such as VMware, Hyper-V, or comparable platforms.
• Assist with cloud infrastructure administration in environments such as Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Maintain infrastructure documentation, system inventories, diagrams, and standard operating procedures.
• Support cybersecurity and compliance initiatives by implementing approved security controls and remediation activities.
• Coordinate with network, cybersecurity, and application teams to support integrated enterprise solutions.
• Participate in infrastructure upgrades, migrations, and technology refresh projects.

Junior Infrastructure Engineer

• Lead the design, deployment, and ongoing management of enterprise storage platforms, including Pure Storage, NetApp and Dell PowerVault
• Serve as subject matter expert for storage infrastructure architecture, best practices, and capacity planning
• Manage SAN/NAS architecture, LUN management, multipathing, and replication across production environments
• Perform storage performance analysis, optimization, and troubleshooting
• Coordinate storage firmware updates, expansion projects, and technology refreshes
• Support virtualization platforms, including CloudStack, KVM, and VMware vSphere/ESXi
• Perform server hardware break/fix activities, including diagnosis, parts coordination, and resolution (Dell PowerEdge and similar)
• Onsite Data Center management at our Sterling, VA, and Ashburn VA Datacenters
• Maintain comprehensive system documentation and configuration management
• Serve as Linux subject matter expert for enterprise environments (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu)
• Lead system design, implementation, and ongoing management of production Linux infrastructure
• Perform advanced troubleshooting, performance tuning, and capacity planning for Linux systems
• Manage server lifecycle, including provisioning, patching, hardening, and decommissioning
• Implement and maintain system security controls to meet SOC2 and ISO20000 compliance standards
• Maintain storage documentation, including diagrams, runbooks, and capacity reports

Lead Storage & Infrastructure Engineer

• Oversee design, documentation, implementation, and management of IT services for cloud capability
• Manage secure services between cloud deployed software and cloud collaboration services
• Set up and maintain development lab environments that mirror production systems
• Design cloud infrastructure, virtual private cloud, and auto-scaling resources
• Provide guidance on installation and maintenance of virtual hosts, operating systems, applications, and databases
• Develop IT infrastructure standard operating procedures to senior management
• Maintain ownership of high availability and security in IT operations
• Troubleshoot operating systems, network, storage, identity, and virtualization issues
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture teams to set cloud computing architecture policies and standards

Senior Infrastructure Engineer – Secret Required

• Administer and manage large-scale VMware environments, including VMware vSphere and VMware vCenter Server
• Design, configure, and maintain ESXi hosts, clusters, and resource pools
• Optimize virtual infrastructure performance, capacity, and scalability
• Implement high-availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions aligned to RPO/RTO requirements
• Configure and manage disaster recovery technologies (replication, failover, failback)
• Execute DR testing, failover scenarios, and recovery validation
• Ensure business continuity across critical applications and infrastructure platforms
• Integrate VMware platforms with enterprise storage (SAN/NAS, vSAN)
• Manage storage provisioning, replication strategies, and performance tuning
• Collaborate with storage teams supporting NetApp, Infinidat, or similar platforms
• Support dependencies including: DNS, DHCP, IPAM TCP/IP networking and segmentation strategies
• Ensure alignment of virtual infrastructure with enterprise network architecture
• Implement security hardening across: Hypervisors (ESXi)
• Management planes (vCenter, admin tools)
• East-west traffic controls within virtual environments
• Support vulnerability remediation and compliance requirements (e.g., SOC-driven scans)
• Maintain adherence to state and enterprise security policies
• Provide Tier 3 support for production-impacting incidents
• Perform root cause analysis and implement long-term corrective actions
• Participate in on-call rotations and after-hours support for critical outages
• Maintain operational documentation and standard operating procedures
• Execute infrastructure changes in accordance with enterprise change management processes
• Document design decisions, configurations, and implementation steps
• Participate in CAB reviews and ensure minimal risk to production systems
• Support audit requests and regulatory compliance requirements

VMware Infrastructure Engineer

• Responsible for the network and on-premises virtual infrastructure development, security, and operations
• Integrate network/computer/storage management system for Cloud Service Providers and on-premises Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions into full-lifecycle operational service delivery and project management platforms
• Design and deploy hardened and compliant office and enterprise Network Infrastructure supporting multi-tenant, virtualized and/or High-Performance Computing production environments
• Develop and maintain security, availability, performance, and scalability, continuous improvement, and monitoring for highly available and redundant network and virtual infrastructure
• Take ownership of project requirement development, deployment, and operational release management

Network and Infrastructure Engineer, Senior

• Serve as the primary interface to the Government for all infrastructure engineering support
• Support the full range of infrastructure engineering services including: Network engineering, Security engineering, Site installation engineering, Data center design, Third party network access engineering, Backup and storage engineering, Infrastructure patch management, Integration and testing, Research and technology innovation
• Oversee and manage delivery of design and development for all infrastructure engineering tasks
• Ensure quality delivery of Engineering Tier 3 support to resolve network outages

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