Early-hire / Infrastructure Engineer / DC (Washington)

Washington, District Of ColumbiaHybridDirect Hire$180k - $250kA rapidly growing defense technology company in the DC area (VA) is hiring a full-time Infrastructure Engineer to help build and scale cloud infrastructure supporting next-generation AI platforms. This is a hybrid opportunity (2-3 days onsite) focused on AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Python, Rust, CI/CD, and cloud-native infrastructure in a highly secure environment.This is an opportunity to join an early engineering team where you'll help define the infrastructure from the ground up rather than inherit legacy systems. You'll have significant ownership, strong technical growth, and the opportunity to influence architecture as the team expands.Required Skills & Experience5+ years of experience building cloud infrastructure in AWS Clearance Eligible Strong Kubernetes experience Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code tools Experience developing automation in Python, Rust, or Go CI/CD pipeline experience Experience supporting production cloud environments Strong Linux fundamentals Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearanceDesired Skills & ExperienceSecret Clearance or above AWS GovCloud Helm, ArgoCD, or Flux CMMC or FedRAMP experience Experience in defenseYou will receive the following benefits:Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Vacation Time Equity#LI-SU1