Site Reliability Engineer

About the job Site Reliability Engineer


At 1872 AI, we are transforming industrial manufacturing in the United States by building AI-native factories capable of lights-out production-from CAD to finished part with minimal human input. Our initial focus targets the energy and infrastructure sectors-power generation, grid infrastructure, and compute facilities-where critical supply chain bottlenecks in steel fabrication are limiting growth.

About the Role

You will own the infrastructure that powers our factories-cloud, edge, and the networks that connect them. You keep systems available, secure, and fast. You're as comfortable architecting zero-trust environments as you are on the factory floor troubleshooting a network switch. This role wears a lot of hats: network architecture, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, security, and whatever else it takes to keep production running.

Base Qualifications

• Expert in Kubernetes and managing workloads across cloud (AWS/GCP) and on-premise edge servers.
• Experience with Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, or similar.
• Strong understanding of VLANs, VPNs (Tailscale/Wireguard), firewalls, and isolating industrial networks from the internet.
• Experience with zero-trust principles, identity management (Okta/Auth0), and secure access tunnels.
• Experience standing up monitoring and alerting tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager) and building dashboards that give teams visibility into system health.
• Ability to self-direct and thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience securing endpoints and devices (MDM, MFA, encryption best practices).
• Experience scaling and monitoring CI/CD systems.
• Willingness to handle general IT admin (device setup, workspace configuration) in the early days before automating or delegating it.

Why Join

• You are employee #1-5 in the software org. You define the tech stack and the culture.
• The role evolves as we do. Lots of room to grow into leadership, go deep technically, or help spin up new teams as we scale.
• You'll use the latest tools and work with a team that wants to continuously improve.
• We take risks and spend where it counts. The best idea wins.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary + significant early-stage equity.
• Unlimited PTO: We trust you to manage your time and take the breaks you need to stay productive and healthy.
• Paid parental leave: Support for new parents during this important life transition.
• We cover 100% of employees premiums and 80% of your family's premiums through industry-leading medical, dental, and vision coverage to keep you and your family healthy.

This role is based on-site in Cincinnati, OH and is not open to remote work.

1872 AI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are committed to building a diverse team and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. To request a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io.

This position may be subject to a background check in accordance with applicable law. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration.