Principal Infrastructure Engineer
Onebrief · Remote · United States | Remote ·
COMPENSATION
$240k – $290k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Principal level role
- Fully remote (distributed)
- Kubernetes + Cloud
- US Secret clearance required
- DevSecOps focus
Onebrief provides AI-powered workflow and collaboration tools for military planning and operational coordination. The infrastructure team delivers this software to military staffs through a mix of cloud-native deployments, edge appliances, and classified network environments.
As a Principal Infrastructure Engineer, you will build security directly into the systems you operate. You will architect, build, and run the platform end-to-end, working closely with product and engineering teams to ensure reliability under real operational load.
What you'll do
- Design, test, and deploy secure production systems across cloud and edge appliances
- Advise cross-functional teams on infrastructure, security, and deployment best practices
- Own end-to-end infrastructure outcomes for critical programs or priority initiatives
- Harden artifact pipelines to support signed builds in cloud and air-gapped environments
- Partner with GRC and mission owners on STIGs, CVE remediation, and audit preparation
What you'll need
- 8+ years operating production infrastructure in DevOps, SRE, or Platform roles
- Full-stack engineering experience with modern backend languages like Go, Python, or Rust
- Deep production Kubernetes experience including operators, networking, and multi-cluster ops
- Expertise with major cloud providers such as AWS and Azure
- Strong fundamentals in application and infrastructure security
- Experience packaging workloads for disconnected or air-gapped environments
- Demonstrated leadership and mentorship experience
- Ability to obtain a US SECRET clearance
Nice to have
- Active US SECRET or TOP SECRET security clearance
- Experience with government clouds like AWS GovCloud or Azure Government
- Exposure to FedRAMP, IL4/IL5, IL6, or JWICS environments
- Audit experience with frameworks like FedRAMP or SOC 2
- Background in big data and distributed data systems
- Prior experience supporting defense or intelligence industries
Stack
- Kubernetes
- Go
- Python
- Rust
- TypeScript
- Amazon AWS
- Microsoft Azure
How you'll work
- Distributed team with some members working remotely
- Some roles involve working alongside customers in operational environments
- Must be able to obtain a US SECRET clearance