Early-hire / Infrastructure Engineer / DC

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Vacation Time

Equity

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC is hiring a full-time Infrastructure Engineer in the DC area (VA) to build and scale cloud infrastructure supporting next-generation AI platforms. This hybrid role focuses on AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Python, Rust, CI/CD, and secure cloud-native infrastructure.

Join a close-knit, fast-growing engineering team where you'll define the infrastructure from the ground up, own key decisions, and have significant opportunities to influence architecture as the team

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building cloud infrastructure in AWS.
• Clearance Eligible
• Strong Kubernetes experience
• Terraform or other IaC 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 clearance

Responsibilities

• Build and scale cloud infrastructure in support of next-generation AI platforms.
• Join an early engineering team and help define the infrastructure from the ground up.
• Own key infrastructure decisions and influence architecture as the team grows.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Python

Rust

CI/CD

Linux fundamentals

Security clearance

Tools

Helm

ArgoCD

Flux

AWS GovCloud

Job description

A 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 & Experience

• 5+ 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 clearance

Desired Skills & Experience

• Secret Clearance or above


• AWS GovCloud


• Helm, ArgoCD, or Flux


• CMMC orFedRAMP experience


• Experience in defense

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance


• Vacation Time


• Equity