Infrastructure Engineer

VT Group (VTG); Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

VT Group (VTG) is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer in Herndon, VA to design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure. The role focuses on AWS cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform IaC, and messaging systems like RabbitMQ and Kafka.

You will implement monitoring, observability with Grafana, and DevOps practices to optimize CI/CD and deployment pipelines, while ensuring high availability and security across distributed systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a technical field.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments.
• Proficient with AWS cloud services (EC2, S3) and EKS.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Experience with messaging systems such as RabbitMQ and Kafka.
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with routing, DNS, and observability tooling like Grafana.
• Proactive troubleshooting across cloud, infra, and networks.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and maintain scalable, resilient infrastructure for high-volume workloads.
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerized workloads with Kubernetes.
• Build and maintain Kubernetes environments using AWS EKS.
• Design and optimize AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3).
• Develop IaC using Terraform to automate provisioning and config.
• Design, support routing and DNS for distributed systems.
• Deploy and support RabbitMQ and Kafka messaging systems.
• Support high-volume data streams and alerting processing.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting tools.
• Use Grafana to monitor system health and performance.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud, infra, and network issues.
• Apply DevOps techniques to automate infrastructure and improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with dev teams to streamline CI/CD and deployments.
• Implement cloud security best practices.
• Support large-scale projects in fast-paced environments.

Skills

Kubernetes

AWS

Terraform

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Grafana

CI/CD

Observability

Networking

DNS

DevOps

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

Tools

AWS EKS

EC2

S3

Terraform (IaC)

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Grafana

Job description

Overview

VTG is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable and resilient infrastructure supporting high-volume data and alerting environments. This position will focus heavily on AWS cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, Terraform, messaging technologies, networking, monitoring, and automation.

Overview

VTG is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable and resilient infrastructure supporting high-volume data and alerting environments. This position will focus heavily on AWS cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, Terraform, messaging technologies, networking, monitoring, and automation.

What will you do?

• Architect, build, and maintain scalable, resilient infrastructure supporting high-volume applications and data workloads.
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerized workloads using Kubernetes.
• Build and maintain Kubernetes environments utilizing AWS EKS.
• Design, configure, and optimize cloud infrastructure using AWS services including EC2 and S3.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration.
• Design and support routing and DNS solutions for highly available distributed systems.
• Deploy, configure, and support messaging technologies including RabbitMQ and Kafka.
• Support systems processing high-volume data streams and alerts.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting capabilities.
• Utilize Grafana and related observability tools to monitor system health and performance.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, application, networking, and cloud-related issues.
• Apply DevOps methodologies to improve infrastructure automation and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with development and engineering teams to streamline CI/CD and application deployment processes.
• Implement infrastructure automation and cloud security best practices.
• Support large-scale projects operating within complex, fast-paced environments.

Do you have what it takes?

• Active TS/SCI W/ Polygraph required.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes.
• Experience with AWS EKS and containerized application environments.
• Strong knowledge of AWS, including EC2 and S3.
• Experience developing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Experience with messaging platforms such as RabbitMQ and Kafka.
• Understanding of DevOps methodologies and practices.
• Experience with routing and DNS.
• Experience with Grafana or similar monitoring/observability technologies.
• Experience implementing and maintaining logging and alerting solutions.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud, infrastructure, networking, and distributed systems.