Infrastructure Engineer

Swoop Technologies; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Swoop Technologies seeks a hybrid DevOps engineer based in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area to package and automate the Platform (Linux/Kubernetes) for bare metal and cloud deployment, including air-gap environments. You will develop CI pipelines, test automation, and assist developers and deployment engineers with platform issues.

You will also manage CI resources and ensure robust test automation. Strong Linux, Kubernetes, Docker, GitLab, and CI/CD experience are required, with a view toward

Qualifications

• Scripting in Bash and Python required.
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes.
• Automation of workflows and tasks.
• Strong Linux experience (Ubuntu, RHEL).
• Containerization with Docker on Linux platforms.
• Experience using both terminal and GUI IT tools.
• Familiarity with virtualization (VMware/Proxmox/KVM).
• Backup, snapshot, and failover experience.
• Git version control and GitLab in DevOps workflows.
• CI/CD pipeline development and maintenance.
• Ability and willingness to obtain a US Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Package and automate our Platform, including Linux and Kubernetes, for bare metal and cloud deployments.
• Develop CI pipelines and test automation for deployment of Platform software.
• Assist developers with Linux and Kubernetes issues.
• Assist deployment engineers with Platform issues.
• Manage and monitor development CI resources that run the Platform using test automation.

Skills

Bash / Python

Kubernetes

Automation mindset

Linux (Ubuntu / RHEL)

Docker / containerization

Terminal + GUI IT tools

VMware / Proxmox / KVM

Backups & failover

Git/GitLab

CI/CD pipelines

US Security Clearance

Tools

Docker

GitLab

VMware

Proxmox

KVM

Job description

This is a hybrid position that requires someone based in Minneapolis/St. Paul who can work in-office 3+ days per week

• Package and automate our Platform, which includes Linux and Kubernetes software, to deploy on bare metal and the cloud, in both internet-connected and secure air gap environments
• Develop CI pipelines and test automation for the deployment of our Platform software
• Assist developers with Linux and Kubernetes issues
• Assist deployment engineers with Platform issues
• Manage and monitor development CI resources that run the Platform using the test automation

About Swoop

Swoop Technologies has a mission to organize and make accessible the worlds military and critical infrastructure. We are building a distributed operating system, SwoopOS, that decomposes the worlds equipment into a distributed robotic embodiment upon which a new generation of distributed systems, autonomous systems, and agentic AI can be built and deployed using our SDK, Valhalla, and operated via our browser, Surf. Imagine the worlds equipment - consisting of the electrical grid, communications architectures, manufacturing facilities, and militaries as a trapped supply of inputs possessing the potential to ensure Western military advantage, sovereign control of economically competitive manufacturing capacity, or the creation of a grid that fosters energy dominance. Swoop is liberating these trapped assets, allowing them to contribute to the world’s future as a series of building blocks to be combined at the speed of software, limited by only the hard constraints of physics and the soft constraints of safety. That is what Swoop is building. Not in the data center or cloud or edge on-premise computing node. In the physical world.

This is a hybrid position that requires someone based in Minneapolis/St. Paul who can work in-office 3+ days per week

What You'll Do

• Package and automate our Platform, which includes Linux and Kubernetes software, to deploy on bare metal and the cloud, in both internet-connected and secure air gap environments
• Develop CI pipelines and test automation for the deployment of our Platform software
• Assist developers with Linux and Kubernetes issues
• Assist deployment engineers with Platform issues
• Manage and monitor development CI resources that run the Platform using the test automation

You Should Have

• Bash/shell and python scripting experience
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes
• A propensity to automate everything you do
• Thorough experience with Linux operating systems such as Ubuntu and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Linux based Containerization such as Docker
• Experience working both in the terminal and with user interfaces required for managing IT resources
• Familiarity with virtualization technologies, creating and managing VMs using industry standard tools such as VMWare, Proxmox, and KVM
• Experience managing backup resources, snapshots, and conducting failover events
• Experience using git version control and DevOps software such as Gitlab
• Experience creating, troubleshooting, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Ability and willingness to obtain a US Security Clearance

Bonus if you have

• Experience in hardening infrastructure resources such as STIGing and firewall work.
• Ansible, Terraform, and AWS experience
• Networking expertise
• Experience packaging internal and internet-based software to work in air gap environments
• Experience developing and deploying Kubernetes Helm charts

Swoop Technologies is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.