Mission-Driven Forward-Deployed Infra Engineer

Spear AI, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Health benefits

11 Paid Holidays

401(k) with company match

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Spear AI, Inc. is seeking a forward-deployed engineer to work on-site with customers, shaping cloud architectures and deployment pipelines in mission-critical environments.

You’ll integrate systems, write code, and help ensure compliance with security standards while traveling to customer sites as needed. The role emphasizes hands-on delivery in cloud, containerized environments, air-gapped networks, and collaboration with customer engineering teams to resolve infrastructure issues and

Qualifications

• Expert in Infrastructure as Code using Pulumi or Terraform.
• Expert in Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Linux administration, and Podman.
• Experience deploying containerized environments using Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and Podman.
• Expert in CI/CD and DevSecOps, incl. GitLab CI/CD and GitHub Actions.
• Proficiency in AWS and/or other cloud services.
• Scripting in Bash, Python, Go, or TypeScript.
• Proficiency with networking.
• Familiar with cybersecurity frameworks like CMMC, PCI, or SOC.
• Familiar with IdP such as Authentik and Keycloak.
• Experience deploying to air-gapped environments.
• Experience self-hosting on bare metal servers.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud architecture.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code using Pulumi.
• Build and maintain GitLab CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines.
• Continuously deploy to AWS cloud and air-gapped environments.
• Monitor applications/services with OpenTelemetry, Sentry, and SigNoz.
• Enforce CMMC compliance policies and rules.
• Manage secrets and configuration.
• Deploy, configure, and troubleshoot infrastructure within customer and air-gapped environments.
• Support RHEL/Linux-based platforms using Kubernetes, Podman, Docker, and Helm in operational environments.
• Partner directly with customer engineering teams to integrate, test, and resolve infrastructure issues.
• Travel to customer sites as needed to support deployments, upgrades, and mission execution.

Skills

Pulumi

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Podman

RHEL

Linux admin

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

AWS

Bash

Python

Go

TypeScript

Networking

CMMC

PCI

SOC

Authentik

Keycloak

Air-gapped deployments

Bare metal

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Sentry

SigNoz

Job description

Spear AI, Inc. is seeking a forward-deployed engineer to work on-site with customers, shaping cloud architectures and deployment pipelines in mission-critical environments.

You’ll integrate systems, write code, and help ensure compliance with security standards while traveling to customer sites as needed. The role emphasizes hands-on delivery in cloud, containerized environments, air-gapped networks, and collaboration with customer engineering teams to resolve infrastructure issues and