On-Site Infra Engineer with Secret Clearance

Spear AI, Inc.; Suitland (MD); On-site; 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

Onsite/Remote options

Job summary

Spear AI, Inc. is seeking a forward-deployed engineer to work on-site with customers, writing code, integrating systems, and solving hard problems in the field. The role requires a current or active U.S. Secret clearance and hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and DevSecOps in air-gapped environments.

You’ll design cloud architectures, automate deployments, and collaborate directly with customer teams to ensure mission success across RHEL/Linux, Kubernetes, and edge deployments.

Qualifications

• Expert in Infrastructure as Code using Pulumi or Terraform.
• Expert in Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Linux system administration, and Podman.
• Experience deploying and managing containerized environments using Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and Podman.
• Expert in CI/CD and DevSecOps, including GitLab CI/CD and GitHub Actions.
• Proficiency in AWS and/or other cloud services.
• Experience with scripting and automation using Bash, Python, Go, or TypeScript.
• Proficiency with networking.
• Familiar with cybersecurity compliance frameworks like CMMC, PCI, or SOC.
• Familiar with Single Sign-on and Identity Providers (IdP) like Authentik and Keycloak.
• Experience deploying to air-gapped environments.
• Experience self-hosting on bare metal servers.
• Active Secret clearance required

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

Docker

Kubernetes

RHEL

CI/CD

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

AWS

Scripting

Networking

CMMC

IdP

Air-gapped

Bare metal

Secret clearance

Tools

Pulumi

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Podman

Helm

Job description

Spear AI, Inc. is seeking a forward-deployed engineer to work on-site with customers, writing code, integrating systems, and solving hard problems in the field. The role requires a current or active U.S. Secret clearance and hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and DevSecOps in air-gapped environments.

You’ll design cloud architectures, automate deployments, and collaborate directly with customer teams to ensure mission success across RHEL/Linux, Kubernetes, and edge deployments.