Platform Infra Engineer II: Cloud, IaC & Security

United States Digital Space LLC; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in Boston, MA is seeking a Platform Engineer II to design, build, and operate our cloud infrastructure. You will work at the intersection of infrastructure and developer experience, shaping how our systems are designed, deployed, and operated.

You will manage AWS and Kubernetes environments, implement Terraform IaC, advance security with IAM and least privilege, and collaborate with platform, product, and data teams to accelerate product development while

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure experience.
• Hands-on AWS experience (IAM, EC2, S3, MSK, Aurora).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code in production environments (Terraform preferred).
• Strong cloud security and reliability principles; knowledge of Kubernetes/EKS.
• Scripting in Python/Go/Java/Bash; familiarity with CI/CD and secrets management.
• Strong problem-solving and collaboration across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure cloud infrastructure in AWS using Terraform.
• Build and manage IAM systems and least-privilege policies.
• Maintain secure AWS and Kubernetes environments across accounts.
• Collaborate with platform, product, and data science teams to enable rapid product development.
• Automate cloud operations from CI/CD to monitoring and alerting.
• Improve guardrails for cloud security and compliance (IAM, backups, logging).
• Participate in incident response and audits; ensure observability and documentation.
• Drive reliability, performance, cost optimization, and security across the platform.

Skills

DevOps

Site Reliability Engineering

Cloud security

Scripting (Python/Go/Java/Bash)

CI/CD automation

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

AWS IAM

AWS EC2

AWS S3

AWS MSK

AWS Aurora

Terraform

Kubernetes / EKS

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC in Boston, MA is seeking a Platform Engineer II to design, build, and operate our cloud infrastructure. You will work at the intersection of infrastructure and developer experience, shaping how our systems are designed, deployed, and operated.

You will manage AWS and Kubernetes environments, implement Terraform IaC, advance security with IAM and least privilege, and collaborate with platform, product, and data teams to accelerate product development while