Senior Engineer - Federal Infrastructure

Tari Labs, LLC.; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

Flexible Work Hours

Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)

401k

Company Stock Options

Reimbursement for approved trainings

Job summary

A digital engineering software company in Cambridge, MA is seeking a Federal Infrastructure Engineer. This role involves supporting platform installations and ensuring compliance with Department of Defense cybersecurity standards. Candidates should have strong skills in Kubernetes and cloud platforms like AWS and Azure. The position offers a competitive salary of $135,000 - $220,000 per year along with comprehensive benefits. Join a collaborative team dedicated to innovative engineering solutions.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in federal infrastructure engineering.
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Excellent problem-solving skills in customer-facing situations.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with platform team on environment preparation.
• Automate installation and upgrade processes.
• Monitor and resolve complex infrastructure issues.
• Develop documentation and training materials.
• Participate in incident response for customer environments.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies.
• Validate security configurations across technologies.

Skills

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Networking

Security

Problem-solving

Education

Commercial Personnel Certification (e.g., CompTIA Network+, Security+)

Academic Degree/Education Certificate

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

About Istari Digital

Istari is a digital engineering software company enabling our customers to turn the physical world into the digital to accomplish their specific mission or business objectives.

Istari was founded with the vision of making open, scalable digital engineering ecosystems a reality – where new technologies and systems are created digitally, free from the real-world constraints of costs and schedules. We are creating the world’s best engineering model sharing platform, allowing our customers to simply and securely integrate their models across different engineering disciplines, organizations, and security levels.

At Istari, we are passionate about our mission of creating the world's first open and scalable industrial metaverse. Whether our customers are designing prototypes, performing virtual testing, or training AI and autonomy for complex systems, we know that going digital will save them time, resources, and reduce their environmental impact.

While we are a distributed team with most team-members working remotely, we place an emphasis on staying connected and collaborative, prioritizing in-person opportunities to build trust as a team. At Istari, we still believe that trust is best built in-person. To do this, we have an engineering headquarters in Cambridge, MA for focused technical development and several times per year we gather for an off‑site that allows us to develop our professional skills and our team relationships.

Values

Purposeful Autonomy

We value letting people self-organize and self-motivate. Our flat structure and lack of meeting clutter are meant to empower individuals and teams to be proactive. Our autonomy is measured, goal-oriented, and results-driven – not meandering. Clear objectives help us prioritize our time.

Smart Transparency

We believe in honest-but-kind communication, transparency, and open‑door policies. We love learning about challenges and tackling them early, not hearing good or bad news late. We share work‑in‑progress across our team. Fast feedback keeps autonomy purposeful.

Continual Curiosity

At Istari, we love learning to do things ourselves. We ask, read, share, teach – even watch YouTube videos – to learn new skills to solve problems. When we make breakthroughs, we write them down. Writing focuses ideas, helps us learn, and helps us share.

Equal Opportunity

Istari is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Federal Infrastructure Engineer

We are seeking a Federal Infrastructure Engineer to join our Engineering team. This role is critical for supporting platform installations and integrating cloud and on‑premise networks, ensuring our platform operates seamlessly across diverse environments. Deep expertise in federal network infrastructure is required, specifically to ensure compliance with Department of Defense Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborating with the platform team on environment preparation for platform integration and expansion, which involves conducting and troubleshooting Istari installations. Required technical skills include experience with VPCs, AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, AWS RDS, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and EKS.
• Automate installation (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) and upgrade processes to reduce time‑to‑value and improve repeatability across customer deployments.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve complex infrastructure and deployment issues providing clear and timely communication.
• Develop and maintain documentation, playbooks, and training materials to enable smoother installs across the team and for customers.
• Participate in incident response when issues impact customer environments, driving root cause analysis and long-term fixes.
• Stay up to date on emerging cloud and infrastructure technologies that can improve our customer delivery.
• Apply and validate security configurations using Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and Security Requirements Guides (SRGs) across various technologies (e.g., operating systems, network devices, applications).

Qualifications

• Must have approved Commercial Personnel Certification in alignment with DoD Cyberspace Workforce Framework (DCWF); CompTIA Network+, Security+, CND, etc., or a qualifying Academic Degree/Education Certificate.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in federal infrastructure engineering.
• A proven record with Kubernetes, preferably in a production environment.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP). Familiarity with hybrid or on‑prem environments is a plus.
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code (IaC) Configuration as Code (CaC) and automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or similar).
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and virtualization in enterprise contexts.
• Proven experience deploying and managing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Excellent problem‑solving and troubleshooting skills in high‑pressure, customer‑facing situations.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Must be a U.S. citizen living within the United States.
• Top Secret Security Clearance (preferred).

$135,000 - $220,000 a year

Benefits

We offer highly competitive benefits, including:

Health and Family

• Medical/Dental/Vision.
• Employee Premiums are 100% Company Paid.
• Life Insurance.
• Flexible Work Hours.
• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO) with federal government holidays.

Financial

• Competitive Compensation.
• 401k.
• Company Stock Options.
• Home Office Setup Budget.

Learning

• Reimbursement for approved trainings and subscriptions.
• Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees).

Note - some benefits are not available to interns or contractors.

Thank you for your interest in Istari. Expect to hear back from us soon with next steps.