Senior GovCloud Infrastructure Engineer — Remote

Spear AI; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Health & dental benefits

Equity grant for new employees

Relocation assistance

Onsite/Remote/hybrid options

Job summary

Spear AI is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to own deployment and authorization on our developer cloud for the undersea enterprise. You will shepherd commercial software from onboarding to Authority to Operate, collaborating with government security staff to accelerate timelines while maintaining strict security controls.

You will build and harden infrastructure across AWS GovCloud and restricted networks, implement IaC pipelines, and mentor engineers on secure deployment.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Polygraph.
• DoD 8140 baseline certification (Security+ or higher) required for privileged access.
• 5+ years of hands‑on platform, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering on production systems.
• Real code in Python, Go, or TypeScript, with version control and tests.
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, Pulumi, or similar.
• CI/CD pipeline design.
• Deep working knowledge of containers and Kubernetes, including running them securely in restricted environments.
• Designing and operating AWS infrastructure: networking, IAM, and encryption boundaries (GovCloud is a plus).
• Linux and networking fundamentals (DNS, TLS/PKI, load balancing, routing).
• Working knowledge of RMF, NIST SP 800‑53, DISA STIGs, and vulnerability management.
• Translating security requirements into technical implementation and explaining it clearly to government security staff.
• Picking up new AI platforms and integrations quickly, including agentic AI tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate platform and tenant infrastructure across AWS GovCloud and classified environments.
• Onboard commercial and third‑party software and prepare it for production.
• Drive RMF to ATO: define boundary, map controls, own artifacts, remediate findings.
• Make build/reuse/buy decisions to meet security requirements.
• Harden systems to DISA STIGs and DoD/IC baselines; monitor vulnerabilities.
• Build CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines for air‑gapped networks.
• Serve as the technical contact for government ISSMs/ISOs and assessors.
• Create templates and tooling to accelerate deployment and authorization.

Skills

TS/SCI

CI Polygraph

Security+

5+ years

Python

Go

TypeScript

IaC

Terraform

Pulumi

CI/CD design

Containers

Kubernetes

AWS GovCloud

Linux

Networking

RMF

NIST SP 800-53

DISA STIGs

Vulnerability mgmt

AI tooling

Tools

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Pulumi

Job description

Spear AI is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to own deployment and authorization on our developer cloud for the undersea enterprise. You will shepherd commercial software from onboarding to Authority to Operate, collaborating with government security staff to accelerate timelines while maintaining strict security controls.

You will build and harden infrastructure across AWS GovCloud and restricted networks, implement IaC pipelines, and mentor engineers on secure deployment.