Senior Infrastructure Engineer: Kubernetes, AI-Driven Ops

Emploive; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Raya is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to drive the advancement of our Infrastructure Platform. You will lead Kubernetes and AWS-based design, build scalable, secure, multi-region infrastructure, and influence deployment automation and observability across product teams.

You will mentor engineers, apply IaC practices, and explore AI-driven improvements to optimize performance and cost. The role emphasizes collaboration, learning, and delivering reliable foundations for Raya's rapid

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, Systems Administration, or a related technical field (Professional experience can be substituted for candidates with non-engineering educational backgrounds)
• 6-8+ years of hands-on experience with infrastructure engineering, with a track record of designing and implementing scalable infrastructure solutions
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes and Docker, with experience designing and managing production container orchestration environments
• Demonstrated expertise in AWS and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, Ansible)
• Experience with performance tuning and optimization of both infrastructure and applications
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (Python, Bash, Go, Ruby)
• Experience working with and incrementally improving established infrastructure environments
• Strong collaborative instincts, emphasizing open communication, transparency, and cross-team interaction

Responsibilities

• Infrastructure Leadership: Design and build major new infrastructure components and platforms to support Raya's growing needs
• Kubernetes & Container Orchestration: Lead our Kubernetes strategy, designing and implementing container orchestration solutions that optimize for various application workloads
• Performance Optimization: Design and optimize infrastructure for maximum application performance, focusing on memory management, resource allocation, network traffic optimization, and system efficiency
• Reliability Engineering: Implement SLOs, monitoring, and observability solutions to ensure high reliability of our platform
• Cloud Engineering: Apply your in-depth knowledge of AWS to design scalable, resilient architectures across multiple regions
• Incident Response: Participate in on-call rotations and lead complex infrastructure incident resolution and post-incident analysis
• System Evolution: Thoughtfully improve existing infrastructure through incremental enhancements while respecting operational constraints
• Deployment Automation: Enhance our CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies to enable faster, safer releases
• AI-Enhanced Workflows: Integrate AI tools and capabilities into infrastructure workflows to automate complex tasks, enhance decision-making, and maximize operational efficiency
• Infrastructure Security: Collaborate with security teams to implement secure-by-design infrastructure
• Cost Optimization: Design cost-effective infrastructure solutions and implement optimization strategies
• Team Mentorship: Contribute to engineering excellence by mentoring other infrastructure engineers

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

Automation scripting

Cross-team collaboration

Observability

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science / Engineering / Systems Administration

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Ansible

Job description

Raya is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to drive the advancement of our Infrastructure Platform. You will lead Kubernetes and AWS-based design, build scalable, secure, multi-region infrastructure, and influence deployment automation and observability across product teams.

You will mentor engineers, apply IaC practices, and explore AI-driven improvements to optimize performance and cost. The role emphasizes collaboration, learning, and delivering reliable foundations for Raya's rapid