Senior Infrastructure Engineer — Lead Scalable, Secure Infra

Northwood Space; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwood Space is looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join their Infrastructure team. The successful candidate will develop and drive the technical scope across the infrastructure stack, respond to incidents, and work collaboratively with various teams. Applicants should have at least 5 years in production infrastructure roles with expertise in technologies like AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform.

Candidates must have strong coding ability and proven mentorship skills. The role is vital in ensuring the successful operation of systems and driving innovation at Northwood.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production infrastructure experience with demonstrated ownership.
• Expert-level depth in at least one technical area among Linux, AWS, or Kubernetes.
• Strong code and automation skills, capable of building tooling.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive scope in various areas of the infrastructure stack.
• Set the technical direction and evaluate tradeoffs for the team.
• Act as the final escalation point on-call for incidents.

Skills

Linux

AWS or equivalent cloud

Infrastructure as code (Terraform)

Containers and Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Secrets management

Technical writing

Python

Go

Job description

Northwood Space is looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join their Infrastructure team. The successful candidate will develop and drive the technical scope across the infrastructure stack, respond to incidents, and work collaboratively with various teams. Applicants should have at least 5 years in production infrastructure roles with expertise in technologies like AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform.

Candidates must have strong coding ability and proven mentorship skills. The role is vital in ensuring the successful operation of systems and driving innovation at Northwood.