Senior Manager, Infrastructure Engineering

Trueanomalyinc; California (MO); On-site; USD 165,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision insurance

401(k)

Parental leave

Job summary

Trueanomalyinc is seeking a Senior Manager of Infrastructure Engineering to lead the Infrastructure team and oversee compute platforms across multiple environments, including Kubernetes and cloud infrastructures.

This role requires 10+ years of experience, active U.S. security clearance, and a strong background in CI/CD and networking to deliver standardized, accredited environments.

The position offers a competitive salary and benefits including equity options and comprehensive health coverage.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, or systems engineering.
• Experience leading multi-discipline infrastructure teams for at least 3 years.
• Active U.S. security clearance (Secret, Top Secret, or TS/SCI).

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the Infrastructure Engineering team.
• Own the compute platform strategy across various environments.
• Deliver government-accredited compute environments leveraging internal capacity.

Skills

Kubernetes, container orchestration

Infrastructure Engineering

CI/CD platform design

Networking expertise

DoD accredited environments

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Space is a warfighting domain. True Anomaly delivers decisive capabilities for space superiority by building autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space‑based interceptors to secure the space environment and counter threats.

Your Mission

True Anomaly operates across Azure, AWS, GovCloud variants, on‑premises facilities, and customer‑deployed infrastructure. As Senior Manager of Infrastructure Engineering you will own the compute platform that ties all of these environments together—Kubernetes, networking, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and government‑accredited systems. Your team will grow from 6 to a full‑fledged engineering organization, creating standardized infrastructure that replaces subcontractor engagements and supports every program in the company.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the Infrastructure Engineering team, starting with three senior engineers (Kubernetes/platform reliability, networking, CI/CD/cloud) and expanding into dedicated sub‑teams as the organization scales.
• Own the compute platform strategy across commercial, CUI, and classified environments, delivering standardized infrastructure ready for any program.
• Deliver government‑accredited compute environments (IL‑5, IL‑6) using internal engineering capacity, replacing outsourcing to subcontractors.
• Drive Kubernetes standardization, multi‑tenant cluster design, service mesh, and workload orchestration across the company’s multi‑cloud and on‑premises footprint.
• Partner closely with the Staff/Principal Platform Engineer and Staff/Principal Network Engineer—senior technical anchors for compute and networking architecture.
• Collaborate with Cybersecurity on hardened infrastructure (STIGs, security scanning, network segmentation) and with AI and Data Engineering on the compute and networking layer of their platforms.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, or systems engineering, with 3+ years leading multi‑discipline infrastructure teams.
• Active U.S. security clearance (Secret, Top Secret, or TS/SCI).
• Deep hands‑on expertise in Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GovCloud) at production scale.
• Working knowledge of networking across complex environments: multi‑cloud, on‑premises, VPNs, firewalls, and network segmentation across classification boundaries.
• Direct experience building or operating DoD accredited environments (IL‑4/IL‑5 or higher), familiarity with NIST 800‑53, STIGs, RMF, and the ATO process.
• Experience with CI/CD platform design and infrastructure‑as‑code practices at scale (Terraform, Ansible, or similar).
• Track record of building and leading engineering teams in high‑growth environments where infrastructure scaled faster than headcount.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience in aerospace, defense, or national security technology companies where infrastructure spans classification levels.
• Background managing teams that operate across unclassified and classified environments with mixed clearance requirements.
• Experience with service mesh (Istio, Linkerd), GitOps workflows, and developer platform tooling.
• Prior experience at a high‑growth company where a single infrastructure team covered multiple disciplines before specializing into sub‑teams.
• Familiarity with platform engineering “paved roads” operating models that balance standardization with engineering team autonomy.

Compensation

• Base Salary: Long Beach – $165,000 to $230,000, Denver – $160,000 to $220,000, SF Bay Area – $185,000 to $250,000
• Equity & Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401(k), parental leave.
• Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case‑by‑case basis and may vary based on job‑related knowledge, skills, education, and experience.

Additional Requirements

• Active U.S. Secret clearance required; Top Secret preferred; must be able to obtain TS/SCI.
• Work location: fully onsite at our facilities in Centennial, CO, Long Beach, CA, or SF Bay Area, CA.
• Work environment is in a standard office, working at a desk or in a production factory.
• Physical demands may include frequent standing, sitting, walking, bending, and lifting or carrying items up to 20 lb.

We value diversity of experience, knowledge, background, and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact. True Anomaly is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, maternity or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know.