Senior Manager, Infrastructure Engineering

True Anomaly; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Equity options

401(k) plan

Parental Leave

Paid time off

Job summary

A leading aerospace technology firm is seeking a Senior Manager of Infrastructure Engineering in Long Beach, CA. This role involves leading a team responsible for building and managing a compute platform that supports various projects, ensuring infrastructure scalability and compliance with government standards. Candidates should possess over 10 years of experience, particularly in Kubernetes and cloud technologies, along with leadership capabilities. The position offers a competitive salary range of $165,000 to $230,000, plus equity and benefits.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in infrastructure or systems engineering.
• 3+ years leading infrastructure teams across multiple disciplines.
• Deep hands-on expertise in Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Kubernetes

Cloud infrastructure

Networking

CI/CD

Leadership

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Company Overview

A new space race has begun. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build innovative technology that solves the next generation of engineering, manufacturing, and operational challenges for space security and sustainability.

Mission

The peaceful use of space is essential for continued prosperity on Earth—from communications and finance to navigation and logistics. True Anomaly builds innovative technology at the intersection of spacecraft, software, and AI to enhance the capabilities of the U.S., its allies, and commercial partners. We safeguard global security by ensuring space access and sustainability for all.

Values

• Be the offset. We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity.
• What would it take? We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results.
• It’s the people. Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together.

Your Mission

True Anomaly operates across Azure, AWS, their GovCloud variants, on‑premises facilities, classified environments, and customer‑deployed infrastructure. As Senior Manager of Infrastructure Engineering, you will own the compute platform that ties all of it together: Kubernetes, networking, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and the government‑accredited environments that the company deploys into. Your team will grow initially to six members and later into dedicated subteams for SRE, network engineering, developer productivity, and incident management. The infrastructure you build will serve every program in the company, directly displace subcontractor engagements that currently cost millions per program, and form the foundation of True Anomaly’s accredited compute platform. This role requires someone who can operate across the full breadth of infrastructure disciplines, make sound architectural calls in classified and unclassified environments, and build a team that scales with an aggressive growth trajectory.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the Infrastructure Engineering team, initially three senior engineers (Kubernetes/platform reliability, networking, CI/CD/cloud), growing into dedicated subteams as the organization scales.
• Own the compute platform strategy across commercial, CUI, and classified environments, delivering standardized infrastructure that any program can deploy onto instead of building from scratch.
• Deliver government‑accredited compute environments (IL‑5, IL‑6) using internal engineering capacity, replacing the current model of outsourcing each new accredited environment 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 (who report to the VP) as the 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 their platforms run on.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, or systems engineering, with 3+ years leading infrastructure teams across multiple technical disciplines.
• Deep hands‑on expertise in Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GovCloud variants) 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), with 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 the infrastructure had to scale faster than the 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 both 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 subteams.
• Familiarity with platform engineering “paved roads” operating models that balance standardization with engineering team autonomy.
• Active U.S. Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance.

Compensation

• Base Salary: Long Beach – $165,000 to $230,000; Denver – $160,000 to $220,000.
• Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401(k), Parental Leave.

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 or Long Beach, CA.
• Work environment is 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 lbs.

Equal Employment Opportunity

True Anomaly values diversity of experience, knowledge, backgrounds and perspectives and harnesses these qualities to create extraordinary impact. We are 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.

Additional Legal Notice

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

This position will be open until it is successfully filled.