Site Reliability Engineer Engineering Cincinnati, OH

1872 Ai; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Significant equity

Unlimited PTO

Paid parental leave

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Job summary

1872 AI is transforming industrial manufacturing in the United States by building AI-native factories from CAD to finished parts with minimal human input. This on-site Cincinnati role owns the factory infrastructure, including cloud, edge, and the networks, and ensures systems remain available, secure, and fast.

You will architect zero-trust environments, manage Kubernetes workloads across AWS/GCP and on-prem edge servers, and shape security with identity management and monitoring dashboards for

Qualifications

• 5+ years building production software you owned end-to-end.
• Expert in Kubernetes with cloud and edge workloads.
• Experience with Terraform, OpenTofu or Pulumi.
• Strong VLANs, VPNs, firewalls and secure industrial networks.
• Experience with zero-trust, identity management and secure tunnels.
• Experience with monitoring tools and dashboards for visibility.
• Able to self-direct in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the infrastructure that powers our factories—cloud, edge, and the networks.
• Keep systems available, secure, and fast; architect zero-trust environments.
• Manage Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, and security across environments.
• Support on-site network tasks with VLANs, VPNs, and firewalls as needed.
• Develop monitoring dashboards to give teams health visibility.

Skills

Kubernetes

Cloud (AWS/GCP)

Terraform/Pulumi

Network security

Zero-trust IAM

Monitoring dashboards

Self-directed

Edge/on-prem

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Okta/Auth0

VPNs

Job description

At 1872 AI, we are transforming industrial manufacturing in the United States by building AI-native factories capable of lights-out production—from CAD to finished part with minimal human input. Our initial focus targets the energy and infrastructure sectors—power generation, grid infrastructure, and compute facilities—where critical supply chain bottlenecks in steel fabrication are limiting growth.

About the Role

You will own the infrastructure that powers our factories—cloud, edge, and the networks that connect them. You keep systems available, secure, and fast. You're as comfortable architecting zero-trust environments as you are on the factory floor troubleshooting a network switch. This role wears a lot of hats: network architecture, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, security, and whatever else it takes to keep production running.

Base Qualifications

• 5+ years building production software you owned end-to-end — designed, shipped, and debugged in prod. We'll consider fewer years only for exceptional builders or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Expert in Kubernetes and managing workloads across cloud (AWS/GCP) and on-premise edge servers.
• Experience with Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, or similar.
• Strong understanding of VLANs, VPNs (Tailscale/Wireguard), firewalls, and isolating industrial networks from the internet.
• Experience with zero-trust principles, identity management (Okta/Auth0), and secure access tunnels.
• Experience standing up monitoring and alerting tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager) and building dashboards that give teams visibility into system health.
• Ability to self-direct and thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience securing endpoints and devices (MDM, MFA, encryption best practices).
• Experience scaling and monitoring CI/CD systems.
• Willingness to handle general IT admin (device setup, workspace configuration) in the early days before automating or delegating it.

Why Join

• You are an early employee in the software org. You define the tech stack and the culture.
• The role evolves as we do. Lots of room to grow into leadership, go deep technically, or help spin up new teams as we scale.
• You’ll use the latest tools and work with a team that wants to continuously improve.
• We take risks and spend where it counts. The best idea wins.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary + significant early-stage equity.
• Unlimited PTO: We trust you to manage your time and take the breaks you need to stay productive and healthy.
• Paid parental leave: Support for new parents during this important life transition.
• We cover 100% of employees premiums and 80% of your family's premiums through industry-leading medical, dental, and vision coverage to keep you and your family healthy.

This role is based on-site in Cincinnati, OH and is not open to remote work.

1872 AI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are committed to building a diverse team and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. To request a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact [e-mail].

This position may be subject to a background check in accordance with applicable law. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration.