{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"36197c3211fdfa55e9b3ca73","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/36197c3211fdfa55e9b3ca73","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/36197c3211fdfa55e9b3ca73","title":"Sr. Platform Infrastructure Engineer","description":"Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.\nTo be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Citizen. This position requires an active U.S. Government security clearance, applicants who do not currently hold the required clearance will not be eligible for consideration. Employment for cleared roles is contingent upon verification of clearance status.\nExport Control/ITAR: Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws, requiring U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).\nPlease review the job details below.\nVantor is seeking a Senior Platform Infrastructure Engineer to design, deploy, and operate mission-critical software platforms across AWS cloud environments and customer-owned on-premise infrastructure. This role combines hands-on infrastructure engineering, deployment automation, platform architecture, and operational support for both commercial and defense customers.\n\nThe ideal candidate is both an architect and an operator — someone who can scale cloud and on-prem deployment platforms while building the engineering rigor, automation, and accountability needed to reduce operational chaos and improve delivery reliability.\n\nSuccess in this role requires equal comfort designing infrastructure architectures, automating deployments, troubleshooting production systems, and supporting customer-facing deployment activities.\n\nKey Responsibilities:\nDesign and maintain AWS-based production infrastructure\nDeploy and support customer-owned on-premise environments\nBuild repeatable deployment automation for cloud and hardware-based installations\nDevelop Infrastructure-as-Code standards for both AWS and customer environments\nCollaborate with software engineering teams to improve deployment reliability\nSupport release engineering and production operations\nTroubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, and platform issues\nImplement security best practices across cloud and on-prem environments\nSupport vulnerability remediation and compliance initiatives\nParticipate in architecture reviews and platform roadmap planning\nSupport customer-facing deployment and operational readiness activities\nMinimum Qualifications\n7+ years in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering\nExperience deploying and operating production workloads in AWS\nExperience supporting Linux-based infrastructure\nExperience with Kubernetes and containerized applications\nExperience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)\nExperience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines\nExperience deploying and operating physical infrastructure including servers, storage, networking, and virtualization platforms.\nStrong troubleshooting and operational support skills\nU.S. Citizenship\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience supporting defense, aerospace, intelligence, or mission-critical operational systems\nExperience with sovereign cloud, disconnected operations, or customer-managed deployments\nExperience implementing AI-assisted DevOps, AIOps, or autonomous operational tooling\nExperience defining centralized vs distributed platform engineering operating models\nFamiliarity with geospatial intelligence, satellite operations, or mission planning systems\nFamiliarity with Zero Trust and modern DevSecOps practices\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field\n\nTechnologies & Domains of Interest\nCandidates should bring strong familiarity with many of the following:\nDell Compute/Isilon, Juniper networking, Linux, Harvester\nKubernetes, Helm, Docker, OpenShift\nTerraform, Ansible, Pulumi, CloudFormation\nAWS, Azure, sovereign cloud, hybrid cloud\nGitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Artifactory\nObservability and monitoring platforms\nInfrastructure security and vulnerability management\nPlatform engineering and SRE practices\nAI-assisted software operations and AIOps platforms\nDistributed systems and mission-critical operational environments\n\nWhy This Role Matters\nVantor is building the infrastructure backbone for the next generation of spatial intelligence systems.\nThis role will directly shape how mission-critical software platforms are deployed, secured, automated, and operated across global commercial and defense missions.\nYou will help build, deploy, and maintain the operational foundation that enables autonomous systems, AI-powered mission planning, sovereign intelligence platforms, and real-time global situational awareness.\nThe future platform must operate anywhere:\nIn commercial cloud\nIn sovereign national environments\nAt the tactical edge\nIn disconnected and classified deployments\nAcross distributed global operations\n\nIdeal Candidate Backgrounds\nPlatform engineering or DevOps engineering at cloud-native or mission-critical technology companies\nDefense, aerospace, geospatial, or high-reliability operational environments\nExperience scaling Kubernetes-based infrastructure and deployment ecosystems\nStrong technical acumen combined with hands-on architectural credibility\n\nWork Environment\nDenver metro area\nIn-office collaboration expected 3–5 days per week\nU.S. Citizenship required\nClearance eligibility preferred\nOccasional travel (10–25%) may be required to support customer deployments, installations, and operational readiness activities\nPay Transparency: To support pay transparency, Vantor includes salary ranges in all U.S. job postings. Starting pay for this role will fall within the listed range and will be based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, location, and market conditions. Candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the role should not expect to receive compensation at the top of the range. The listed range reflects the expected pay for this position, and final offers will be determined based on each candidate’s experience, expertise, and alignment with the role.\nThe base pay for this position within Colorado is: $128,000.00 - $170,000.00 - $187,000.00 annually.\n\nFor all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.\nBenefits: Vantor offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond the standard, including a robust 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, and unique perks like student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement and pet insurance to support all aspects of your life. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.Vantor.com/careers\nAdditionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.\nThe application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.\nThe date of posting can be found on Vantor's Career page at the top of each job posting.\nTo apply, submit your application via Vantor's Career page.\nEEO Policy: Vantor is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace. 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Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.\nTo be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Citizen. This position requires an active U.S. Government security clearance, applicants who do not currently hold the required clearance will not be eligible for consideration. Employment for cleared roles is contingent upon verification of clearance status.\nExport Control/ITAR: Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws, requiring U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).\nPlease review the job details below.\nVantor is seeking a Senior Platform Infrastructure Engineer to design, deploy, and operate mission-critical software platforms across AWS cloud environments and customer-owned on-premise infrastructure. This role combines hands-on infrastructure engineering, deployment automation, platform architecture, and operational support for both commercial and defense customers.\n\nThe ideal candidate is both an architect and an operator — someone who can scale cloud and on-prem deployment platforms while building the engineering rigor, automation, and accountability needed to reduce operational chaos and improve delivery reliability.\n\nSuccess in this role requires equal comfort designing infrastructure architectures, automating deployments, troubleshooting production systems, and supporting customer-facing deployment activities.\n\nKey Responsibilities:\nDesign and maintain AWS-based production infrastructure\nDeploy and support customer-owned on-premise environments\nBuild repeatable deployment automation for cloud and hardware-based installations\nDevelop Infrastructure-as-Code standards for both AWS and customer environments\nCollaborate with software engineering teams to improve deployment reliability\nSupport release engineering and production operations\nTroubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, and platform issues\nImplement security best practices across cloud and on-prem environments\nSupport vulnerability remediation and compliance initiatives\nParticipate in architecture reviews and platform roadmap planning\nSupport customer-facing deployment and operational readiness activities\nMinimum Qualifications\n7+ years in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering\nExperience deploying and operating production workloads in AWS\nExperience supporting Linux-based infrastructure\nExperience with Kubernetes and containerized applications\nExperience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)\nExperience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines\nExperience deploying and operating physical infrastructure including servers, storage, networking, and virtualization platforms.\nStrong troubleshooting and operational support skills\nU.S. Citizenship\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience supporting defense, aerospace, intelligence, or mission-critical operational systems\nExperience with sovereign cloud, disconnected operations, or customer-managed deployments\nExperience implementing AI-assisted DevOps, AIOps, or autonomous operational tooling\nExperience defining centralized vs distributed platform engineering operating models\nFamiliarity with geospatial intelligence, satellite operations, or mission planning systems\nFamiliarity with Zero Trust and modern DevSecOps practices\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field\n\nTechnologies & Domains of Interest\nCandidates should bring strong familiarity with many of the following:\nDell Compute/Isilon, Juniper networking, Linux, Harvester\nKubernetes, Helm, Docker, OpenShift\nTerraform, Ansible, Pulumi, CloudFormation\nAWS, Azure, sovereign cloud, hybrid cloud\nGitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Artifactory\nObservability and monitoring platforms\nInfrastructure security and vulnerability management\nPlatform engineering and SRE practices\nAI-assisted software operations and AIOps platforms\nDistributed systems and mission-critical operational environments\n\nWhy This Role Matters\nVantor is building the infrastructure backbone for the next generation of spatial intelligence systems.\nThis role will directly shape how mission-critical software platforms are deployed, secured, automated, and operated across global commercial and defense missions.\nYou will help build, deploy, and maintain the operational foundation that enables autonomous systems, AI-powered mission planning, sovereign intelligence platforms, and real-time global situational awareness.\nThe future platform must operate anywhere:\nIn commercial cloud\nIn sovereign national environments\nAt the tactical edge\nIn disconnected and classified deployments\nAcross distributed global operations\n\nIdeal Candidate Backgrounds\nPlatform engineering or DevOps engineering at cloud-native or mission-critical technology companies\nDefense, aerospace, geospatial, or high-reliability operational environments\nExperience scaling Kubernetes-based infrastructure and deployment ecosystems\nStrong technical acumen combined with hands-on architectural credibility\n\nWork Environment\nDenver metro area\nIn-office collaboration expected 3–5 days per week\nU.S. Citizenship required\nClearance eligibility preferred\nOccasional travel (10–25%) may be required to support customer deployments, installations, and operational readiness activities\nPay Transparency: To support pay transparency, Vantor includes salary ranges in all U.S. job postings. Starting pay for this role will fall within the listed range and will be based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, location, and market conditions. Candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the role should not expect to receive compensation at the top of the range. The listed range reflects the expected pay for this position, and final offers will be determined based on each candidate’s experience, expertise, and alignment with the role.\nThe base pay for this position within Colorado is: $128,000.00 - $170,000.00 - $187,000.00 annually.\n\nFor all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.\nBenefits: Vantor offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond the standard, including a robust 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, and unique perks like student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement and pet insurance to support all aspects of your life. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.Vantor.com/careers\nAdditionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.\nThe application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.\nThe date of posting can be found on Vantor's Career page at the top of each job posting.\nTo apply, submit your application via Vantor's Career page.\nEEO Policy: Vantor is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace. 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