Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Confidential Client — Placed by VoltForceRole OverviewAs a Lead Infrastructure Engineer at this company, you are more than just an expert in infrastructure — you are a pivotal team leader and technical authority. You demonstrate mastery across multiple domains, guide your team through complex challenges, and elevate standards for both technology and collaboration. You are the go-to resource for high-impact projects, adept at capacity planning, load testing, and implementing critical security improvements, ensuring minimal customer impact even during high-risk maintenance. Your judgment is trusted, and your technical insight shapes major decisions and system architecture.You set direction for your team, manage projects and resources with autonomy, and are sought out for technical and strategic guidance. You represent the infrastructure team in company-wide conversations, communicate clearly under pressure, and help others unblock their toughest problems. True leadership here means sharing credit for successes, accepting responsibility when things don't go as planned, and focusing on developing others into leaders themselves.Key ResponsibilitiesLead the design, deployment, and ongoing improvement of on-premises infrastructure, primarily built with Proxmox, Ceph, and open-source toolingArchitect and maintain robust, scalable, and secure infrastructure solutionsOversee capacity planning, load testing, failover, and security hardening initiativesGuide strategic decision-making for tooling, processes, and infrastructure investmentsManage and mentor a team of engineers, fostering continuous learning and professional growthDrive the hiring process for new team members, focusing on building a collaborative and high-performing teamDevelop and maintain automation with Terraform and Ansible for cluster and network managementLead incident response, root cause analysis, and remediation efforts with calm and clarityRepresent the infrastructure team in cross-functional projects and company-wide discussionsContinuously assess and improve operational procedures and documentationQualificationsDeep experience managing on-premise clusters using Proxmox and CephDemonstrated expertise with infrastructure automation using Terraform and AnsibleStrong background in network infrastructure design, implementation, and troubleshootingProven ability to lead projects and teams, including hiring and mentoring engineersExperience with scaling, monitoring, failover, and disaster recovery for critical systemsTrack record of making strategic architectural decisions and communicating them effectivelyExceptional communication skills under pressure and in cross-team environmentsCommitment to collaborative leadership, team development, and knowledge sharingMust be able stand and lift 30-50 lbsNice to HaveExperience supporting or leading ISO 27001 and SOC II compliance initiativesFamiliarity with other virtualization and storage platformsExposure to cloud and hybrid infrastructure environmentsScripting or programming experience (Python, Bash, etc.)Prior participation in open-source infrastructure projectsExperience building and maintaining infrastructure monitoring and alerting systemsBackground in developing infrastructure-related documentation and runbooksInvolvement in technical community leadership or mentorship programsIt's ok if you don't check all the boxes. This company hires for the capacity and the drive to learn and grow. If there is something that you haven't done but you are capable, please apply!