Site Reliability Engineer (AI Infrastructure)

Location: Primarily on-site at military customer locations in and around Wiesbaden, Germany; relocation assistance is available.

Salary: $205K–$250K per year, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global builds collaboration and AI-powered workflow software for military planning and operational coordination.

What you will do

• Install, configure, patch, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux servers, NVIDIA DGX Spark or similar GPU systems, rack-mounted equipment, and virtual machines.
• Deploy, monitor, upgrade, and troubleshoot production applications running on Linux, virtual machines, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure.
• Maintain a 99.5% application availability target by monitoring system health, responding to alerts, investigating performance issues, and preventing extended outages.
• Diagnose hardware, operating system, network, and application failures; restore service, coordinate escalations, and document root causes and corrective actions through After Action Reviews.
• Automate deployments, patching, monitoring, and recovery using scripting and configuration management tools across cloud, on-premises, and air-gapped environments.
• Collaborate with software engineering, Outcome Engineering, Mission Success, GRC, and Infrastructure teams while working independently at customer sites.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain SCI eligibility.
• 5+ years of experience in Linux systems administration, SRE, infrastructure engineering, or a related role.
• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills, including networking, storage, system performance, and security configuration.
• Hands-on experience maintaining physical servers and troubleshooting hardware failures.
• Experience supporting production applications on Linux servers, virtual machines, or containers.
• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes, including application deployments and basic troubleshooting.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, routing, and firewalls.
• Experience with monitoring, incident response, and root cause analysis.
• Ability to automate routine administration tasks using Bash or Python.
• Active Security+ or another DoD 8570.01-approved credential, or the ability to obtain one within 30 days of hire.

Nice to have

• Working knowledge of AWS or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
• Experience with NVIDIA DGX Spark, GPU servers, or similar AI computing hardware.
• Experience with VMware, Proxmox, or Nutanix virtualization platforms.
• Familiarity with Terraform or Ansible.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, or similar monitoring tools.
• Experience supporting DoD, classified, or air-gapped environments.
• Familiarity with DoD security requirements, including STIGs and RMF.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, or Kubernetes administration.
• Relevant certifications such as RHCSA, RHCE, CKA, or AWS certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first organization with flexible work hours, although this role requires regular on-site work with military customers.
• Unlimited paid time off and annual company summit trips.
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• 401(k) plan with company match and eight weeks of parental leave at 100%.
• $1,000 annual home office improvement budget.
• Work alongside distributed teams and customers in operational environments.