Senior Platform Infrastructure Engineer (AWS)

TL;DR

Senior Platform Infrastructure Engineer (AWS): Designing, deploying, and operating mission-critical software platforms across AWS environments and customer-owned on-premise infrastructure with an accent on infrastructure automation, platform architecture, and operational reliability. Focus on building repeatable cloud and hardware deployments, scaling Kubernetes platforms, troubleshooting complex production systems, and supporting secure operations in disconnected and classified environments.

Location: Westminster, Colorado, in-office collaboration expected 3–5 days per week; occasional travel of 10–25% may be required. U.S. Citizenship is required, and an active U.S. Government security clearance is required for the role.

Salary: $128,000–$170,000–$187,000 annually in Colorado, plus incentive eligibility.

Company

hirify.global develops spatial intelligence systems and infrastructure for commercial, defense, aerospace, and mission-critical applications.

What you will do

• Design and maintain AWS production infrastructure and customer-owned on-premise environments.
• Build deployment automation and Infrastructure-as-Code standards for cloud and physical installations.
• Support release engineering, production operations, and customer deployment readiness.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, networking, Kubernetes, and platform issues across distributed environments.
• Implement security controls, vulnerability remediation, and compliance initiatives.
• Participate in architecture reviews and platform roadmap planning with software engineering teams.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in DevOps, infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, or SRE.
• Production AWS operations, Linux infrastructure, Kubernetes, and containerized application experience.
• Infrastructure as Code experience, preferably with Terraform, and experience building CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience operating physical infrastructure, including servers, storage, networking, and virtualization platforms.
• Strong troubleshooting and operational support skills.
• U.S. Citizenship and an active U.S. Government security clearance are required.

Nice to have

• Experience with defense, aerospace, intelligence, geospatial intelligence, or other mission-critical systems.
• Experience with sovereign cloud, disconnected operations, customer-managed deployments, or tactical-edge environments.
• Experience with AI-assisted DevOps, AIOps, Zero Trust, and DevSecOps practices.
• Familiarity with centralized and distributed platform engineering operating models.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Culture & Benefits

• In-office collaboration in the Denver metro area, with occasional customer deployment travel.
• 401(k) with company match and mental health resources.
• Student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement, and pet insurance.
• Incentive eligibility based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results.
• Work supporting commercial, sovereign, tactical-edge, disconnected, and classified deployments.