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Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Job Location:
Job Location:
San Diego, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 140000 - 185000
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
2 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
29 September 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Department:
Job Summary
Who We Are
Firestorm is building the next generation of uncrewedaircraftand the advanced manufacturing systems that deliver them at speed. The Software Integration & Operations department owns the software layer that spans factory floor to cloud the applications automation edge systems and intelligence that make it possible to iterate product designs automate advanced manufacturing and scale production with uncompromising quality and rigor.
About the Role
As a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer you own the cloud runtime the manufacturing software platformoperateson. Your scope is how the platformactually runsin production the Kubernetes clusters the service mesh the observability stack the deployment pipelines and the multi-account patterns that keep everything reliable across commercial cloud GovCloud andon-premiseedge environments. This is a hands-on IC role where reliability is the product: developer velocity incident response quality and production stability are all downstream of how well the platform you ownoperates.
What Youll Do
- Own the cloud runtime Kubernetes clusters service mesh and multi-account patterns that the manufacturing software platformoperateson across commercial cloud GovCloud andon-premiseedge environments.
- Design and evolve the platforms infrastructure-as-code from foundational Terraform modules through Helm charts andGitOpsworkflows.
- Own runtime observability end-to-end: metrics traces logs SLOs alerting and the dashboards engineersactually useduring incidents.
- Drive production reliability define incident response practices for the platform serve as the escalation point during incidents and run blameless post-mortems
- Architect the service mesh and traffic management layer Istio or equivalent to support routing resilience and observability patterns at platform scale.
- Partner with the Infrastructure & Security Engineerand DevOps functions to devisesecurity and compliancerequirements andadopt a common CI/CD infrastructure
- Raise the operational bar across the department deployment practices runbook quality on-call rotationsetc.
- Demonstrated history of holding yourself and your teammates to a high standard even when it creates discomfort.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- 5 years of cloud infrastructure platform engineering or SRE experience with production ownership of a non-trivial platform.
- Deepproficiencyin Kubernetes in production not just deploying workloads butoperatingclusters managing upgrades and diagnosing failures at the cluster level.
- Strongproficiencyin Terraform and infrastructure-as-code patterns at multi-account scale.
- Hands-on experience with service mesh technologies (IstioLinkerd or equivalent) and the patterns they enable traffic management authorization policies observability.
- Deep experience with cloud observability across at least one mature stack: metrics distributed tracing log aggregation and alerting anda track recordof using them to find problems not just display them.
- Demonstrated incident response leadership you have been the person in the room during production incidents and the one running the post-mortem afterward.
- Demonstrated history of holding yourself and your teammates to a high standard even when it creates discomfort.
- U.S. person statusrequireddue to ITAR/EAR constraints on the work.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with AWS GovCloud Azure Government or other regulated cloud environments.
- Experience deploying containerized workloads intoon-premiseor air-gapped environments.
- Familiarity with identity providers (Keycloak Okta Auth0) and OIDC/OAuth2 flows at scale.
- Background that includes building a platform from early-stage through production-scale not justoperatinga mature one.
Work Environment
- Based at our Headquarters in San Diego CA
- This role requires an on-site presence
This position typically operates in a standard office setting and manufacturing environment. This role requires use of standard office equipment and may involve exposure to loud noise heat cold dust or chemicals (with PPE). This position may have exposure to outdoor weather conditions noise and non-climate-controlled environments. May require the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) depending on the environment. This is a fast-paced work environment and requires cross departmental collaboration with independent and team-based responsibilities.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Ability to sit stand bend reach climb and move about regularly throughout the day. Must have manual dexterity to operate standard machine equipment as well as standard office be physically capable of tolerating loud noise heat cold dust or chemicals (with PPE).
Compensation
US Salary Range: $140000 - $185000 USD
The posted salary range reflects an estimate based on a variety of compensation factors including but not limited to relevant experience education certifications specialized skills geographic location and business needs. Actual compensation may vary and this range is subject to change as our compensation structure or market conditions evolve.
Benefits & Perks
Our culture fosters collaboration respect and trust empowering passionate people to do their best work. We offer a competitive salary comprehensive benefits and opportunities for career addition to an opportunity to take part in an innovative collaborative and fast-growing business with a highly motivated and skilled team we also take pride in taking care of our employees. Here are just a few ways that we show our appreciation:
- We offer comprehensive medical dental and visions plans
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan to invest in your long-term retirement goals
- Equity grants for new hires
- Unlimited PTO
- Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in November & December.
- Generous Parental Leave
- Lifestyle Spending Account
- FSA
- DCFSA
- HSA
- Hospital Indemnity insurance
- Critical Illness insurance
- Accident insurance
- Basic Life/AD&D short-term and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your family.
- Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy and more. Additional work-life services such as free legal and financial support are available to you as well.
Export Control Compliance
To conform to U.S. government export control regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR) you must be a U.S. citizen lawful permanent resident of the U.S. protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) or otherwise eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Firestorm is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and upholding equitable hiring practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic under federal state or local law including those with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws including the CA Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. We actively encourage members of recognized minorities women Veterans and those with disabilities to apply and we work to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all applicants throughout the interview process.
Firestorm is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible work environment. If you require accommodations or assistance during the application process please dont hesitate to reach out to us atso we can provide the support you need.
Required Experience:
IC
