Vast
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
$146K–$208K
Long Beach, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years; the posting welcomes applicants across a range of experience levels.
About the job
Designs, builds, and supports secure, highly available, cost-optimized IT infrastructure for Vast’s space-station development, while leading infrastructure projects.
What you'll do
- Design, build, and maintain infrastructure across cloud, Kubernetes, and Linux/Windows server environments; develop infrastructure-as-code and automation.
- Lead infrastructure projects by setting roadmaps, milestones, and coordinating team work.
- Support systems, respond to incidents, and identify root causes to prevent recurrence.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of experience designing, deploying, and managing enterprise IT infrastructure.
- Proficiency with public cloud systems (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Experience with infrastructure as code, including terraform, gitops, ansible, and/or puppet.
- Broad IT expertise integrating infrastructure with networking, security, DevOps, and software development.
Nice to have
- Experience with self-hosted AI systems, AI agents, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) platforms.
- Experience writing Lambdas and scripts to automate configuration and recurring tasks.
Pay
$146,000 — $208,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
AWS, Kubernetes, Linux, Windows, Azure, GCP, terraform, gitops
AI focus
Preferred experience includes self-hosted AI systems, AI agents, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) platforms.
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