Director, DevOps and Mission Infrastructure

Vantor is seeking a Director of DevOps & Infrastructure to lead the modernization, standardization, and operational reliability of the platforms powering our mission systems and customer deployments.

This leader will own DevOps, cloud infrastructure, SRE, release engineering, and platform operations across commercial, sovereign, and customer-managed environments.

The ideal candidate is both an architect and an operator - someone who can scale cloud and on-prem deployment platforms while building the engineering rigor, automation, and accountability needed to reduce operational chaos and improve delivery reliability.

You will help define Vantor's long-term platform engineering strategy, balancing centralized shared services with embedded domain support teams.

This role reports directly to the VP of Mission Platforms & Infrastructure., Candidates should bring strong familiarity with many of the following:

• Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, OpenShift

• Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, CloudFormation

• AWS, Azure, sovereign cloud, hybrid cloud

• GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD

• Observability and monitoring platforms

• Infrastructure security and vulnerability management

• Platform engineering and SRE practices

• AI-assisted software operations and AIOps platforms

• Distributed systems and mission-critical operational environments

Why This Role Matters

Vantor is building the infrastructure backbone for the next generation of spatial intelligence systems.

This role will directly shape how mission-critical software platforms are deployed, secured, automated, and operated across global commercial and defense missions.

You will help create the operational foundation that enables autonomous systems, AI-powered mission planning, sovereign intelligence platforms, and real-time global situational awareness.

• 10+ years of experience in DevOps, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or cloud operations

• 5+ years leading engineering teams or technical organizations

• Experience designing and operating Kubernetes-based cloud or hybrid infrastructure platforms

• Strong background in AWS, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, automation, and deployment orchestration

• Experience architecting both cloud and on-prem deployment environments

• Proven success modernizing fragmented DevOps or platform engineering ecosystems

• Strong understanding of distributed systems, operational resiliency, observability, and release engineering

• U.S. Citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting defense, aerospace, intelligence, or mission-critical operational systems

• Experience with sovereign cloud, disconnected operations, or customer-managed deployments

• Experience implementing AI-assisted DevOps, AIOps, or autonomous operational tooling

• Experience defining centralized vs distributed platform engineering operating models

• Familiarity with geospatial intelligence, satellite operations, or mission planning systems

• Background from organizations such as Palantir, defense primes, or cloud-native platform companies

• Familiarity with Zero Trust and modern DevSecOps practices

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, * Platform engineering or DevOps leadership at cloud-native or mission-critical technology companies

• Defense, aerospace, geospatial, or high-reliability operational environments

• Experience scaling Kubernetes-based infrastructure and deployment ecosystems

• Strong operational leadership combined with hands-on architectural credibility

• Experience modernizing fragmented CI/CD and infrastructure environments

Work Environment

• Denver metro area preferred

• In-office collaboration expected 3-5 days per week

• U.S. Citizenship required

• Clearance eligibility preferred

Pay Transparency: To support pay transparency, Vantor includes salary ranges in all U.S. job postings. Starting pay for this role will fall within the listed range and will be based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, location, and market conditions. Candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the role should not expect to receive compensation at the top of the range. The listed range reflects the expected pay for this position, and final offers will be determined based on each candidate's experience, expertise, and alignment with the role.

Posted Yesterday Be an Early Applicant In-Office Westminster, CO, USA 164K-240K Annually Expert/Leader In-Office Westminster, CO, USA 164K-240K Annually Expert/Leader The Director of DevOps & Infrastructure will lead modernization and operational reliability of platforms, manage DevOps and cloud infrastructure, and define engineering strategies for mission systems across varied environments. The summary above was generated by AI

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what's happening now and shape what's coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters-where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.

To be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee.

Export Control/ITAR: Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws, requiring U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)., * The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $164,000.00 - $218,000.00 - $239,800.00 annually.

For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

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