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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Manager, Infrastructure - **Company:** Polaris Inc. - **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $265,000.0 - $332,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Border Gateway Protocol, Ubuntu (Operating System), Configuration Management, Data Centers, Linux, Distributed Systems, Apache Hadoop, Hadoop Distributed File System, Identity and Access Management, Machine Learning, Networking Basics, Ansible, Zabbix, Aerospike, Okta, HybridCloud, Kubernetes, Low Latency, Cassandra, Bare Metal, Apache Kafka, Route53, Vertica, Network Server - **Published:** August 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/rzr/jobs/4372698009 ## About the Role * 6-8 years in infrastructure or data center operations with 2+ years managing engineers - this role takes over a functioning global team on day one * Bare-metal and colo depth: capacity planning, hardware procurement (Dell/Supermicro), IBX/remote-hands workflows, and the physical logistics of running owned cages * Network fundamentals at scale: spine-leaf architecture, BGP/peering (100G-class), transit blends, and low-latency tuning (NIC/IRQ, packets-per-second thinking) * Deep Linux operations: systemd, netplan, FreeIPA/Chrony, Ansible and/or Salt, Zabbix, running fleets of hundreds-plus servers * Experience operating large stateful distributed systems - Aerospike, Cassandra, Scylla, Kafka, or ClickHouse - under sub-50ms latency budgets and hard capacity limits * Demonstrated P1/P2 incident ownership: on-call program management, postmortems, and alert hygiene discipline Nice-to-Have * Hybrid cloud experience alongside owned metal: AWS (IAM, Route 53, GuardDuty, S3); Kubernetes exposure a plus * SOC 2 or compliance evidence experience; Okta and Vanta familiarity; security-minded infrastructure approach * Experience in adtech, RTB, or other high-QPS, latency-sensitive environments * Netris or other SDN controller experience; MAAS provisioning familiarity ## Description Manage day-to-day operations of four owned data centers and a global InfraOps team. Own capacity planning, hardware lifecycle, vendor/budget management, incident response, and runbook/alert hygiene. Oversee core stack (Linux fleet, FreeIPA, Ansible/Salt, MAAS, Zabbix), spine-leaf networking, and stateful data tiers (Aerospike/Kafka/ClickHouse/HDFS) under strict low-latency SLAs. Partner with security/compliance and run cloud-vs-colo evaluations., This is a hands-on manager role. There is no "scale up" button here - latency, packets-per-second, and procurement lead times are the job. The right person combines deep bare-metal operational instincts with the leadership presence to run a distributed, experienced global team from day one. Key ResponsibilitiesTeam Leadership & Operations * Manage and develop the InfraOps team across US and APAC time zones, including regional DC owners (SV/VA and NL/HK) and network engineering * Own the weekly DevOps check-in cadence, alert reviews, and 24/7 on-call coverage model * Drive P1/P2 incident response end to end - accountability for MTTR reduction, runbook coverage, and alert hygiene Capacity Planning & Hardware Lifecycle * Own capacity planning and hardware lifecycle across all four data centers: Dell and Supermicro procurement through VARs, GPU expansion for on-prem ML training and inference, colo power and space management, and remote-hands logistics with Equinix and Digital Realty * Run the annual cloud-vs-colo evaluation alongside leadership, with full ownership of the recommendation Technical Platform Oversight * Oversee the core infrastructure stack: Ubuntu/systemd fleet, FreeIPA, Ansible/Salt configuration management, MAAS provisioning, and Zabbix monitoring * Manage the spine-leaf Mellanox/NVIDIA network via Netris, including 100G Google peering and transit blend (Lumen/Cogent/Zayo) * Support the stateful data tier - Aerospike, Kafka, ClickHouse, Hadoop/HDFS - across capacity limits, evictions, migrations, and low-latency tuning Vendor & Budget Management * Own colo and vendor relationships and budgets: Equinix and Digital Realty invoices, transit contracts, VAR procurement, and Netris licensing * Partner with the security/compliance function on SOC 2 Type 2 evidence, infrastructure hardening, and access reviews * Operate comfortably within a multi-entity environment (RZR/Skillz/Firy/Beamable shared IT) with comfort in M&A-flavored ambiguity ## Related Videos - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [Docker exec without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1094-docker-exec-without-docker) - [DevOps at Netflix](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/270-devops-at-netflix) - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) - [Discover the open source trio you didn’t expect: .NET and PostgreSQL on Linux](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2042-discover-the-open-source-trio-you-didn-t-expect-net-and-postgresql-on-linux) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated)