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# Engineering Manager, Infrastructure

- **Company:** Secure Identity, LLC.
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $275,000.0 - $350,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Disaster Recovery, Distributed Systems, Fault Tolerance, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Datadog, Data Logging, Pulumi, Cloud Platform System, System Availability, Delivery Pipeline, Reliability of Systems, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Terraform, Programming Languages
- **Published:** August 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/clear/jobs/7819215

## About the Role

* 3+ years of experience managing and developing software engineers, with strong coaching and team leadership skills
 * Strong experience with CI/CD systems, infrastructure automation, and release engineering
 * Deep knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS) and distributed systems architecture
 * Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi)
 * Strong expertise in Kubernetes and container orchestration at scale
 * Experience designing for high availability, fault tolerance, and operational resilience
 * Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Python, and or Java) and solid software engineering fundamentals
 * Experience with observability tooling (monitoring, logging, tracing) and incident management practices
 * Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence teams to adopt infrastructure and operational best practices
 * Strong interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills
 * Curious, proactive, and committed to continuous learning and improvement

## Description

We are seeking a strategically-minded, technology-focused, and customer-centric Engineering Manager to lead one of our Infrastructure teams here. You will lead a team responsible for building, operating, and scaling the cloud infrastructure and platform systems that underpin CLEAR's services, ensuring reliability, performance, and security across our environments.

A successful candidate brings strong experience in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and operational excellence, along with a solid foundation in software engineering. You are an effective communicator who can lead complex infrastructure initiatives from inception through delivery, and thrive in fast-paced environments. This role requires a focus on building resilient, scalable systems, driving automation, and leading and developing high-performing engineering teams.

What you'll do:

 * Hire, develop, and grow engineering talent through coaching, mentorship, performance management, and career development planning
 * Set clear goals and expectations, provide regular feedback, and foster accountability across the team
 * Own and execute the roadmap for cloud infrastructure and platform engineering, and reliability initiatives
 * Design, build, and operate a scalable, secure, and highly available cloud platform infrastructure
 * Drive automation across infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and operations to improve efficiency and reduce manual overhead
 * Establish and enforce best practices for system reliability, observability, incident response, and disaster recovery
 * Partner with engineering teams to improve deployment pipelines, service operability, and production readiness
 * Provide technical leadership, making clear architectural decisions and communicating trade-offs, risks, and impacts
 * Own operational excellence through metrics, SLAs/SLOs, and continuous improvement of system performance, reliability, and cost


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