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# Principal Infrastructure Architect/Engineer - Secret Clearance

- **Company:** Jobot
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $170,000.0 - $190,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Ubuntu (Operating System), Cloud Computing, Linux, DevOps, VMware ESX Servers, Identity and Access Management, Kernel-Based Virtual Machine, Linux System Administration, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Prometheus, Google Cloud, Grafana, HybridCloud, SC Clearance, Containerization, Kubernetes, Vcenter, Terraform, Vmware
- **Published:** August 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/4d288e0b-2920-4306-b5d8-561f578fef37

## About the Role

* Active Secret Clearance or ability to obtain one
 * 10+ years of infrastructure engineering/support and systems administration experience
 * VMware (ESXi, vCenter, NSX)
 * Linux systems administration (Redhat, Ubuntu)
 * Kubernetes and containerized workloads
 * AWS, Azure, or hybrid cloud infrastructure

NICE TO HAVE:

 * Federal or DoD customer experience
 * KVM/libvirt
 * Certifications: VCP, RHCSA/RHCE, CKA/CKAD
 * Security+, CISSP, or CASP+
 * AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform certifications
 * DevOps tools: Prometheus, Grafana, Ansible, Terraform
 * Identity Management

## Description

We are seeking a senior-level infrastructure engineer to serve as the technical bridge between federal customer operations teams and internal engineering organizations. This is a highly hands-on role focused on diagnosing and resolving complex production issues across Linux systems, virtualization, networking, containers, and cloud infrastructure.


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