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# Senior Infrastructure Engineer

- **Company:** Vast, Inc
- **Location:** Long Beach, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $146,000 - $208,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Border Gateway Protocol, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, Linux, DevOps, Domain Name System (DNS), Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Windows Servers, Network Protocols, Ansible, Software Engineering, Google Cloud, AWS Lambda, Agentic-AI, Git Flow, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Puppet, Model Context Protocol, Terraform
- **Published:** October 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=afb0c1e333201d2b

## About the Role

* 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, can integrate infrastructure with networking, security, DevOps, and software development

Preferred Skills & Experience:

 * 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
 * Understanding of networking protocols and infrastructure (BGP, VPNs, DNS, DHCP)
 * Experience working with ITAR, NIST, FIPS, and FedRAMP compliant systems
 * Excellent written and verbal communication. You can explain technical concepts to people unfamiliar with them and gather requirements from cross-functional partners

Additional Requirements:

 * Willingness to work overtime, or weekends to support critical mission milestones

We calibrate level and compensation to the selected candidate's experience and demonstrated capability. We welcome applicants across a range of experience levels to apply.

## Description

* Independently design, build, and maintain complex, highly available, secure, and cost-optimized systems in AWS, Kubernetes, and Linux/Windows server environments
 * Write high-quality infrastructure-as-code and automations to make systems reliable and easier to maintain
 * Act as technical lead for infrastructure projects. Set the roadmap and pacing, break work into milestones and tasks, and coordinate work among team members
 * Provide quality support for your systems. Respond urgently to issues and identify root causes to prevent recurrence