Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, Istari
$135-220k
Digital twin technology
Open for applications
Digital twin technology
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$135-220k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To level the digital playing field.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate combines strong hands-on infrastructure expertise with a practical, execution-focused mindset and a bias toward automation
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS in production environments
- Proven experience operating Kubernetes in production
- Strong experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices
- Proven experience building or improving CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
- Solid understanding of cloud networking, IAM, secrets management, and operational controls
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tooling
- Scripting proficiency in Python, Go, Bash, or similar
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in complex production environments
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Must live/work in the U.S
Desirable
- Experience operating stateful workloads on Kubernetes, such as databases or message queues, including persistent storage and backup/recovery
- Experience with GitOps-based deployment workflows
- Experience packaging software for customer-managed or self-hosted deployment (e.g., Helm charts)
- Familiarity with compliance or security frameworks such as FedRAMP, NIST, SOC 2, or similar
- Experience with PostgreSQL, cloud storage platforms, and production networking patterns
- Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible
- Experience with additional cloud platforms such as Azure or GCP
- Experience with service mesh or advanced Kubernetes networking
- Experience supporting customer-facing or mission-critical production infrastructure
- Top Secret Security Clearance
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join our Engineering team
- This role is central to building, operating, and scaling the cloud infrastructure that powers our platform, and to making our software easy to deploy both in our cloud-hosted environments and in customer-managed environments
- This engineer will work closely with platform and product engineering to improve the reliability, automation, and operational maturity of our AWS and Kubernetes environments
- Some of our environments serve regulated, security-sensitive customers; while deep security specialization is not required, this engineer should be comfortable operating within an established, security-conscious baseline
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable infrastructure in AWS
- Operate and improve Kubernetes-based environments, including production workloads
- Build and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform
- Improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment workflows, and release automation in partnership with engineering teams
- Build and maintain the packaging and reference architectures customers use to install our software in their own environments
- Strengthen observability across the platform, including monitoring, logging, alerting, and actionable dashboards
- Improve developer experience through tooling, environment automation, and self-service infrastructure
- Operate within and preserve the established security and compliance posture of our environments
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve complex infrastructure issues with clear and timely communication
- Participate in incident response and post-incident analysis
- Develop and maintain documentation, runbooks, and technical standards
- Identify opportunities to improve cost efficiency, performance, and resilience across environments
Our take
In the realm of digital engineering, industries like aerospace, defense, and manufacturing face significant challenges. Traditional methods of designing, testing, and certifying complex systems are often time-consuming, costly, and environmentally taxing. These processes typically require physical prototypes and extensive real-world testing, leading to delays and increased resource consumption.
Istari is transforming this landscape by developing a platform that enables the creation, testing, and certification of technologies entirely in the digital real. Its advanced digital twin technology allows for virtual simulations and modeling, reducing the need for physical prototypes. This approach not only accelerates development timelines but also minimizes costs and environmental impact.
Its making major progress too, including the $19M contract with the US Air Force to help develop the world's first digitally certified aircraft. While the use of digital twins in military applications (especially with potential links to autonomous systems) can raise valid ethical concerns, Istari's focus is on safety, precision, and reducing the need for real-world testing that can be risky or wasteful. By improving how complex systems are designed and certified, its aiming to make engineering across industries more efficient and sustainable.
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Feb 2023
$13m
SEED
Total funding: $13m
Company HQ
Crystal City, Arlington, VA
Leadership
Will Roper
(CEO)Will is a Distinguished Professor of the Practice at Georgia Institute of Technology as well as an Honorary Group Capital at the RAF.
Christopher Benson
(CTO)Christopher has worked at the United States Air Force since 2014 and currently serves as a Senior System Engineer. Previously founded ELLO, AFWERX, StartLabs, and Ring Theory.
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