Director of Infrastructure, Onebrief

• You're a pragmatic, mission-driven technical leader who thrives in ambiguity and builds leverage through systems thinking
• Whether your background is rooted in the private tech sector, the DoD, or a combination of both, what matters most is your ability to meet the technical bar and lead with clarity
• If you bring the right strengths, we're confident we can get you ramped into the domain-specific nuances within your first 90 days
• You think in terms of availability, automation, and maintainability, and know how to balance risk reduction with execution velocity
• You’ve built and led technical programs that deliver measurable impact, and you’re comfortable working with C-level stakeholders, program managers, and engineers alike
• Your most recent titles might have been something like Director of Infrastructure, Head of Engineering Operations, VP of IT, or Deputy Director of IT from a public sector agency—you’ve been the person others trust when uptime, compliance, or internal systems are on the line
• To be eligible for this role, candidates must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance. This is a condition of employment
• Ideally 10+ years in infrastructure, security, or service delivery roles, with 3+ in a senior or leadership capacity
• Experience managing or interfacing with DoD IT environments, including secure networks
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical programs
• Deep understanding of modern SaaS infrastructure (cloud-native, CI/CD, observability)
• Familiarity with secure network configurations, endpoint management, and compliance automation
• Experience with internal IT tooling, vulnerability management platforms, and identity management
• Highly organized, systems thinker
• Confident communicator across technical and executive audiences
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and making decisions with incomplete data
• You are obsessed with creating value for real users
• You are ambitious, scrappy, and a creative problem-solver
• You learn quickly, work iteratively, and naturally seek collaboration
• You approach your work with integrity, intellectual honesty, and a low ego
• You communicate frankly, clearly, and succinctly
• You thrive as a self-starter, embracing autonomy and ambiguity

Desirable

• As the Director of Infrastructure, you'll serve as the connective tissue between our internal delivery teams and our most strategically complex customer environments
• Your mission is to ensure our platform performs with high availability, compliance, and scalability across classified and unclassified networks—and that customers experience Onebrief as a critical, trusted part of their daily work
• You’ll lead initiatives to harden infrastructure, scale secure deployments, evolve internal tooling, and guide how we deliver reliable, secure, and supportable environments as we grow
• This role is central to how we maintain our execution speed while earning trust in highly sensitive environments
• This is a net-new role reporting to the CIO, with a clear mandate: establish Onebrief’s ability to meet growing enterprise demands without sacrificing our speed or customer obsession