Infrastructure Engineer

Overview

VTG is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable and resilient infrastructure supporting high-volume data and alerting environments. This position will focus heavily on AWS cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, Terraform, messaging technologies, networking, monitoring, and automation.

What will you do?

• Architect, build, and maintain scalable, resilient infrastructure supporting high-volume applications and data workloads.
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerized workloads using Kubernetes.
• Build and maintain Kubernetes environments utilizing AWS EKS.
• Design, configure, and optimize cloud infrastructure using AWS services including EC2 and S3.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration.
• Design and support routing and DNS solutions for highly available distributed systems.
• Deploy, configure, and support messaging technologies including RabbitMQ and Kafka.
• Support systems processing high-volume data streams and alerts.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting capabilities.
• Utilize Grafana and related observability tools to monitor system health and performance.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, application, networking, and cloud-related issues.
• Apply DevOps methodologies to improve infrastructure automation and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with development and engineering teams to streamline CI/CD and application deployment processes.
• Implement infrastructure automation and cloud security best practices.
• Support large-scale projects operating within complex, fast-paced environments.

Do you have what it takes?

• Active TS/SCI W/ Polygraph required. 
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes.
• Experience with AWS EKS and containerized application environments.
• Strong knowledge of AWS, including EC2 and S3.
• Experience developing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Experience with messaging platforms such as RabbitMQ and Kafka.
• Understanding of DevOps methodologies and practices.
• Experience with routing and DNS.
• Experience with Grafana or similar monitoring/observability technologies.
• Experience implementing and maintaining logging and alerting solutions.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud, infrastructure, networking, and distributed systems.