Infrastructure Engineer

VTG.

  • Herndon, VA
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    VTG is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable and resilient infrastructure supporting high-volume data and alerting environments. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationHerndon, VA

    Description

    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.

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