Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Code Metal is redefining code translation for mission-critical industries, helping defense partners move more quickly and reliably from algorithm to silicon. Our platform accelerates deployment of DSP, RF, communications, and embedded signal processing algorithms onto heterogeneous compute targets, including GPUs, FPGAs, ASICs, and edge SoCs. We also support automotive, aerospace, and semiconductor partners deploying complex algorithms onto constrained hardware with speed and rigor.

We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer (On-Prem + Hybrid) to join our team. This person will be responsible for managing and improving our on-prem servers, virtualization platforms, storage systems, networking, and hybrid infrastructure environments.

About the Role

In this role, you will work closely with engineering, cloud, and IT teams to ensure our infrastructure is reliable, secure, and ready to support development, internal operations, and customer delivery. You will help maintain core systems while enabling hybrid connectivity and operational consistency across on-prem and cloud environments.

Core Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain on-prem servers, virtualization platforms, storage systems, and supporting infrastructure.

• Own infrastructure reliability, patching, performance, backups, and lifecycle management for internal systems.

• Support networking across on-prem environments, including connectivity, segmentation, firewalls, VPNs, and hybrid integration.

• Collaborate with cloud engineers to support hybrid architectures and shared infrastructure patterns.

• Develop and maintain automation for infrastructure provisioning, configuration, monitoring, and recovery.

• Implement and improve monitoring, alerting, backup, and disaster recovery practices for core infrastructure.

• Support customer-hosted, regulated, and government deployment environments as needed.

• Maintain infrastructure documentation and operational processes that are traceable and auditable.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• 5+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, systems engineering, or data center operations.

• Strong experience managing on-prem servers, virtualization platforms, storage, and network-connected infrastructure.

• Experience with Linux systems administration and infrastructure troubleshooting.

• Experience with automation, scripting, or infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or similar.

• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, firewalls, VPNs, segmentation, and hybrid connectivity patterns.

• Experience with system monitoring, backup, patching, and disaster recovery practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting hybrid cloud environments across AWS, Azure, GCP, or similar platforms

• Familiarity with customer-hosted, regulated, or government infrastructure requirements

• Experience with Kubernetes, container platforms, or orchestration systems in hybrid environments

• Exposure to security hardening, compliance controls, and infrastructure audit readiness

• Experience supporting high-availability or mission-critical systems

• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S.Secret security clearance

• Pay depends on experience, but we strive to be at the upper end of the salary range

• Health care plan with 100% premium coverage, including medical, dental, and vision

• 401k with 5% matching

• Paid Time Off (uncapped vacation, plus sick and public holidays)

• Flexible hybrid or remote work arrangement

• Relocation assistance for qualifying employees

We are an equal opportunity employer. US Citizenship may be required for certain project assignments involving security clearance.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.