Armis
Senior Staff Data Infrastructure Engineer
US Eastern States; US Mid West and Central States; US Western States · Staff+
No sponsorship$200k-$220kDetected 41 days ago
Distributed SystemsNoSQLPostgreSQLMongoDBAWSKubernetesTerraformHelmLinuxDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringPlatform EngineeringKafkaSparkEHR/EMRCommunication
About the role
- We are looking for a Senior Staff Engineer to join our Data Infrastructure R&D Group as a dedicated expert for our rapidly growing Federal business sector.
- In this unique role, you will be an integral member of the core Data Infrastructure engineering team.
- You will combine deep infrastructure engineering with operational excellence-driving architectural improvements, optimizing cloud efficiency, and handling complex production investigations that require high-level clearance and access.
Responsibilities
- Infrastructure Modernization & Scale: Lead and contribute to architectural initiatives designed to improve the scalability and cost-efficiency of our Federal environment.
- You will identify bottlenecks and drive improvements in our database and compute layers to support large-scale customer growth.
- You will create automations and drive initiatives to improve the infrastructure's self-healing and self-service capabilities.
- Resilience & Business Continuity: Collaborate with the Data Infrastructure team to enhance and validate Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies.
- Security & Compliance: Partner with security teams to implement necessary controls, including automated certificate management, network policy enforcement (Service Mesh), and regular security patching to maintain our Authority to Operate (ATO).
- Collaborate with the Data Infrastructure team to enhance and validate Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies.
- Partner with security teams to implement necessary controls, including automated certificate management, network policy enforcement (Service Mesh), and regular security patching to maintain our Authority to Operate (ATO).
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in Infrastructure or Platform Engineering, SRE, or DevOps with a focus on data-intensive systems.
- Deep Data Systems Expertise: Proven track record of supporting high-scale stateful infrastructure in production.
- familiarity alone is insufficient.
- Kubernetes Mastery: You are comfortable not just deploying to K8s, but debugging it-understanding networking, resource scheduling, and complex operator patterns.
- Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency with Terraform, Helm, or similar tools to manage infrastructure reproducibly.
- Nice to Haves (Not Required)
- Experience with FedRAMP, IL5, or DoD compliance frameworks.
- Experience with Service Mesh technologies (e.g., Istio) and secure networking.
- Familiarity with Big Data frameworks or NoSQL databases.
- Experience working in a distributed global engineering organization.
Nice to have
- Strong hands-on experience debugging production issues in Linux environments and managing AWS infrastructure (GovCloud experience is a plus, but not required).
- Deep Linux & Cloud Expertise: Strong hands-on experience debugging production issues in Linux environments and managing AWS infrastructure (GovCloud experience is a plus, but not required).
Skills
- Armis is a privately held company headquartered in California.
- Senior Staff Data Infrastructure Engineer - FedRAMP (US Citizen)
Compensation
- $200,000 - $220,000 & Bonus /Equtiy
- The salary range listed does not include other forms of compensation or benefits (e.g. i.e. bonuses, commissions, stocks, health insurance benefits, etc.) offered to candidates. Visit our careers site for more information on benefits at Armis.
Benefits
- Ensure the health and performance of core stateful systems (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka) under strict compliance constraints.
- Armis sets you up for success with comprehensive health benefits, discretionary time off, paid holidays including monthly me days, and a highly inclusive and diverse workplace.
- Visit our careers site for more information on benefits at Armis.
Equal opportunity
- Armis is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Senior Staff Data Infrastructure Engineer - FedRAMP (US Citizen)
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