Ghost Book Writers
Network Infrastructure Engineer
Los Angeles, California
Sponsorship not specified$140k-$160kDetected 14 days ago
GitAWSCloud PlatformsTerraformCI/CDGitHub ActionsData EngineeringCybersecurityComplianceSystems EngineeringFirewallLeadership
About the role
- You will play a critical role in keeping Ghost's platform running and our offices connected during a pivotal stage of growth.
Responsibilities
- Own and manage Ghost's cloud infrastructure across AWS, Railway, and Vercel, including VPC networking, compute, storage, IAM, and security configurations
- ensuring our environments perform well and stay secure
- Design, configure, and maintain office networks across our LA and NY offices: switches, firewalls, VLANs, and Wi-Fi
- Partner closely with Engineering on the deployment pipeline, ensuring our cloud infrastructure is scaled appropriately and CI/CD systems run reliably
- Triage and troubleshoot infrastructure issues and outages in real time, and drive root cause analysis to prevent recurrence
- Implement and enforce security and compliance best practices, including access control, certificate management, vulnerability management, and audit logging
- Evaluate and roll out new infrastructure and tooling, advising Engineering, Product, and Design on the best way to adopt and integrate them
- Collaborate with Data Engineering to support data infrastructure and pipeline needs
- Manage vendor relationships for networking hardware, cloud services, and security tooling
- guiding the organization in strategic build vs. buy decisions to maximize ROI
Requirements
- BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of infrastructure or systems engineering experience, with a minimum of 3 years at a high-growth startup
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS (VPC, EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, Route53, security groups, and related services), as well as experience with platforms like Railway or Vercel
- Experience managing enterprise office networking, including switches, firewalls, VLANs, and Wi-Fi
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform
- Solid understanding of security best practices and compliance frameworks (SOC 2, access control, certificate management)
- Strong ownership mindset with comfort operating in ambiguity and resource-constrained environments
- Experience building and scaling infrastructure in lean, fast-paced startup environments
Compensation
- Our total compensation for this position can range from $140,000-$160,000.
Benefits
- Medical, Vision, and Dental with some plans covered at 100%
- Competitive compensation and equity structure
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