True Anomaly

True Anomaly

VP, Platform Engineering

Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA · Vp

No sponsorship$53k-$800kDetected 27 days ago
TypeScriptAWSAzureCloud PlatformsKubernetesCI/CDDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringPlatform EngineeringRESTMachine LearningData EngineeringSystems EngineeringLeadershipCommunication

About the role

  • This role has direct impact on the company's ability to scale.
  • This position will be open until it is successfully filled.
  • True Anomaly is committed to equal employment opportunity on any basis protected by applicable state and federal laws.

Responsibilities

  • Build and lead the Platform Engineering organization from the ground up: hiring managers, setting technical direction, and scaling a team to 24+ in 2026 with significant continued growth as the company expands its program portfolio and prime capabilities
  • Own the company's compute infrastructure platform strategy across commercial, CUI, and classified environments, including cloud, containers, networking, and CI/CD
  • Define and deliver the technical architecture for DoD Impact Level 5 and IL-6 accredited compute environments, replacing subcontractor dependency with a reusable, internally owned platform
  • Drive AI enablement infrastructure as the company's top strategic priority, including the AI platform, data infrastructure, and enterprise AI tooling that the rest of the company depends on
  • Lead the Systems Working Group: technology evaluation, approval, and standardization across the company, backed by the engineering capacity to drive outcomes
  • We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity.
  • We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, or systems engineering, with 5+ years leading engineering organizations of 15+ people across multiple technical disciplines
  • Hands-on expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GovCloud variants), Kubernetes, container orchestration, networking, and CI/CD at scale
  • Experience managing teams that operate across classification levels with mixed clearance requirements
  • Familiarity with platform engineering "paved roads" operating models that balance standardization with engineering team autonomy
  • Direct experience building and operating DoD Impact Level 5 or higher accredited environments, with working knowledge of NIST 800-53, STIGs, RMF, and the ATO process
  • Track record of building engineering organizations from scratch in high-growth environments: recruiting teams, establishing culture, and delivering platforms that other teams depend on
  • Strong executive communication skills and the ability to represent infrastructure strategy to government customers, program leadership, and C-suite stakeholders

Skills

  • Experience in aerospace, defense, or national security technology companies

Compensation

  • $185,000 - $390,000
  • Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education and experience.
  • Work environment is in a standard office, working at a desk or in a production factory.
  • This position will be open until it is successfully filled.
  • To submit your application, please follow the directions belo w. #LI-Onsite

Benefits

  • Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave

Company info

  • True Anomaly delivers decisive capabilities for space superiority.
  • We build autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors - enabling the U.S. and its Allies to secure the space environment and counter threats from the ultimate high ground.
  • Be the offset. We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity.
  • What would it take? We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results.
  • It's the people. Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together.
  • True Anomaly is building a new Platform Engineering organization to own the compute infrastructure that powers everything we do, from autonomous spacecraft to classified command-and-control software.
  • As VP of Platform Engineering, you will build this organization from day one.
  • You will hire and lead teams across AI engineering, data engineering, infrastructure engineering, and IT.
  • You will set the technical vision for how the company builds, deploys, and operates across commercial, CUI, and classified environments.
  • The platforms your team creates will serve every program in the company and position True Anomaly to offer accredited compute as a strategic capability in the defense market.
  • Partner with engineering leadership, program teams, and government customers to ensure infrastructure scales with the contract pipeline and positions True Anomaly to offer accredited compute as a prime capability
  • Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together.

Equal opportunity

  • If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U
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