Job Type

Full-time

Description

Position Title: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Engineer

Location: NAWS China Lake, Ridgecrest, CA/ Point Mugu

Status: Full-time

Clearance: Secret

Salary: The annual salary range for this position is $95,000 - $100,000. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. RTL Networks considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.

RTL Networks has an exciting opportunity for an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Engineer to support NAVAIR China Lake.

Primary Responsibilities:

Essential responsibilities of the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Engineer include, but are not limited to:

• Infrastructure as Code Design & Implementation
  • Build and maintain modular, reusable Terraform/CloudFormation/Pulumi (or similar) templates and modules.
  • Implement and enforce workflows, code review processes, and CI/CD pipelines for all infrastructure changes (GitOps).
  • Maintain multi-account/multi-environment (dev, test, prod) cloud setups via IaC.
• Cloud Infrastructure for Generative AI
  • Design scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure to support Generative AI workloads (training, fine-tuning, inference).
  • Configure GPU-enabled compute environments optimized for AI/ML workloads.
  • Implement and manage networking, storage, IAM, and security policies tailored to AI data pipelines and model hosting.
• Platform & Tooling for AI/ML and AI/ML Development
  • Collaborate with data scientists, ML engineers, and software engineers to understand workload requirements and translate them into infrastructure designs.
  • Implement automation for model deployment, scaling, blue/green or canary releases, and rollbacks.
  • Integrate MLOps and AI tooling (e.g., model registries, experiment tracking, feature stores) into the infrastructure.
  • Develop AI/ML Agents
• Cyber Security, Reliability & Observability
  • Apply security best practices (least privilege, network segmentation, encryption, secrets management) in all infrastructure.
  • Set up and maintain monitoring, logging, and tracing for infrastructure and AI workloads using modern observability tools.
  • Contribute to incident response, root cause analysis, and reliability improvements for infrastructure-related issues.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree and 3 to 10+ years of experience.
• Minimum active Secret
• Must possess strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Analytical problem solving required.

Physical Demands:
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds.
• Must be able to stand and walk for prolonged amounts of time.
• Must be able to twist, bend and squat periodically.

SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Must hold a security clearance at the Secret level. US Citizenship is a requirement for clearance at this location.

NOTE:
• The applicant selected for this position must have and be able to maintain an Active Security Clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Applicants must have a valid driver's license for this position and will be subject to verification.
• Chosen applicants must pass pre-employment drug screening, credit review, and a criminal background check.

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Salary Description

$95,000 - $100,000 per year