Shield AI

Staff Cloud Engineer (R5801)

Shield AI$130K — $160K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience supporting shared cloud infrastructure across multiple products or engineering teams.
  • Proficient with Kubernetes or similar container orchestration platforms.
  • Skilled in infrastructure as code tools like Terraform.
  • Background in designing automated or ephemeral environment lifecycle management.
  • Experience in operating infrastructure in regulated or compliance-driven settings.
  • Knowledgeable in implementing cloud IAM, access controls, and security protocols.
  • Familiar with AWS cost management and resource optimization.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate AWS infrastructure and shared development environments.
  • Maintain infrastructure using Terraform and other infrastructure-as-code tools.
  • Automate provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management of environments.
  • Operate and support infrastructure for containerized applications and workloads.
  • Establish and enhance observability across cloud infrastructure and services.
  • Diagnose and resolve infrastructure issues across products and platforms.
  • Improve reliability and consistency of shared environments and services.
  • Collaborate with Cybersecurity and Infosec teams to implement compliance controls.

Benefits

  • Bonuses and equity opportunities.
  • Comprehensive benefits package for full-time regular employees.
  • Temporary benefits package after 60 days for temp employees.
Full Job Description
Job Description
  • Cloud Engineering builds and operates the infrastructure and environments that support Shield AI's software products and platforms.
  • As a Staff Cloud Engineer, you will design, build, and operate the cloud infrastructure and environments used to develop, test, integrate, and host Shield AI's software products and platforms. You will work across AWS infrastructure, shared development environments, and supporting platform services to improve how these systems are provisioned, operated, and maintained.
  • This is a hands-on engineering role focused on infrastructure automation, reliability, and operational stability. You will troubleshoot problems across infrastructure and services, improve existing systems, and work with engineering teams to build infrastructure that meets their development and integration needs.

What You'll Do
  • Design, build, and operate AWS infrastructure and shared development and integration environments
  • Build and maintain infrastructure using Terraform and other infrastructure-as-code tools
  • Automate environment provisioning, configuration, lifecycle management, and other recurring infrastructure tasks
  • Build and operate infrastructure supporting containerized applications and workloads
  • Establish and improve observability across cloud infrastructure and supporting services
  • Diagnose and resolve infrastructure and environment issues across products and platform services.
  • Improve the reliability and consistency of shared environments and platform services.
  • Partner with Cybersecurity, Infosec, and Enterprise Ops to implement infrastructure and access controls that meet security and compliance requirements
  • Monitor resource utilization and identify opportunities to improve infrastructure cost and capacity

Required Qualifications
  • Experience supporting shared cloud infrastructure across multiple products or engineering teams
  • Experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms
  • Experience with infrastructure as code tooling
  • Experience designing automated or ephemeral environment lifecycle management
  • Experience operating infrastructure in regulated or compliance-driven environments
  • Experience implementing cloud IAM, access controls, and infrastructure security requirements
  • Experience with AWS cost management, capacity planning, or resource optimization

Full-time regular employee offer package:

Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity

Temporary employee offer package:

Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.

About Shield AI

Shield AI is a defense technology company that develops artificially intelligent systems for military applications. The company was founded in 2015 by Brandon Tseng, Ryan Tseng, and Andrew Reiter, and is headquartered in San Diego, California. Shield AI's products include autonomous drones and software that can be used for reconnaissance, surveillance, and other military operations. The company's mission is to reduce the number of military casualties by providing soldiers with better intelligence and situational awareness. Shield AI has received funding from a number of investors, including Andreessen Horowitz and Founders Fund.
Learn more about Shield AI
Size
200 employees
Industry
Founded
2015

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