Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Job overview

Senior Infrastructure Engineer is based in Reston, VA, with a hybrid or onsite schedule stated in the posting. Annual compensation is $175,000 to $210,000, and occasional travel of approximately 10–20% to partner sites and data centers is expected. The role builds and operates cloud and AI infrastructure for Quantum Sky's Project 137 applied-research and IP engine.

What you'll do

• Design, build, and operate Google Cloud Platform infrastructure
• scale infrastructure for AI/ML workloads
• support Vertex AI, Kubeflow, and MLOps tooling
• operate GKE clusters and reusable platform components
• automate infrastructure with Terraform and GitOps
• implement observability, alerting, and SLOs
• apply cloud security controls
• plan backup and disaster recovery
• mentor engineers and coordinate infrastructure workstreams.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior infrastructure engineer

google cloud platform

gcp

kubernetes

gke

ai infrastructure

machine learning

terraform

hybrid

reston va

quantum sky

annual salary $175,000-$210,000

10-20% travel

on-call

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Health, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) match
• paid time off
• short- and long-term disability and life insurance
• referral bonuses
• professional development reimbursement
• parental leave.

Why this role

The role is approximately 85% hands-on engineering and 15% project coordination. It includes participation in on-call and requires production experience with GCP, Kubernetes, and AI/ML workloads.

About the employer

Quantum Sky is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.