Infrastructure Security Engineer — Bare Metal and Platform

Job overview

The Infrastructure Security Engineer — Bare Metal and Platform role is hybrid, with the posting identifying Austin, TX as the listing location and also naming other U.S. office locations or relocation. Compensation is $100,000–$258,000 per year. SpaceXSI is building a super-intelligence stack spanning compute, models, and applications, with a stated goal of helping humanity understand the universe. The engineer builds and secures infrastructure from physical servers and networks through private cloud, containers, and applications. The role embeds security into system design and operations through hardening, automation, monitoring, incident response, and close collaboration with engineering teams.

What you'll do

• Design and implement secure bare-metal and private-cloud architectures
• harden operating systems and fleets
• manage firmware and hardware lifecycle security
• secure network foundations and hybrid connectivity
• manage identities and privileged access
• assist with security assessments and audits
• implement secure container and Kubernetes standards
• maintain infrastructure as code and configuration management, especially Puppet
• integrate security into CI/CD
• monitor and respond to security events
• maintain SIEM pipelines, dashboards, policies, and procedures
• own security projects end to end.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

infrastructure security engineer

bare metal

platform security

data center security

private cloud

kubernetes security

puppet

terraform

hybrid connectivity

austin tx

spacexsi

$100k–$258k per year

hybrid

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Equity
• comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• 401(k)
• short- and long-term disability insurance
• life insurance
• other discounts and perks.

Why this role

Hybrid remote listing; role may span SpaceXSI, X Social, X Money, and related systems; requires hands-on bare-metal or data-center security experience, Puppet, and infrastructure security experience; compensation package includes equity, medical, vision, dental, 401(k), disability and life insurance, and other perks.

About the employer

SpaceXSI is hiring for this role. Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services. Sector: 51.