Senior/Staff Infrastructure & Platform Engineer

Job overview

The Senior/Staff Infrastructure & Platform Engineer role is onsite in Santa Clara, CA, with a salary range of $155,000–$230,000 per year. Fortanix develops data-centric cybersecurity solutions for hybrid multicloud environments. The engineer designs and operates secure, scalable infrastructure and developer platforms across cloud, on-premises, Kubernetes, and hybrid environments. The role improves reliability, automation, CI/CD, and developer productivity while leading technical initiatives across engineering teams.

What you'll do

• Design, build, and operate infrastructure across cloud, Kubernetes, on-premises, and hybrid environments
• drive complex infrastructure solutions from problem definition through production
• build internal developer platforms and tools
• optimize CI/CD platforms and pipelines
• automate provisioning, deployment, testing, monitoring, and operations
• develop reusable infrastructure-as-code and platform capabilities
• improve reliability, observability, resilience, security, and disaster recovery
• troubleshoot incidents and conduct root-cause analysis
• evaluate technologies and establish standards
• lead cross-team technical initiatives.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior/staff engineer

infrastructure engineering

platform engineering

kubernetes

linux

cloud infrastructure

ci/cd

infrastructure as code

cybersecurity

santa clara ca

fortanix

$155k–$230k/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Equity
• medical, dental, and vision
• life insurance
• retirement savings
• wellness program
• short- and long-term disability
• holidays
• unlimited PTO
• 40 hours of volunteer time off
• internet stipend
• 401(k).

Why this role

Requires 6+ years in infrastructure, platform engineering, software engineering, SRE, DevOps, or related fields; deep production Kubernetes experience, strong Linux and networking knowledge, infrastructure-as-code experience, and programming skills. Work authorization requirements and limited sponsorship options are specified in the posting.

About the employer

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