Senior DevOps/Infrastructure Engineer (Xora Portfolio Company)

We are an early-stage deep-tech company operating in stealth. Our mission is to build a next-generation platform that unifies AI, computational modeling, and advanced R&D workflows for some of the most demanding scientific and industrial environments. The stakes are high. The problems are real. The impact is global.

We are looking for a Senior DevOps/Infrastructure Engineer who can operate at the founding-team level. Someone who understands that robust infrastructure is not just about keeping the lights on it is the bedrock that allows complex science and AI to scale with unprecedented precision and efficiency.

What You Will Lead

Architecture for Hybrid & Complex Environments

You will design and own the infrastructure for a platform that spans cloud, on-premise, and hybrid environments. You will ensure seamless orchestration between standard microservices and high-performance computational workloads.

Security, Hygiene, and Automation

You will define the security posture from day one managing IAM, secrets, and policies while building the automation that makes compliance invisible and deployment effortless.

Reliability for Mission-Critical R&D

You will implement the observability stack (OTEL) and telemetry strategies required to monitor distributed systems, ensuring that multi-step AI and simulation workflows run reliably without constant intervention.

What Exceptional Looks Like

• You think in systems, not just scripts. You design infrastructure that stays coherent as complexity scales
• You live and breathe automation. You treat manual intervention as a bug. You write Infrastructure as Code (IaC) that others can safely build on
• You don't just deploy containers; you understand the topology, the permissions model, and the security implications of moving data across hybrid boundaries
• You are comfortable in ambiguous early-stage environments where initiative is expected, not requested

Responsibilities

• Own the Infrastructure Stack: Lead the design and implementation of our infrastructure using Terraform (IaC) across cloud and hybrid setups
• Build and administer VMs and Containers using Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring rigorous security and permission models are enforced
• Design effective CI/CD pipelines and implement GitOps practices to accelerate development velocity
• Establish best practices for IAM, secrets management, and overall infrastructure hygiene to mitigate reliability and security risks
• Implement a full observability setup (OTEL) for telemetry across distributed and remote systems
• Design and maintain secure, efficient network topologies suitable for data-intensive applications

Required Experience

• 7+ years of experience building and maintaining production-grade infrastructure
• Extensive experience managing cloud (AWS/GCP), on-prem, and hybrid environments
• Advanced understanding of Docker (including security/permissions) and hands-on experience administering Kubernetes
• Deep experience designing CI/CD pipelines and implementing GitOps workflows
• Strong understanding of modern network topologies and security protocols
• Strong experience with Terraform/Pulumi
• Demonstrated experience with IAM, secrets management, and security policies

Good to Have

• Exposure to HPC environments (Slurm, LSF, PBS) or Apptainer
• Experience with workflow engines (Airflow, Temporal)
• Any background in MLOps/LLMOps, or interest in growing into it
• Experience administering relational or NoSQL databases

Why Join

You will be part of a small, focused team building the foundations of a platform that does not yet exist. The scope is large, the ownership is real, and the work touches both engineering fundamentals and cutting-edge research. If you want to build something with long-term weight, this is the right place.