Senior Infrastructure Engineer role at xAI focused on designing, building, and operating secure, scalable infrastructure for U.S. government projects. The position requires deep expertise in Kubernetes, IaC tooling, GPU hardware, and federal compliance, with responsibilities spanning infrastructure provisioning, reliability, observability, and security.
Member Of Technical Staff - Cloud Infrastructure at xAI
On-site - Palo Alto, CA
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USD 180,000 - 440,000
Requirements
Skills
- Active Top Secret (TS) security clearance
- 5+ years of experience as an Infrastructure Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, or similar role
- Proficiency in managing storage infrastructure with IaC tools such as Pulumi, Terraform, or Ansible
- Deep understanding of the Kubernetes stack, including CNI, CRI, CSI, and related components
- Demonstrated ability to improve system reliability through incident management, postmortems, and defining SLAs/SLOs
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
- Deep familiarity with installing and using GPU hardware, including setting up drivers, debugging issues, and ensuring reliability
- Experience with high-traffic web or mobile application workloads, including optimizing Kubernetes for large‑scale deployments in classified or federal settings
- Familiarity with chaos engineering, capacity planning, or similar practices for ensuring system resilience in government projects
- Proficiency with tools such as Kyverno, ArgoCD, or Go programming for infrastructure automation
- Strong sense of ownership, curiosity, and enthusiasm for tackling complex technical challenges in secure environments
- Passion for problem‑solving and a proactive drive to deliver impactful results while adhering to security protocols
- Certifications in security-related fields (e.g., CISSP) or experience in secure federal environments
Responsibilities
- Develop and optimize software to provision and manage xAI’s infrastructure across on‑premise, virtual machine, and classified cloud environments, enabling efficient scaling for US government initiatives
- Enhance the reliability, performance, and cost‑effectiveness of infrastructure to support large‑scale AI and application workloads in secure, classified settings
- Collaborate with xAI engineers to understand workload requirements and design tailored solutions that meet government‑specific needs and compliance standards
- Implement robust observability, monitoring, and security practices to ensure the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of critical systems, adhering to federal protocols
- Manage storage infrastructure using Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC) tools such as Pulumi, Terraform, or Ansible, with a focus on secure data handling
- Drive system reliability through incident management, postmortems, and the definition of clear SLAs and SLOs, while maintaining security and compliance
- Work in person in Palo Alto, CA or Washington, DC, with up to 50% travel required
Technologies
KubernetesGPU hardwarePulumiTerraformAnsibleCNICRICSIKyvernoArgoCDGo programming
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