Sr. Platform Infrastructure Engineer

About this role

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next.  Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.

To be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Citizen. This position requires an active U.S. Government security clearance, applicants who do not currently hold the required clearance will not be eligible for consideration. Employment for cleared roles is contingent upon verification of clearance status.

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Please review the job details below.

Vantor is seeking a   Senior Platform Infrastructure Engineer   to design, deploy, and   operate   mission-critical software platforms across AWS cloud environments and customer-owned   on-premise   infrastructure. This role combines hands-on infrastructure engineering, deployment automation, platform architecture, and operational support for both commercial and defense customers.  

The ideal candidate is both an architect and an operator — someone who can scale cloud and on-prem deployment platforms while building the engineering rigor, automation, and accountability needed to reduce operational chaos and improve delivery reliability.   

Success in this role requires equal comfort designing infrastructure architectures, automating deployments, troubleshooting production systems, and supporting customer-facing deployment activities.  

Key Responsibilities:  

• Design and   maintain   AWS-based production infrastructure  

• Deploy and support customer-owned   on-premise   environments  

• Build repeatable deployment automation for cloud and hardware-based installations  

• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code standards for both AWS and customer environments  

• Collaborate with software engineering teams to improve deployment reliability  

• Support release engineering and production operations  

• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, and platform issues  

• Implement security best practices across cloud and on-prem environments  

• Support vulnerability remediation and compliance initiatives  

• Participate in architecture reviews and platform roadmap planning  

• Support customer-facing deployment and operational readiness activities  

Minimum Qualifications   

• 7 + years in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering  

• Experience deploying and operating production workloads in AWS  

• Experience supporting Linux-based infrastructure  

• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized applications  

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)  

• Experience building and   maintaining   CI/CD pipelines  

• Experience deploying and   operating   physical infrastructure including servers, storage, networking, and virtualization platforms.  

• Strong troubleshooting and operational support skills  

• U.S. Citizenship  

Preferred Qualifications   

• Experience supporting defense, aerospace, intelligence, or mission-critical operational systems   

• Experience with sovereign cloud, disconnected operations, or customer-managed deployments   

• Experience implementing AI-assisted DevOps, AIOps, or autonomous operational tooling   

• Experience defining centralized vs distributed platform engineering operating models   

• Familiarity with geospatial intelligence, satellite operations, or mission planning systems   

• Familiarity with Zero Trust and modern  DevSecOps  practices   

• Bachelor’s or  Master’s degree in Computer Science , Engineering, or related field   

Technologies & Domains of Interest   

Candidates should bring strong familiarity with many of the following:   

• Dell Compute/Isilon, Juniper networking, Linux, Harvester  

• Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, OpenShift   

• Terraform, Ansible,  Pulumi , CloudFormation   

• AWS, Azure, sovereign cloud, hybrid cloud   

• GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins,  ArgoCD , Artifactory  

• Observability and monitoring platforms   

• Infrastructure security and vulnerability management   

• Platform engineering and SRE practices   

• AI-assisted software operations and AIOps platforms   

• Distributed systems and mission-critical operational environments   

Why This Role Matters   

Vantor is building the infrastructure backbone for the next generation of spatial intelligence systems.   

This role will directly shape how mission-critical software platforms are deployed, secured, automated, and  operated  across global commercial and defense missions.   

You will help   build, deploy, and   maintain   the operational foundation that enables autonomous systems, AI-powered mission planning, sovereign intelligence platforms, and real-time global situational awareness.   

The future platform must  operate  anywhere:   

• In commercial cloud   

• In sovereign national environments   

• At the tactical edge   

• In disconnected and classified deployments   

• Across distributed global operations   

Ideal Candidate Backgrounds   

• Platform engineering or DevOps   engineering   at cloud-native or mission-critical technology companies   

• Defense, aerospace, geospatial, or high-reliability operational environments   

• Experience scaling Kubernetes-based infrastructure and deployment ecosystems   

• Strong   technical acumen   combined with hands-on architectural credibility   

Work Environment   

• Denver metro are a    

• In-office collaboration expected 3–5 days per week   

• U.S. Citizenship  required    

• Clearance eligibility prefer

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