Senior InfraSec Engineer

Truss tackles tough technical problems for clients in the private sector and government. We use modern development practices to build software, streamline infrastructure, and train others through exposure to our teams. We have earned a reputation of pragmatism, autonomy, expertise, and trust. Our values lend to strong relationships with contractors, partners, and employees because we believe they are fundamental to doing great work. 

All Trussels enjoy full benefits, generous PTO, a co-working budget, an employee effectiveness budget, and company-wide transparency around salaries and career leveling (view the Truss Leveling Guide).

We have been a remote-first organization since our inception and are passionate about work-life balance, building impactful teams, and practicing radical candor. We are committed to creating environments that encourage collaboration, different points of view, and support a range of work styles and creative solutioning.

THE OPPORTUNITY

As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Truss, you will join a cross-functional software development team working in collaboration with our client to build and deploy AWS based Infrastructure and cloud native security within a highly regulated environment. You will also be responsible for integrating risk management frameworks within the development process, and proactively identifying and addressing security gaps in pursuit of necessary compliance.

The Senior Infrastructure Engineer will ensure infrastructure and CI/CD systems are built to support web applications while also balancing compliance, security, and documentation.As part of a dedicated client team, this role will help to ensure project success by focusing on software delivery metrics, reliability of the system being built, and validation of technical work to deliver client satisfaction. 

Infrastructure and Security Engineers at Truss bring a variety of knowledge to our cross-functional client teams in such areas as site reliability, networking, DevOps, application engineering, platform development, and Security Engineering. Senior InfraSec engineers often lead projects, mentor junior developers, and are encouraged to continue to broaden their skillset. Leading with empathy and a consultative approach, Truss teams are committed to taking on complex problems and building impactful solutions. 

This is a fully remote position.

• Prior experience in a DevOps, Security, or other Infrastructure/Security engineering positions working on production ready systems
• Ability to build cloud-native, secure, infrastructure within a cross-functional agile software development team
• Experience with modern DevOps stacks: Terraform (infrastructure as code), CI/CD, Observability Systems, Logging, etc. and expertise in at least one application level programming language (Javascript, Python, Go, Java, etc.)
• Has obtained Federal ATO (Authorization to Operate) requirements including a mature understanding of Risk Management Frameworks and experience successfully meeting NIST SP 800-53, SOC 2, ISO 27001 or similar compliance requirements 
• Exceptional communication, especially active listening, collaboration skills, and written documentation, as well as an understanding of how to generate trust in a complex environment
• Comfortable aligning teams around a technical direction, moving teams from analysis to action, and building skills as needed through practices like hands-on mentorship and pair programming
• Familiarity with public sector projects, either as an employee or contractor, and understanding of government bureaucracy, procurement, and security considerations
• Able to work effectively in a fully remote environment using team collaboration tools such as Zoom, Gsuite, and Slack

• Prior expertise building and/or architecting data storage and analysis systems to support rapid analysis and/or machine learning

Eligibility:

You must be eligible to work in the U.S. and may be required to pass a federal background check at the discretion of the client/project you are placed on. Truss employees must live and work within the continental U.S. or one of its territories. Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor work visas at this time.