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Join us in building the next generation of AI infrastructure that will power innovation across the customer organization. We're seeking a software engineer to support our Platform team, which owns the AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, and security posture that every AI capability in the organization runs on. In this role, you'll help build and maintain the foundation for customer AI capabilities while supporting a broader ecosystem of AI-enabled applications. Your focus will be deploying and maintaining reliable, secure infrastructure that the rest of our AI services depend on. Requirements shift quickly as mission needs evolve and new technologies emerge, so you'll keep sharpening your skills and learning to turn loosely defined problems into working solutions.\nResponsibilities:\nDeploy and maintain cloud infrastructure supporting the organization's AI capabilities (AWS, Kubernetes)\nBuild and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code for repeatable, reliable deployments\nConfigure and use observability tooling to monitor the health and performance of production services. \nSupport certificate management and follow established security best practices for AI systems and data. \nCollaborate with other teams in the organization to provision and configure the infrastructure their services depend on. \nDiagnose and help resolve production infrastructure issues.\nCandidates should have the following qualifications:\nTS/SCI Clearance with polygraph\n3 yrs., B.S. in a technical discipline or 4 additional yrs. in place of B.S.\nSkill Requirements:\nProficiency with Python or another modern programming language.\nFamiliarity with AWS or other cloud service providers\nUnderstanding of containerization concepts and tooling such as Docker\nAbility to learn new technologies quickly\nStrong communication skills and a willingness to ask questions \n Candidates are desired to have the following skills:\nExperience with AWS services such as EKS, Terraform, and IAM.\nExperience with Kubernetes and Helm/Kustomize. \nExperience with Argo CD and/or other CI/CD frameworks. \nExperience with the Elastic Stack (Kibana), Grafana/Prometheus, or other observability tools and practices. \nExperience with certificate management. \nExperience supporting cloud-native architecture or maintaining production software and infrastructure. \nFamiliarity with LLMs and AI hosting concepts\nPerks and Benefits:\n8 weeks paid leave - 4 weeks of personal leave, 3 Yay! days, take off on your birthday,11 paid holidays and optional leave up to 6 days through Belay's volunteer program \n10% matching in 401(k) contributions vested on day one \n$5,000 annual training/tuition \nStudent Loan Repayment Program \n100% company-funded HSA \nRich medical coverage (100% coinsurance) \nDental coverage including orthodontia \nUp to $420,000 in life insurance, premiums 100% company funded \nAmazon Prime, gym reimbursement, monthly lunches, games and prizes \nPet adoption program, generous referral bonus program, fun events, and more! \nAt Belay, we are committed to creating an environment where you can thrive both professionally and personally. 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