# Senior Infrastructure Systems Lead

ABOUT SPHINX Sphinx builds software to solve complex national security problems in Space. Founded by engineers and technologists with deep experience across commercial and defense technology, we were frustrated by the outdated and insecure technology America's service members are forced to rely on. We're here to do better. We’re focused on building modern, scalable products with an emphasis on using open source technologies. Expect talented, motivated, and interesting colleagues who emphasize collaboration, transparency, and individual responsibility. ABOUT THE ROLE Sphinx is hiring a Senior Infrastructure Systems Lead build and maintain the infrastructure that powers our software development environments. This role is responsible for standing up production-ready compute, storage, networking, and virtualization platforms that enable our engineering teams to deliver mission-critical software for national security programs. You’ll be the technical bridge between infrastructure vendors and our internal engineering teams, ensuring new hardware is received, validated, configured, and ready for software deployment. From commissioning bare-metal systems to establishing standardized opera

- **Id**: 804054
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/sphinxdefense-infrastructure-deployment-manager-2>
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Colorado Springs, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-07-09T14:17:26Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T04:50:02Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 121
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7041
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Space & Aerospace

## Company

- **Id**: 686152
- **Name**: Sphinx Defense
- **Domain**: sphinxdefense.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/sphinxdefense>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 16
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 70
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 123000
- **Max**: 165000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 165000

## Technologies

- **KVM** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Red Hat** — Optional: no
- **VMWare** — Optional: no
- **Ansible** — Optional: yes
- **GitLab** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **SaltStack** — Optional: yes
- **Terraform** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 1
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 120

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-12T09:11:35Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-09-17T23:52:51Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-09-21T15:28:11Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 24
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.673
- **P room**: 0.36
- **Age days**: 120
- **Expected fill days**: 70
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 165000
- **Is top pay**: no

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