A new space race has begun. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build innovative technology that solves the next generation of engineering, manufacturing, and operational challenges for space security and sustainability.
OUR MISSION
The peaceful use of space is essential for continued prosperity on Earth—from communications and finance to navigation and logistics. True Anomaly builds innovative technology at the intersection of spacecraft, software, and AI to enhance the capabilities of the U.S., its allies, and commercial partners. We safeguard global security by ensuring space access and sustainability for all.
OUR VALUES
- Be the offset. We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity
- What would it take? We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results
- It’s the people. Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together
YOUR MISSION
As an Infrastructure Engineer, you will architect, operate, and optimize the core on-prem systems that power True Anomaly’s engineering, manufacturing, and mission-support environments. Your work will enable reliable compute, storage, virtualization, and backup systems across multiple sites, ensuring high availability, resilience, and performance.
This role is highly hands-on, fast-moving, and critical to keeping our systems secure, scalable, and operational.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design, deploy, and maintain virtualized environments using Nutanix AHV (VMware experience transferable).
- Manage and optimize enterprise on-prem storage arrays (Nutanix today; Pure Storage or others in the future).
- Operate and maintain Cohesity backup/restore infrastructure, ensuring reliable multi-site backup, replication, and DR.
- Build, patch, and administer Windows Server and Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu) systems at enterprise scale.
- Architect for high availability across multiple sites, including clustering, replication, load distribution, and fault tolerance.
- Support hybrid infrastructure models and assist with cloud integrations to enhance availability, backup strategy, and storage resiliency.
- Implement and maintain infrastructure monitoring, alerting, capacity planning, and performance tuning.
- Support core domain services including AD, GPO, DNS, DHCP, and certificate management.
- Ensure reliable hypervisor, compute, storage, and OS performance for production workloads and critical business functions.
- Document architectures, diagrams, SOPs, and change plans.
- Collaborate closely with network, security, DevOps, and cloud engineering teams to ensure cohesive infrastructure patterns.
- Apply best practices for identity, hardening, patching, configuration management, and lifecycle management.
- Participate in an on-call rotation for critical systems.
- Contribute to infrastructure modernization initiatives as the company grows.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience supporting enterprise infrastructure in fast-paced environments.
- Strong experience with virtualization platforms (Nutanix AHV preferred; VMware transferable).
- Strong experience with Windows Server and Linux administration.
- Understanding of enterprise storage systems (NFS, SMB, iSCSI, snapshots, replication).
- Experience managing enterprise backup platforms (Cohesity preferred; Rubrik/Veeam acceptable).
- Experience architecting or supporting multi-site environments with high availability requirements.
- Proficient troubleshooting across compute, virtualization, storage, and OS layers.
- Experience with Active Directory, GPOs, DNS, DHCP, PKI.
- Ability to write and maintain clear infrastructure documentation.
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced, shifting, and growth-focused environment.
- Familiarity with compliance-driven environments (CMMC, ITAR, FedRAMP) — helpful but not required.
- Availability for on-call rotation.
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Active or previously held TS/SCI clearance (preferred but not required).
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP) to support hybrid HA designs and cloud-based backup targets.
- Experience with Nutanix Flow, Nutanix Files, or Nutanix Data Services.
- Experience with Pure Storage or similar enterprise SAN platforms.
- Scripting/automation experience (PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible).
- Infrastructure as Code experience a plus (Terraform, Ansible, etc.).
- Relevant certifications (Nutanix NCP/NCM, MSCE/MCSA, RHCSA/RHCE, Pure Storage, etc.).
- Experience in aerospace, defense, or highly regulated industries.
COMPENSATION
- Colorado Base Salary: $100,000-$135,000
- California Base Salary: $105,000-$140,000
- Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave
Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Work Location—successful candidates will be located near our Denver or Long Beach facilities. While we observe a hybrid work environment, some work must be done on site.
- Work environment—the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.
- Physical demands—the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.
This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions below. #LI-Hybrid
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
True Anomaly is committed to equal employment opportunity on any basis protected by applicable state and federal laws. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us.
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