Infrastructure Deployment Manager

About the role

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and technologists with deep experience across commercial and defense technology, we are dedicated to improving the outdated and insecure technology used by America's service members.

Responsibilities

• Receive, inspect, and validate enterprise hardware deliveries, ensuring systems meet procurement and deployment requirements.
• Commission bare-metal servers, storage, and networking equipment into fully operational development environments.
• Configure virtualization platforms such as VMware ESXi or KVM and establish standardized infrastructure baselines.
• Deploy and configure enterprise storage solutions (SAN/NAS), VLANs, operating systems, and foundational networking services.
• Maintain hardware configuration consistency across multiple development sites and subcontractor environments.
• Partner with external systems integrators throughout infrastructure procurement, installation, and acceptance testing.
• Perform power-on validation, hardware acceptance testing, and infrastructure verification before deployment.
• Build clean, production-ready infrastructure environments that can be transitioned to internal DevOps teams for software deployment and automation.
• Document infrastructure standards, configurations, and deployment procedures to support repeatable implementations.
• Collaborate with engineering and cybersecurity teams to maintain secure, reliable, and scalable IT infrastructure.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience administering enterprise IT infrastructure, server environments, or data center operations.
• Experience building, configuring, and managing multi-rack server environments supporting software development or automated testing.
• Hands-on experience commissioning enterprise hardware from initial delivery through operational deployment.
• Experience configuring virtualization technologies such as VMware ESXi, KVM, or similar hypervisors.
• Experience with enterprise networking concepts including VLANs, switching, routing fundamentals, and storage infrastructure (SAN/NAS).
• Experience supporting infrastructure deployments across multiple locations or geographically distributed environments.
• Comfortable collaborating with software engineering, DevOps, and infrastructure teams throughout the deployment lifecycle.
• Experience documenting infrastructure standards and maintaining consistent system configurations.
• Active Secret Security Clearance and eligibility to obtain TS/SCI (or willingness to obtain one, if applicable).
• Experience achieving and maintaining accredited classified systems through DoD (Department of Defense) or Intelligence Community Risk Management Frameworks (RMF).
• Leadership experience in technical or functional roles.

Bonus points

• Experience supporting government, defense, or classified computing environments.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or SaltStack.
• Experience supporting Kubernetes, GitLab Runners, or containerized development environments.
• Previous experience working with enterprise systems integrators or large-scale infrastructure deployments.
• Experience working within secure development environments or multi-site engineering organizations.

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, or a U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder).
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

Skills

• Enterprise IT infrastructure management.
• Server environment and data center operations.
• Virtualization technologies (VMware ESXi, KVM).
• Enterprise networking concepts (VLANs, switching, routing, SAN/NAS).
• Collaboration with software engineering, DevOps, and cybersecurity teams.
• Documentation of infrastructure standards and configurations.
• Leadership experience in technical or functional roles.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Ansible, Terraform, SaltStack).
• Experience with Kubernetes, GitLab Runners, or containerized development environments.
• Experience working with enterprise systems integrators or large-scale infrastructure deployments.
• Experience in secure development environments or multi-site engineering organizations.

Benefits

• Competitive salary between $123,000 and $165,000 base salary.
• Meaningful equity ownership.
• Profit sharing.
• Employer 401(k) contribution.
• 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents.

Pay

This role is between $123,000 and $165,000 base salary.

Schedule

This position requires approximately 30% travel, depending on program needs and where the selected candidate resides.

Location

This role can be based out of Chantilly, VA, Colorado Springs, CO, El Segundo, CA, or Seal Beach, CA.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Sphinx Defense is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

Clearance Eligibility

This position requires eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance. For more information about U.S. Security Clearances: click here.