Our client is an early-stage industrial software company building an AI-driven production orchestration platform for aerospace, defense, and advanced-manufacturing customers. The company has raised approximately $11M, is preparing for a Series A, employs roughly 30 people, and works with high-profile manufacturers including leaders in space and defense.
You will be the first dedicated Site Reliability Engineer and own critical infrastructure end to end. This is a greenfield opportunity to architect the path from AWS to on-premises and air-gapped deployments, support customer-specific cloud environments, and improve observability and delivery systems across the platform.
Requirements
Design, build, scale, and operate cloud and on-premises infrastructure as the sole SRE. Architect migrations from AWS into on-premises and air-gapped environments. Bring 1-4 years of experience in cloud infrastructure, SRE, or DevOps, including containerization. End-to-end infrastructure ownership at a startup or small team is important. Experience with on-premises, hybrid cloud, restricted, or regulated deployments is strongly valued. Hands-on AWS, GCP, or Azure experience is required; Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Terragrunt, OpenTofu, CI/CD, GitOps, networking, and observability tooling are valuable. US citizenship or permanent residency is required.
Benefits
$120K-$180K base salary plus competitive equity. Full-time and on-site five days per week in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Relocation support is available. Visa sponsorship and transfers are not available. You will have rare greenfield ownership as the first dedicated SRE at a mission-driven industrial technology company.
Skills Required
- 1–4 years of experience in cloud infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering, or DevOps
- Experience with containerization
- Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure
- End-to-end infrastructure ownership in a startup or small team
- US citizenship or permanent residency
- Experience with on-premises, hybrid cloud, restricted, or regulated deployments
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience with Docker
- Experience with Terraform, Terragrunt, or OpenTofu
- Experience with CI/CD and GitOps
- Experience with networking and observability tooling
What We Do
Raydar is a talent acquisition and business consulting firm that connects world-class and emerging talent with growing organizations. It supports companies through team development, strategic hiring, and customized growth solutions, helping clients recruit roles such as engineers, product managers, executives, legal counsel, and quantitative traders. Raydar focuses on understanding each organization’s needs, culture, and long-term goals to build high-impact teams.
