Job Description

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Are you looking for the ideal hands-on opportunity Here youll have real ownership not just tickets.

In your role as a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer you will design implement and operate the Kubernetes-based cloud-native platformso you can see your decisions directly improve scalability availability and security.

Position Summary:

Delta Defense is seeking a hands-on Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with strong expertise in Kubernetes and modern CI/CD practices. Join our infrastructure team in a role where you will design implement and operate secure scalable and highly available cloud-native platforms that support multiple engineering teams.

In this role youll help manage the full lifecycle of containerized applicationsfrom image build and deployment through observability performance validation and reliability improvementswhile helping strengthen a resilient well-governed multi-tenant platform environment.

Why your work in this role matters:

• Youll help ensure the reliability security and scalability of our core platforms.
• Youll influence how infrastructure is built and operated as the organization grows.
• Youll work across teams to enable faster safer software delivery.
• Youll have opportunities to improve systems processes and toolingnot just maintain them.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design deploy and manage production Kubernetes clusters including workload scheduling resource quotas network policies ingress/egress controls and RBAC.
• Develop and maintain declarative deployment patterns using Helm Kustomize and Kubernetes operators.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Infrastructure as Code and GitOps principles including version-controlled changes automated validation and rollback strategies.
• Provision and manage infrastructure using tools such as Terraform or Crossplane applying best practices for immutability idempotency and state management.
• Build secure efficient container images using multi-stage builds and vulnerability scanning; manage image versioning and promotion across environments.
• Implement observability solutions using tools such as Prometheus Grafana and OpenTelemetry; support service level indicators (SLIs) service level objectives (SLOs) and actionable alerting strategies.
• Conduct load testing and resilience validation to support performance tuning failure analysis and capacity planning.
• Perform Linux system administration including system hardening troubleshooting and OS-level performance tuning.
• Support stateful workloads (e.g. Postgres MySQL Redis Kafka) including backup and restore considerations and performance implications.
• Participate in on-call rotation and incident response contributing to root cause analysis and continuous reliability improvements.
• Document architecture operational procedures backup and recovery processes and infrastructure lifecycle plans.

Skills/Abilities and Education Requirements:

• Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
• A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
• 25 years of experience in cloud infrastructure DevOps or SRE roles.
• Hands-on experience managing Kubernetes clusters in production including secure multi-tenant configurations.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and working with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.
• Strong containerization experience including image optimization and security practices.
• Solid Linux administration skills and systems troubleshooting experience.
• Proficiency in Python or similar scripting language for infrastructure automation.
• Working knowledge of networking Kubernetes security and deployment strategies (rolling blue-green or canary).
• Practical experience with load testing and performance analysis.
• Demonstrates the Core Values of Delta Defense LLC.

Delta Defense LLC is the private company that provides Marketing Operations and Customer Service for the USCCA. The USCCA safeguards life freedom and finances for responsible American gun owners. Learn more about the USCCA at range $ based on experience. This role is also bonus-eligible for company incentive plan.

This position can be performed in our beautiful headquarters in West Bend remotely or on a hybrid schedule based on location.

Why Work at Delta Defense

Because culture mattersand ours is legit.

• Fast-paced mission-driven and genuinely fun
• #25 on The Wall Street Journals 2025 Top 100 Americas Most Loved Workplaces
• Newsweek Top 100 Americas Most Loved Workplaces (2023 & 2024)
• Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies 14 years in a row

Most importantly your work here actually matters .

Youll help Americans protect themselves their families and their freedomsevery single day.

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