DevOps Engineer II

People who do well here tend to approach problems similarly.

• They are comfortable operating without full clarity .
• They pay attention to what actually happens, not just what was intended.
• They are willing to be wrong, adjust quickly, and improve based on real feedback.
• They take responsibility for outcomes, not just implementation

This is not a good fit for someone who needs tightly defined problems or prefers distance from how their work is used.

Some roles require an active Secret, Top Secret, or Top Secret/SCI clearance.

Where required, candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain the appropriate clearance level.

U.S. citizenship is required for all positions.

Torch.AI does not sponsor employment visas.

If you do not currently hold a clearance but are eligible, sponsorship may be available depending on role and mission requirements.

Most roles are based at our headquarters in Leawood, KS.

Some hybrid/remote positions across the Arlington, VA, Washington, DC, and Maryland (DMV) region are available.

Limited travel (<10%) may be required for some roles.

We offer competitive, performance-aligned compensation tied to technical depth, clearance level, and mission impact.

• Competitive base salary
• Quarterly performance bonuses
• Equity participation within the first 12 months
• Unlimited PTO + 11 paid company holidays
• Professional development in a high-growth, mission-driven environment
• Weekly in-office catering at HQ

• 401(k) plan (no current employer match, but under consideration)
• PPO, HSA, and TRICARE Supplement medical options
• Above-market HSA contributions
• HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care FSA options
• Dental and vision plans above national averages
• Employer-paid life insurance (1× salary)
• Employer-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Voluntary Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity coverage
• Up to $300/month in tax-advantaged commuter benefits

Torch.AI is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer committed to building a team that reflects the mission we serve.

If you want to build AI systems that move from ingestion to actionable insight and know exactly why they produced the answer they did, we should talk.

• Own CI/CD pipeline execution and deployment workflows across multiple environments.
• Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code for repeatable provisioning and environment promotion.
• Containerize and deploy applications using Kubernetes, ECS, or equivalent orchestration systems.
• Manage secure networking, TLS certificates, reverse proxies, and system-level hardening requirements.
• Support deployments into secure and mission environments including cloud-isolated networks.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and lead root-cause resolution.
• Build and maintain observability pipelines for logs, metrics, and alerting.
• Support patching, vulnerability scanning, and compliance workflows.

• B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of DevOps, infrastructure engineering, or SRE experience.
• Strong experience with CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Production-level experience with Docker and Kubernetes/ECS.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform or other IaC tooling.
• Strong Linux administration and scripting ability.
• Familiarity with secure deployment requirements and networking fundamentals.

• Experience with STIG hardening, SCAP scanning, or enclave constraints.
• Familiarity with Kafka/NiFi/data pipelines.
• Experience supporting ML infrastructure or MLOps tooling.
• Prior experience supporting classified environments.