Lead Infrastructure Engineer - Distributed Systems

Arcesium seeks an accomplished Lead Infrastructure Engineer to join our Infrastructure team.  All Infrastructure Engineers are coders and technology generalists who bring their unique combination of breadth and depth of experience and knowledge to the team.  As a Lead Infrastructure Engineer, you’re passionate about providing the foundation and capabilities to our application developers to build upon, and love to solve problems with creative multi-discipline, polyglot, and/or open-source solutions. You are able to work independently, demonstrating “high agency” in your work, but you’ll balance your independence with leveraging the team and working with outside stakeholders as needed.

What you will do:

• Own the distributed systems ecosystem that powers our SaaS API-driven business relied upon by our customers around the world   
• Construct innovative infrastructure systems, applications, and tools that streamline and enhance how Arcesium’s applications interoperate 
• Take ownership of our critical technology infrastructure -- built on top of multiple underlying technologies, tools, and programming languages 
• Provide highly available, reliable critical services to our customer-facing applications and developers  

What you’ll need:

• 5+ years of relevant infrastructure experience preferred, but what truly matters to us is your demonstrated ownership of critical systems, potential for continued growth, and your ability to make an impact.  Show us what you have accomplished and what you aspire to achieve.  
• Demonstrated desire to take ownership of critical systems and successfully deliver systems and features.  Whether it is Linux, Kubernetes, DNS, Kerberos, or AWS, we are looking for candidates who aspire to manage and operate vital polyglot infrastructure systems.  Proven track record of doing so is a desirable plus.
• Advanced proficiency in Python and an eagerness to work with languages like Java, Go, and Bash as needed.  Experience in running critical workloads in AWS is a definite plus.  
• Advanced knowledge and demonstrated experience with HTTP and other network protocols, load balancing, ALBs, nginx, Apache httpd, Kubernetes ingress, Kerberos, SAML, and other SSO technologies, authentication, and authorization 
• Ability to craft reliable and performant solutions to problems using a combination of software you write and open-source technology.
• Display a curious mind, enthusiasm for technology infrastructure, a knack for problem-solving, and the drive to take initiative and work with the right combination of independence and collaboration.
• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering or a related discipline is required.