Infrastructure Engineer - TS/SCI at Sunayu
Bethesda, MD
$107,900–$195,050
Jul 9, 2026
Bethesda, MD
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An on-site infrastructure engineering role supporting a government client in Bethesda, MD, focused on designing, deploying, and maintaining cloud environments on AWS. Day-to-day work involves managing Kubernetes clusters, automating infrastructure with Python and IaC tools, applying DISA STIG security hardening, and collaborating with architects and engineers across the program. Suits an experienced cloud/infrastructure professional holding an active TS/SCI clearance and a DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification.
Senior level · 8+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $158,337 (middle half $126,441–$180,105).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role is titled 'Infrastructure Engineer' and involves significant cloud infrastructure operations (Linux admin, Kubernetes cluster management, STIGs), which pulls toward 15-1244, but the JD also firmly requires Python automation, IaC authoring (AWS CDK/CloudFormation), and building/designing cloud-based platforms — work that is primarily software development (15-1252). 15-1252 was chosen as the primary code.
The TS/SCI clearance is a hard gate; the posting additionally requires the ability to obtain a Polygraph, but does not state an active polygraph is required at hire.
Degree requirement is set to None: the JD accepts 'equivalent experience' in lieu of a Bachelor's degree.
The 8+ years figure applies to candidates with a Bachelor's degree; a Master's degree reduces the requirement to 6+ years. The lower bound (6) is used as the overall years minimum per instructions, but the more common path cited first is 8 years.
Helm, Argo CD, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, and Ingress controllers are listed under the required qualifications section with the word 'Familiarity with' — however, they appear within the hard-requirements block, so they are treated as required gates. The 'familiarity with' phrasing is noted here as a mild softener.
AWS certifications and microservices experience appear under the 'You will wow us even more if you have' section and are treated as preferred. Other items in that section (big data, OSINT, DIA/NDOC/D3P domain knowledge) name no specific technology and are omitted from the skills list.
No compensation figures were provided in the posting.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): DoD 8570 IAT Level II.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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