Senior IT Infrastructure & Security Engineer at Scout AI
Sunnyvale, CA
$175,000–$225,000
Jul 10, 2026
Sunnyvale, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A first-of-its-kind infrastructure hire responsible for designing and running a secure, CMMC Level 2-compliant network environment handling controlled unclassified information. Day-to-day work spans network segmentation, cloud and on-premises infrastructure, device and identity management, scripted automation, and incident response. Best suited to an experienced infrastructure engineer with a background in defense or enterprise compliance frameworks.
Senior level · 7+ years · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Secret clearance · Full-time
Pay in the description: $175,000–$225,000
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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 $132,532 (middle half $103,068–$167,147). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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 (8)
The role is a genuine hybrid of network/infrastructure engineering (15-1244) and information security/compliance (15-1212); the primary framing is network architecture and IT operations, with CMMC/security compliance as a close second driver — 15-1244 is the better fit but confidence is Medium.
Clearance: the JD states candidates must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident with 'ability to obtain DoD security clearance' — this is treated as a hard gate on clearance eligibility. The specific level is not named; Secret is the most common DoD baseline for CMMC Level 2 / CUI environments, so Secret is used as the best estimate.
Location is not explicitly stated in the posting. Scout AI is headquartered in San Francisco, CA; the San Francisco CBSA is used as the best available location estimate.
AWS and Azure are both named in the responsibilities section as the cloud platforms in use ('build compliant infrastructure on AWS/Azure'), not under a formal requirements heading — treated as preferred/stack context rather than hard gates.
Python and Bash are listed together as a single requirement ('Python or Bash scripting') in the Qualifications section; Python is the primary name with Bash as an alternative.
The qualifications list does not specify a formal degree requirement; no degree is hard-gated.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): NIST SP 800-171, firewall management.
Requires a Secret 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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