Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Toyon
Goleta, CA
$135,000–$175,000from the description
Jul 20, 2026
Goleta, CA
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level infrastructure engineering role responsible for managing and evolving enterprise IT systems, including Windows Server, Active Directory/Entra ID, DNS/DHCP, and network infrastructure such as switching, routing, firewalls, and NAC/802.1X. The position also covers automation via PowerShell and Python, CMMC compliance hardening, backup and disaster recovery, and cross-team collaboration with service desk and site reliability engineering groups. U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a DoD security clearance are required.
Mid level · 3+ years · Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
Advertised as Senior, but the requirements read as Mid.
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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 $103,538 (middle half $92,817–$127,810). 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 (6)
The clearance requirement is stated as 'ability to qualify for a US Department of Defense security clearance required' — this gates on clearance eligibility (US citizenship is also required), but does not specify a level. Secret is assumed as the most common DoD baseline; the actual level may differ.
The role blends infrastructure operations (Windows Server, AD, DNS/DHCP, networking) with meaningful automation/scripting (PowerShell, Python) and some SRE-adjacent work, making it a genuine toss-up between 15-1244 (Network and Computer Systems Administrators) and 15-1252 (Software Developers). The primary day-to-day emphasis on operating and maturing existing enterprise systems tips it to 15-1244.
The formal Requirements section is sparse — it lists a Bachelor's degree, 3+ years of experience, Microsoft Office/Project proficiency, and soft skills. All the technical infrastructure skills (Windows Server, AD, PowerShell, networking, CMMC, etc.) appear in the Responsibilities section rather than a hard-gate Requirements block. They are extracted as required given the role's clear operational focus, but this placement is noted.
Project Management certification (CAPM, PMP) is explicitly called a 'valuable asset' — i.e., preferred — and is not captured as a named technology skill.
With only 3 years minimum experience required, the actual seniority the requirements support is Mid-level, despite the 'Senior' title.
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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