Staff Infrastructure Engineer – Data Streaming

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Staff Infrastructure Engineer operating massive-scale Kafka and Redis data platforms for SentinelOne’s AI-native cybersecurity platform. Building portable, automated infrastructure across Kubernetes, multi-cloud, and air-gapped environments.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the design and operation of distributed data services, including self-hosted Kafka and Redis, across Kubernetes clusters and multi-cloud environments
  • Build automated, self-service infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and air-gapped on-premises environments
  • Manage data infrastructure supporting 5 or more PB/day ingestion with low-latency, high-throughput, cost-effective operation
  • Consolidate and optimize multi-tenant Kafka clusters
  • Drive Redis and Kafka lifecycle automation using GitOps principles, ArgoCD, and Terraform
  • Define and implement observability, high availability, backup, and disaster recovery standards for stateful Kubernetes workloads
  • Partner with FinOps and engineering stakeholders to optimize performance, cost, and operational overhead
  • Own the end-to-end platform experience for mission-critical open-source systems serving hundreds of product teams
  • Collaborate with teams in Europe and India using Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and Terraform

Requirements:

  • 8 or more years of experience in infrastructure/platform engineering
  • Proven track record operating stateful distributed systems at scale
  • Deep hands-on experience with self-hosted Kafka and Redis in Kubernetes, including performance tuning, scaling, partitioning, persistence, and operator-based lifecycle management
  • Strong understanding of Kubernetes internals and production management of stateless and stateful workloads
  • Experience providing Database- or Messaging-as-a-Service (DBaaS/PaaS)
  • Exposure to multi-cloud environments with strong expertise in AWS, GCP, or Azure
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code and GitOps practices, including Terraform, ArgoCD, or Pulumi
  • Familiarity with blue-green, canary, and rolling deployment strategies
  • Strong scripting or development skills such as Python or Go
  • Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and workflow automation
  • U.S. Citizenship required
  • FedRAMP staff may be subject to customer or third-party background checks up to and including Secret Clearance if required by the role

Benefits:

  • Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Flexible time off
  • Paid company holidays and paid sick time
  • Gender-neutral parental leave
  • Grandparent leave
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Health and dependent care FSA
  • Voluntary benefits (hospital, accident, critical illness)
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • ARAG pre-paid legal
  • Nationwide pet insurance
  • Cancer Care program
  • Global business travel medical insurance
  • Home office allowance
  • Mobile phone reimbursement
  • Wellness coach
  • Wellness/gym reimbursement
  • Fertility coverage
  • Adoption & surrogacy reimbursement