Director DevOps and Mission Infrastructure

Vantor

Director DevOps and Mission Infrastructure

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Westminster CO USA

In-Office

164K-240K Annually

Expert/Leader

Aerospace • Artificial Intelligence • Computer Vision • Software • Analytics • Defense • Big Data Analytics

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence to unlock a more autonomous interoperable world.

The Role

The Director of DevOps & Infrastructure will lead modernization and operational reliability of platforms manage DevOps and cloud infrastructure and define engineering strategies for mission systems across varied environments.

Summary Generated by Built In

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers changemakers and go-getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently and in doing so be seen differently. Come be part of a mission not just a job where you can: Shape your own future build the next big thing and change the world.

To be eligible for this position you must be a U.S. Person defined as a U.S. citizen permanent resident Asylee or Refugee.

Export Control/ITAR: Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws requiring U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Please review the job details below.

Vantor is seeking a Director of DevOps & Infrastructure to lead the modernization standardization and operational reliability of the platforms powering our mission systems and customer deployments.

This leader will own DevOps cloud infrastructure SRE release engineering and platform operations across commercial sovereign and customer-managed environments.

The ideal candidate is both an architect and an operator — someone who can scale cloud and on-prem deployment platforms while building the engineering rigor automation and accountability needed to reduce operational chaos and improve delivery reliability.

You will help define Vantor’s long-term platform engineering strategy balancing centralized shared services with embedded domain support teams.

This role reports directly to the VP of Mission Platforms & Infrastructure.

Minimum Qualifications

10+ years of experience in DevOps platform engineering infrastructure engineering or cloud operations

5+ years leading engineering teams or technical organizations

Experience designing and operating Kubernetes-based cloud or hybrid infrastructure platforms

Strong background in AWS CI/CD Infrastructure as Code automation and deployment orchestration

Experience architecting both cloud and on-prem deployment environments

Proven success modernizing fragmented DevOps or platform engineering ecosystems

Strong understanding of distributed systems operational resiliency observability and release engineering

U.S. Citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting defense aerospace intelligence or mission-critical operational systems

Experience with sovereign cloud disconnected operations or customer-managed deployments

Experience implementing AI-assisted DevOps AIOps or autonomous operational tooling

Experience defining centralized vs distributed platform engineering operating models

Familiarity with geospatial intelligence satellite operations or mission planning systems

Background from organizations such as Palantir defense primes or cloud-native platform companies

Familiarity with Zero Trust and modern DevSecOps practices

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field

Technologies & Domains of Interest

Candidates should bring strong familiarity with many of the following:

Kubernetes Helm Docker OpenShift

Terraform Ansible Pulumi CloudFormation

AWS Azure sovereign cloud hybrid cloud

GitHub Actions GitLab CI Jenkins ArgoCD

Observability and monitoring platforms

Infrastructure security and vulnerability management

Platform engineering and SRE practices

AI-assisted software operations and AIOps platforms

Distributed systems and mission-critical operational environments

Why This Role Matters

Vantor is building the infrastructure backbone for the next generation of spatial intelligence systems.

This role will directly shape how mission-critical software platforms are deployed secured automated and operated across global commercial and defense missions.

You will help create the operational foundation that enables autonomous systems AI-powered mission planning sovereign intelligence platforms and real-time global situational awareness.

The future platform must operate anywhere:

In commercial cloud

In sovereign national environments

At the tactical edge

In disconnected and classified deployments

Across distributed global operations

Ideal Candidate Backgrounds

Platform engineering or DevOps leadership at cloud-native or mission-critical technology companies

Defense aerospace geospatial or high-reliability operational environments

Experience scaling Kubernetes-based infrastructure and deployment ecosystems

Strong operational leadership combined with hands-on architectural credibility

Experience modernizing fragmented CI/CD and infrastructure environments

Work Environment

Denver metro area preferred

In-office collaboration expected 3–5 days per week

U.S. Citizenship required

Clearance eligibility preferred

Pay Transparency: To support pay transparency Vantor includes salary ranges in all U.S. job postings. Starting pay for this role will fall within the listed range and will be based on factors such as experience qualifications skills location and market conditions. Candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the role should not expect to receive compensation at the top of the range. The listed range reflects the expected pay for this position and final offers will be determined based on each candidate’s experience expertise and alignment with the role.

● The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $164000.00 - $218000.00 - $239800.00 annually.

For all other states we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles and as such each location where we hire may have a different range.

Benefits: Vantor offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond the standard including a robust 401(k) with company match mental health resources and unique perks like student loan repayment assistance adoption reimbursement and pet insurance to support all aspects of your life. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.Vantor.com/careers

Additionally this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution company performance and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.

The date of posting can be found on Vantor's Career page at the top of each job posting.

To apply submit your application via Vantor's Career page.

EEO Policy: Vantor is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace. We believe in fostering an environment where all team members feel respected valued and encouraged to share their ideas. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion national origin sex gender identity sexual orientation disability protected veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.

Skills Required

10+ years of experience in DevOps platform engineering infrastructure engineering or cloud operations
5+ years leading engineering teams or technical organizations
Experience designing and operating Kubernetes-based cloud or hybrid infrastructure platforms
Strong background in AWS CI/CD Infrastructure as Code automation and deployment orchestration
Experience architecting both cloud and on-prem deployment environments
Proven success modernizing fragmented DevOps or platform engineering ecosystems
Strong understanding of distributed systems operational resiliency observability and release engineering

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The Company

HQ: Westminister CO

2500 Employees

Year Founded: 1969

What We Do

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence to unlock a more autonomous interoperable world. We empower decision makers and operators with the clarity they need to navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next. Our AI-powered spatial intelligence platform fuses data from the world’s highest-resolution satellites with real-time sensor feeds from space air and ground to create the most accurate living digital replica of Earth.

Why Work With Us

Vantor is a place for problem solvers changemakers and go-getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently and in doing so be seen differently. Come be part of a mission not just a job where you can: Shape your own future build the next big thing and change the world.