About the role
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Airbase builds the software platform for radio frequency spectrum licensing, coordination, and intelligence. Backed by a16z, we are a fast-moving, dual-use startup transforming wireless communication from a static, analog bottleneck into a dynamic, software-defined advantage.
Today, the world’s most advanced hardware—from satellite mega-constellations to Army UAS swarms and Electronic Warfare systems—is grounded by 20th-century paperwork. Spectrum coordination relies on fragmented databases, missing systems of record, and decades of static PDFs. Airbase is fixing this. We’ve built novel AI pipelines to digitize this analog bureaucracy and translate it into a software-defined, machine-readable data layer. We are transforming the spectrum from a static bottleneck into a dynamic advantage, delivering machine-speed tactical deconfliction for the military and automated licensing for commercial innovators.
We’re looking for a Infrastructure & DevSecOps Engineer to help scale the backbone of our platform — securing and hardening data systems that handle fragmented, high-stakes datasets, and building the core of modern spectrum infrastructure. The problems are hard, the mission is critical, and the impact is global.
What you’ll do:
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with integrated security checks, vulnerability scanning, and automated testing for cloud systems.
Configure and enforce role-based access controls, encryption, and logging for sensitive datasets across AWS/Azure GovCloud.
Implement automated monitoring, alerting, and auditing to detect misconfigurations, data anomalies, and compliance violations.
Integrate with legacy government systems, resolve data normalization issues, and ensure secure, auditable data flows.
Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code templates (Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent) to enforce reproducible, secure deployments.
Build new tools and services to support the speed and reliability of development.
You should have:
Experience working across cloud domains (AWS/Azure commercial, AWS/Azure Government, etc).
Knowledge of compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, DoD SRG, NIST, RMF).
Experience creating cloud-based Infrastructure solutions to support business critical applications while meeting federal compliance standards.
Nice to Haves:
A security clearance.
Software Engineering background.
Experience integrating with classified systems and classified data.
Experience getting software accredited to operate on SIPR, JWICS, or similar networks.
You thrive on:
Taking ownership and navigating shifting priorities in a fast-moving, high-impact environment.
Moving seamlessly between high-level architecture and hands-on implementation.
Solving the hard problems of modernizing legacy government systems and enabling secure, mission-critical communication.
Beyond technical skill, we’re looking for someone who wants to take on a ton of responsibility, is comfortable with shifting priorities, and moving fluidly between high-level architecture and hands-on implementation. Equally important, they should be energized by tackling the hard problems of modernizing legacy government systems, helping space communicate with Earth, and building mission-critical infrastructure that endures.