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Clarity Innovations

Sr. Principal Mission Engineer

Clarity Innovations · Columbia, MD

Posted about 2 months ago · $100,000 - $330,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
53 days
Clarity Innovations's roles stay open a median of 42 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
85% of Clarity Innovations's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Clarity Innovations
high
23 stale, 1 reposted of 46 open
Hiring momentum
75 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-25

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Clarity Innovations's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Clarity Innovations.

About this role

The Senior Principal Mission Engineer will work on-site to manage and maintain Proxmox-based systems within a secure classified environment. Responsibilities include system management, troubleshooting hardware and virtualization issues, deploying updates, engaging with customers, and conducting training sessions. The role requires a strong technical authority to bridge remote engineering efforts with classified infrastructure.

Our read on this posting3.6out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Clarity Innovations as an employer.

What you need

  • Active Top Secret / SCI clearance
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience managing enterprise Linux environments and bare-metal hardware infrastructure in secure environments
  • Strong experience configuring and troubleshooting Proxmox VE, KVM, QEMU, or equivalent enterprise virtualization technologies
  • Practical experience with Ceph storage orchestration, software-defined networking, VLAN tagging, and low-level Linux network troubleshooting
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with a proven track record of managing technical relationships and conducting formal training for government or military personnel

Nice to have

  • Hands-on experience managing incident response lifecycles and resolving critical control-plane or etcd failures within live, high-scale production systems
  • Advanced capability in utilizing telemetry, API server audit logs, distributed tracing, and metrics to perform root-cause analysis and resolve complex issues in live production environments

What you get

  • Performance-based bonuses
  • Extensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Substantial paid time off and holidays
  • Flexible work arrangements where possible
  • Range of income protection benefits

Worth weighing

  • On-site position may limit flexibility compared to remote roles
  • Role involves working in a secure classified environment which may have additional restrictions
  • Salary range is broad and dependent on various factors, not guaranteed
  • Focus on Proxmox and related technologies may not appeal to those looking for broader tech exposure

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Listed by Clarity Innovations on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-25. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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