or apply directly on Valar Atomics's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 20 days Valar Atomics's roles stay open a median of 42 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Valar Atomics's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Valar Atomics
- high 37 stale, 4 reposted of 84 open
- Hiring momentum
- 105 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Valar Atomics's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Valar Atomics.
About this role
As a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer at Valar Atomics, you will design, build, and maintain scalable and secure cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS, with some support for Azure. Your role involves managing Kubernetes clusters, developing CI/CD pipelines, and implementing infrastructure as code using Terraform. You will collaborate with various teams to enhance deployment processes and ensure system reliability while participating in on-call rotations for incident response.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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 Valar Atomics as an employer.
What you need
- 5+ years of experience in a DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Cloud Infrastructure Engineering role
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS core services (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, EKS, Lambda, CloudFormation)
- Working knowledge of Azure services (AKS, Azure DevOps, VNets, Azure AD)
- Solid experience administering and troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters in production environments
- Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI)
- Hands-on experience with GitHub Enterprise including repository management and branch protection
Nice to have
- Relevant certifications (AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, Azure Administrator/DevOps Engineer Expert)
- Prior military service in US Airforce or Navy in technical fields
- Experience with GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Flux)
- Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd)
- Familiarity with policy-as-code tools (OPA, Sentinel)
What you get
- Competitive base salary
- Equity ownership in a rapidly growing advanced energy company
- Comprehensive medical benefits
- Free daily lunch and dinner provided onsite
- Generous PPE stipend
- High-impact startup environment with significant ownership and autonomy
Worth weighing
- This position is fully on-site in Torrance, CA; relocation assistance is not available.
- No mention of remote work options or flexible hours.
- The salary range is specified as $165,000 to $190,000, which may be a consideration for candidates evaluating compensation.
- The role involves participation in on-call rotation and incident response, which may impact work-life balance.
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Listed by Valar Atomics on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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