Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

About Virta Health

Virta Health is on a mission to reverse metabolic disease in one billion people. Current treatment approaches aren’t working—over half of US adults have either type 2 diabetes or prediabetes, and obesity rates are at an all-time high. Virta is changing this by helping people reverse their metabolic condition through innovations in technology, personalized nutrition, and virtual care delivery reinvented from the ground up. We have raised over $350 million from top-tier investors, and partner with the largest health plans, employers, and government organizations to help their employees and members restore their health and take back their lives. Join us on our mission to reverse metabolic disease in one billion people.

Virta is rapidly growing and investing heavily in our GCP-based Kubernetes infrastructure. This role offers the opportunity to optimize our multi-cluster Kubernetes deployment, implement cutting-edge cloud infrastructure automation, and enhance security and performance. If you are passionate about cloud infrastructure, automation, and platform engineering, join us to help scale our business and ensure continuous access to our life-changing treatment.

Responsibilities of a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at Virta

As a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at Virta, you will support Virta’s engineers, patients, and clinical staff by ensuring our platform is ergonomic, highly available, and performant.

• Contribute to the continued design implication of a scalable, resilient, and highly-available cloud infrastructure platform on Google Cloud.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using Terraform and Kubernetes controllers.
• Support data access patterns across services (read replicas, connection pooling, schema evolution, and safe rollout strategies).
• Ensure that cloud infrastructure adheres to best practices for security and compliance, including monitoring for security vulnerabilities and implementing necessary measures.
• Own infrastructure patterns for operational data platforms, including backups, replication, migrations, performance tuning, and incident response.
• Maintain lightweight, auto-generated documentation of infrastructure configurations and automation procedures.
• Provide technical support and troubleshoot infrastructure-related issues, both during development and in production environments.

Your First 90 Days at Virta

Within your first 90 days at Virta, we expect you will do the following:

• Gain a thorough understanding of Virta's system and network architecture, deployment platform, including core Postgres deployments and data flows between services.
• Identify reliability, scalability, and operational gaps in production database systems and propose concrete improvements.
• Develop and start executing a plan to improve the scalability, reliability, and security of our GCP infrastructure.

Must-Haves for this Role

• 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure using Kubernetes and Postgresql.
• Development experience with Go and Python.
• Hands-on experience with query & scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, SQL) for automation.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, specifically Terraform.
• Strong knowledge of cloud security and compliance practices.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and containerization technologies.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Virta's Values-Driven Culture

Virta’s company values drive our culture, so you’ll do well if:

• You put people first and take care of yourself, your peers, and our patients equally.
• You have a strong sense of ownership and take initiative while empowering others to do the same.
• You prioritize positive impact over busy work.
• You have no ego and understand that everyone has something to bring to the table regardless of experience.
• You appreciate transparency and promote trust and empowerment through open access of information.
• You are evidence-based and prioritize data and science over seniority or dogma.
• You take risks and rapidly iterate.

Key skills/competency

• Cloud Infrastructure
• Kubernetes
• GCP (Google Cloud Platform)
• Terraform
• PostgreSQL
• Infrastructure Automation
• Go Programming Language
• Python Programming Language
• Cloud Security
• CI/CD