Senior Platform Engineer, Lab Infrastructure and DevSecOps

Job Description

Job DescriptionAbout the Role

Join a biotechnology infrastructure team building and securing the systems behind high-throughput sequencing operations. This hands-on role spans on-premises lab infrastructure and cloud environments, helping physical operations scale reliably and securely.

What You'll Do

• Design and scale lab networks, on-premises GPU compute, and storage for large sequencing data workloads.
• Build and automate network infrastructure using pfSense or MikroTik, Terraform, Ansible, and GitHub Actions.
• Develop security controls for networks and connected equipment, conduct penetration testing and red-team activities, manage vulnerabilities, and respond to incidents.
• Design and operate secure AWS infrastructure, including VPC, IAM, and container services, connected to on-premises labs.
• Help bring new lab locations online with repeatable infrastructure and operational practices.

What We're Looking For

• Seven to twelve years of experience in platform, infrastructure, systems, or security engineering.
• Hands-on experience supporting on-premises infrastructure for physical operations such as laboratories, robotics, factories, hardware, or data centers.
• Strong networking skills, including routing, VLANs, firewalls, VPNs, and DNS; experience designing networks with pfSense, OPNsense, or MikroTik is valuable.
• Practical AWS experience, including VPC and IAM, plus infrastructure automation with Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD, Python, and Bash.
• Security engineering or DevSecOps experience covering areas such as penetration testing, vulnerability management, threat modeling, incident response, or security controls.
• Experience at early- to growth-stage companies, with backgrounds beyond SaaS-only environments.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $205,000 to $250,000 annually. Equity details were not provided.

Location

Hybrid in South San Francisco, California, with in-person work Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.