Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Overview

IonQ is seeking a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer. This role is based in Bothell, WA or College Park, MD, with the ability to work remotely up to 3 days per week.

In this role, you will be building and operating quantum computers, which requires a significant amount of classical infrastructure—ranging from high-performance computing clusters to virtual machines and containerized services. You will help build and maintain the critical infrastructure that moves code from laptops and work spaces onto these systems.

• Help build out, automate, and maintain our on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure
• Contribute to expanding our Observability platform (built on Grafana stack)
• Help develop and implement our digital security capabilities for both cloud infrastructure and on-prem facilities
• Provision infrastructure in the cloud and on-prem as needed
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, enabling developer acceleration
• Monitor systems to analyze and improve performance, security, and reliability
• Operationalize our global fleet and development services
• Collaborate closely with software and hardware engineers to continuously improve processes

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT or equivalent practical experience; untraditional backgrounds are welcome and encouraged
• 6+ years of experience in technical infrastructure and software development
• 3+ years of experience in Linux system administration
• 3+ years of experience in Kubernetes
• Expert-level knowledge with a programming language of your choice
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• 5+ years experience with Kubernetes or other containerization technologies
• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• 3+ years experience with Terraform
• 3+ years experience with VM-based virtualization
• Experience provisioning physical servers and network equipment
• Experience scaling and securing distributed applications

This role will be based at our office in College Park, MD, or Bothell, WA, and can work remotely up to 3 days per week.

Up to 15%

The approximate base salary range for this position is $145,920 - $191,047. The total compensation package includes base, bonus, and equity. Compensation will vary based on individual factors such as education, qualifications, and experience, as well as location and market data.