CivilGrid
civil design
Infrastructure&SecurityEngineer
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“Infrastructure & Security Engineer at CivilGrid. Skills: cloud platform, reliability, security posture, AWS environment, DevOps, SRE, security. Own our AWS environment end to end. Define and improve reliability practices”
Industry & Context.
working from our Boston, MA office at least 2 days per week
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4+ years of experience across DevOps, SRE, platform, or security engineering, hands-on ownership of production AWS infrastructure, Deep working knowledge of AWS (VPC, ECS, RDS, IAM, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CDK, or equivalent), Track record of improving reliability in production: defining SLOs, building observability, running on-call, and leading post-incident reviews, Experience running or supporting a SOC 2 program, including evidence collection, control design, and auditor coordination, Startup ready: autonomous, moves fast, takes initiative without being asked, verbal and written communication, able to articulate ideas clearly and collaborate effectively
Nice to Have
Experience supporting B2B products sold into regulated industries (utilities, energy, public sector)
What You'll Do.
Own our AWS environment end to end
Define and improve reliability practices
Lead incident response for both reliability and security events
Define and enforce policies for identity
and production access across the company
Partner with engineering to embed reliability and security into the SDLC and infrastructure decisions
Run our security program
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
working across engineering, IT, and leadership; Partner with engineering to embed reliability and security into the SDLC and infrastructure decisions; collaborate effectively
Communication Scope
verbal and written communication; articulate ideas clearly
Full Job Description
ABOUT CIVILGRID CivilGrid is the trusted civil design platform powering affordable infrastructure renewal and growth. We give utilities, civil engineers, and municipalities a single, collaborative source of truth for what's underground so teams can plan, design, and build faster, smarter, and safer. Our platform consolidates utility records, geotechnical and environmental data, paving moratoriums, and jurisdictional requirements directly from 3,000+ utilities, agencies, and municipalities with full chain-of-custody documentation. Teams at PG&E, Mark Thomas, and dozens of leading engineering firms use CivilGrid to cut research time by up to 88%, reduce project costs, prevent dig-ins, and accelerate delivery on the projects that keep communities running. We're a venture-backed Series A startup tackling a $4.7T US infrastructure market that has been underserved by software for decades. Founded by industry insiders, each with 10+ years in utilities and civil engineering, we move fast, ship work that matters, and stay close to the customers and field teams we build for. WHY THIS ROLE We're looking for an Infrastructure & Security Engineer to own our cloud platform, reliability, and security posture as we scale into large utilities and civil engineering firms. You'll be the first dedicated infra and security hire, working across engineering, IT, and leadership. The role spans DevOps, SRE, and security in equal parts. This role reports to the Head of Product & Engineering. It is a hybrid role with expectations that you are working from our Boston, MA office at least 2 days per week if hired. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Own our AWS environment end to end: VPC architecture, ECS, RDS, secrets management, IAM, networking, and cost optimization - Define and improve reliability practices: SLOs, observability, alerting, on-call rotation, runbooks, and blameless post-incident reviews - Lead incident response for both reliability and security events, from detection through resolution and foll
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