Job Summary:
The Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Lunar Energy will be instrumental in designing, deploying, and maintaining scalable and secure infrastructure solutions across on-premise and cloud environments. You will have deep expertise across network infrastructure, virtualization, storage systems, Windows and Linux administration, firewall and WiFi technologies, as well as data center operations. In addition to core infrastructure skills, experience with automation tools, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and modern observability/monitoring solutions is also essential as part of this role.
This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact and drive substantial change within a dynamic, scale-up environment as you will be reporting directly to the Head of IT Infrastructure.
Lunar Energy was founded to transition homes to 100% clean energy—making our electricity greener, our air cleaner and our energy more safe, secure and reliable for all. We’re a fast-growing, global company building the world’s best clean energy products to electrify all homes and connect communities to form clean, resilient virtual power plants.
On a given day at Lunar, you’ll likely…
- Administer and optimize Windows and Linux servers, virtualization platforms (VMware/Hyper-V), and enterprise storage systems (SAN/NAS).
- Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot enterprise networks including switches, routers, firewalls, VPNs, and wireless networks.
- Maintain data center equipment, cabling, rack layouts, power management, and documentation.
- Implement automation and IaC using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and PowerShell/Bash.
- Support and improve infrastructure observability using monitoring/logging platforms (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana ,ELK, Datadog, etc.).
- Participate in disaster recovery and business continuity planning and testing.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, security, and software teams to ensure infrastructure supports organizational needs and security best practices.
- Provide Tier 2, Tier 3 escalation support for infrastructure-related incidents and problems.
Desired Skills:
- 5+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering or related roles.
- Strong knowledge of networking protocols, firewalls (e.g., Palo Alto, Fortinet), and WiFi technologies (e.g., Cisco Meraki, Aruba).
- Proficiency with virtualization platforms (VMware, Hyper-V) and storage systems.
- Advanced experience with both Windows Server and Linux (Ubuntu, RHEL, or CentOS).
- Solid hands-on experience with Terraform and Ansible in production environments.
- Experience deploying and managing monitoring/logging tools (e.g., ELK Stack, Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk).
- Strong scripting skills in PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) is a plus.
- Excellent documentation and communication skills.
- Certifications such as CCNA/CCNP, VMware VCP, RHCSA/RHCE, Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, or similar.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Knowledge of Zero Trust architecture, NAC, and endpoint security platforms.
Benefits:
We’re dedicated to creating a remarkable employee experience. At Lunar, competitive base pay is one part of our total compensation package. Lunar employees also have the opportunity to become Lunar shareholders by getting equity in a fast-growing company and participating in our employee stock program.
Additional benefits include:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
- Flexible Paid Time Off plus 10 paid holidays
- Tax deferred 401(k) plan
- Paid parental leave for all full time employees including 12 weeks paid parental leave for the birthing mother and 6 weeks paid parental leave for the non-birthing parent
- Subsidized EV charging and pre-tax commuter benefits
Our DE&I Philosophy: Lunar Energy is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting, developing and retaining diverse talent by supporting an inclusive workplace. Lunar recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates, and administers all personnel actions without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by applicable law.
Our Compensation Philosophy: Our goal is to ensure that all Lunar Energy employees are fairly compensated. Please note that the salary range information that follows is a good faith estimate for this position provided pursuant to the Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act for California applicants. The salary range estimate for this position depending on level of experience is $150,000-$200,000 (USD)
The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package & benefits, will be at the company’s sole discretion, and determined by factors including but not limited to years of experience, job level, geographic location, and other relevant business considerations. The company also reserves the right to amend or modify this job description, employee perks, and benefits at any time
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What We Do
Lunar Energy was founded to make energy cleaner, safer, and more reliable. We build products for home electrification to move the world towards 100% clean energy.
