Tyto Athene, LLC · 17 hours ago
Infrastructure Services Director - TALON
Reston, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
10+ years expTyto Athene is searching for a high-caliber Infrastructure Services Director to spearhead the establishment and operation of their high-performance AI R&D Lab/Data Center. This strategic role is critical for delivering high-quality, self-service infrastructure that empowers AI R&D teams to rapidly develop and test mission-oriented solutions, including advanced defensive and mission cyber AI technologies.
Information Technology
Hiring Manager
Jordan Nugent
Responsibilities
Lead Full-Scale Infrastructure Acquisition: Finalize labor requirements and coordinate with OEMs, VARs, and Software Vendors to build out the compute and transport core of the TALON facility
Operationalize the Data Center: Oversee the end-to-end delivery, racking/stacking, configuration, and integration of specialized GPU-based infrastructure
Create Collaborative Spaces: Maintain and optimize all lab IT infrastructure, including high-end audio-visual (AV) systems for mission briefings, WiFi, and software stacks
CIO Interface: Collaborate with corporate CIO function to apply lessons learned from corporate CMMC experience, to integrate service management processes and tools, to extend lab team with CIO staff for collaboration and touch labor
Facilities Interface: Lead coordination on critical power, cooling, UPS/generators, and physical security requirements for server rooms
GPU & HPC Management: Apply DevOps principles to manage the entire lifecycle of assets, including state-of-the-art GPU technologies (NVIDIA NVLink, Spectrum-X) and workload schedulers like Slurm
Multi-Domain Connectivity: Design and secure LAN/WAN and OT connectivity, ensuring the lab can support NIPR and SIPR environments with a roadmap toward JWICS interconnects
Hybrid Cloud Acceleration: Provision and optimize AWS/Azure/GCP landing zones, enforcing guardrails while managing IL 2/4/5/6 environments
Cyber Network Strategy: Implement secure network segments specifically tailored for defensive and mission-oriented AI cyber projects
Self-Service Catalog: Own the service catalog and SLAs, implementing automated processes that empower developers to provision resources instantly
Secure-by-Design: Implement zero-trust controls, identity management, and SIEM logging to ensure the lab remains audit-ready (NIST/ISO) and aligned with CMMC standards without sacrificing performance
Qualification
Required
10+ Years of Experience: Proven track record in core infrastructure operations including Linux, virtualization, and disaster recovery—standardized via Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
AI/HPC Mastery: Direct experience in HPC cluster administration and the integration of GPU software stacks (driver management, workload scheduling)
Fabric & Storage: Expert knowledge of high-performance parallel filesystems and high-speed fabrics like Infiniband
Modern Toolchain: Proficiency with Ansible, GIT, Slurm, Zabbix, and container platforms (Kubernetes, Docker, Apptainer)
Federal Compliance: Experience implementing security controls within a government contracting environment; ability to align infrastructure to CMMC Level 3 standards
Experience in devising a CMMC strategy and the successful attainment of a CMMC Level 3 accreditation for an AI powered R&D lab serving a government contractor
Company
Tyto Athene, LLC
At Tyto Athene, we help turn Data to Dominance.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Dennis Kelly
Chief Executive Officer
Peter O'Donoghue
Chief Technology Officer
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