DevOps Engineer

The role

A hands-on Senior DevOps Engineer will build, operate, monitor, and improve infrastructure for U.S. federal and FedRAMP environments. You will work with public-cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD systems.

What you will do

• Design and implement solutions to improve cloud infrastructure.
• Build, support, and operate infrastructure for FedRAMP-authorized environments.
• Ensure reliable and secure operation of AWS GovCloud and other environments.
• Build, administer, and troubleshoot production Kubernetes environments.
• Investigate Kubernetes and infrastructure incidents through root-cause analysis.
• Develop reusable infrastructure-as-code components using Terraform.
• Use Ansible to automate configuration, deployment, and operational processes.
• Build and support development and production environments for R&D.
• Design and implement robust CI/CD pipelines.
• Build monitoring, alerting, and self-healing capabilities.

Required qualifications

• U.S. citizenship required
• Based on the U.S. East Coast or can consistently work an East Coast schedule
• At least three years of experience in DevOps, infrastructure, platform, cloud, or site reliability engineering
• At least two to three years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production
• Personally built or substantially designed cloud infrastructure using Terraform or comparable tooling
• Understand Terraform modules, state management, environment separation, code review, and CI/CD practices
• Practical experience with Ansible for configuration management and automation
• Experience building, operating, or directly supporting infrastructure within a FedRAMP-authorized environment
• Strong experience working with public-cloud infrastructure, ideally AWS and AWS GovCloud
• Designed and implemented sophisticated CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Graphite, Grafana, or CloudWatch
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Helm

Nice to have

• Directly participated in a FedRAMP authorization or continuous monitoring program
• Operating AWS GovCloud infrastructure
• Implementing or maintaining security controls
• Defining or supporting authorization boundaries
• Resolving POA&M items
• Collecting technical evidence for audits
• Managing continuous monitoring and vulnerability remediation
• Working within FIPS requirements
• Supporting recurring audits or working with compliance teams and external assessors

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity package
• Discounted medical, dental, and vision benefits with significant employer contributions
• Benefits coverage beginning on your first day of employment
• Generous paid time off with U.S. holidays observed
• Flexible remote work environment
• Choice of a Mac or Windows laptop
• Work-from-home stipend during your first month of employment
• Monthly reimbursement for your cell phone and home internet

Before you apply

• U.S. citizenship required due to FedRAMP requirements

About the company

Orca is a global cloud security innovation leader and a cybersecurity unicorn. They pioneered agentless cloud security technology.