Devops Engineer - Federal

Core Responsibilities

• Architect, own, and maintain end-to-end technical lifecycle of complex, mission-critical federal enterprise deployments.
• Work directly with customer engineering and GTM teams to define deployment scope and ensure compliance with security controls and federal regulations.
• Provide technical depth on strategic deployments as the trusted expert on deployment, security, and platform architecture.
• Contribute directly to the core product codebase to improve deployability, operability, and reliability.
• Translate field learnings and customer pain points into actionable product direction.
• Build product extensions, integrations, and automation using Cognition’s APIs.
• Serve as the key technical link between Federal team and core infrastructure engineering.
• Handle escalated technical issues with deep debugging and systems analysis.

Requirements

• Strong engineering foundation with proven ability to build, debug, and maintain complex, distributed systems.
• 2+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• Experience working within the government or in a government-focused company.
• Direct experience implementing compliance and security controls for federal or highly regulated environments.
• Proficiency in Python, TypeScript, or similar; comfort navigating unfamiliar codebases.
• Track record of pursuing excellence at high levels.
• Operated cross-functionally.

You might excel if…

• Built or contributed to software at companies known for engineering rigor.
• Enjoy hard, ambiguous problems and thrive on autonomy.
• High tolerance for ambiguity, intensity, and sustained effort.