# Devops Engineer - Federal

**Company:** [Cognition](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/cognition)
**Location:** Washington, DC
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Python, TypeScript, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Security Controls, Compliance, APIs, Automation, Kubernetes, Docker
**Posted:** 2026-02-12

> Owns end-to-end technical lifecycle of mission-critical federal deployments, ensures compliance with security controls, contributes to core codebase, and shapes product direction from field learnings. Requires 2+ years software engineering experience and federal compliance expertise.

## Job Description

## 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.

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