Staff Production Engineer- Public Sector

Responsibilities

Security-Focused Cloud Operations

• Design, automate, and operate the IAM, account/subscription, and project lifecycle across AWS, Azure, and GCP, enforcing least-privilege and standardized access patterns at scale.
• Review, implement, and continuously improve cloud identity and access policies (IAM, Okta, Opal) to align with Databricks security standards and audit requirements.

Production Engineering & Automation

• Build and maintain reliable, observable automation and tooling to apply cloud changes (roles, policies, accounts, networking) safely and repeatedly.
• Treat operational and security issues as software problems: eliminate toil, drive root-cause analysis, and codify fixes into infrastructure and tooling.

Security Data Pipelines & Compliance

• Own and improve security and audit logging data pipelines from cloud providers into our internal systems, ensuring timely, accurate data for detection, investigations, and audits.
• Partner with Security, Compliance, and Audit teams to provide evidence, clarifications, and policy updates that keep our environments aligned with evolving standards.

Regulated & Specialized Environments

• Operate and improve specialized, highly regulated environments (e.g., FedRAMP / GovCloud) including release management, patching cadences, and supporting secure access workflows (e.g., SAW).
• Ensure high availability and resiliency for critical security and access infrastructure across these environments.

On-Call & Incident Response

• Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation for high-severity incidents impacting cloud accounts, IAM, or security data pipelines.
• Act as a key partner to product engineering, security engineering, and field teams during incidents to restore service and harden systems for the future.

Requirements

Education: BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Experience: 8+ years of experience operating and automating large-scale cloud environments, with a track record of driving cross-team infrastructure improvement.

Cloud & Infrastructure Expertise:

• Deep hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP) in areas such as IAM, networking, accounts/subscriptions/projects, and audit logging.
• Strong background in Infrastructure-as-Code and automation (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar) and CI/CD for infrastructure changes.

Security & Compliance Mindset:

• Proven experience working in or with security-sensitive or regulated environments (e.g., SOC2, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, financial services, public sector) and translating requirements into concrete technical controls.
• Familiarity with access review processes, policy baselines, and audit evidence for cloud environments.

Operational Excellence:

• Demonstrated success running high-availability, security-critical services, including on-call responsibilities and incident management.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across distributed systems, with the ability to navigate ambiguous issues spanning multiple teams and platforms.

Required: Candidates must be eligible for a Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance.

Nice-to-Haves (Bonus)

• Possession of a current polygraph (Counterintelligence or Full Scope).
• Experience with Okta, Opal, or similar identity/access tooling.
• Background operating secure admin workstations (SAW) or comparable hardened access patterns.
• Experience migrating cloud accounts or subscriptions during M&A or large-scale reorganizations.