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DevOps Data Engineer

Washington, DCHybrid5+ YOE
Summary

Builds and maintains infrastructure for the Federal Data Platform in AWS, designs secure CI/CD pipelines, manages vulnerability remediation, and ensures federal compliance like FedRAMP and STIGs. Requires 5+ years in AWS DevOps with containerization, IaC, and security tools.

About the role

What you’ll be doing

  • Build and maintain the core infrastructure for our Federal Data Platform, using Python, Go, and other relevant technologies to ensure automation and reliability across the AWS cloud environment.
  • Partner with data engineers to design and implement secure, automated CI/CD pipelines.
  • Strengthen Okta’s software delivery processes by enhancing pipeline automation, delivery tools, and configuration management.
  • Investigate and remediate operational findings within our regulated environments, collaborating with other DevOps teams and subject matter experts.
  • Own the vulnerability management lifecycle for the platform, including scanning, prioritizing, and coordinating the remediation of identified vulnerabilities.
  • Ensure strict adherence to federal compliance standards (e.g., FedRAMP) and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
  • Implement and maintain comprehensive application monitoring and automated security checks within code repositories and deployment pipelines.

What you’ll bring to the role

Experience: 5+ years of experience automating and deploying large-scale production services in AWS, especially with containerized services like Docker, ECS, and EKS.

CI/CD Expertise: Strong proficiency in managing CI/CD infrastructures and tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, or GitLab to streamline and secure deployment pipelines.

IaC and Networking: Strong experience in AWS network engineering and managing infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.

Programming Skills: 3+ years of hands-on experience with Python, Go, or similar backend languages.

Security Mindset: Experience with system hardening, applying security standards like STIGs, and hands-on experience with vulnerability management tools and processes (e.g., Nessus, Qualys, Trivy). Relevant technical or security certifications are a plus.

Proven Automation Record: A demonstrated history of designing and building automated systems that streamline the software delivery lifecycle.

U.S. Person Status: This position requires the ability to access federal environments. As a condition of employment, you must be able to submit documentation establishing U.S. Person status (e.g., U.S. Citizen, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee) upon hire.

Skills
AWSDockerECSEKSPythonGoTerraformCloudFormationGitHub ActionsJenkinsArgoCDGitLabNessusQualysTrivy