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Devops Engineer - Federal

Washington, DCDevOps / SREOnsite2+ YOE
Summary

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.

About the role

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.
Skills
PythonTypeScriptDevOpsDistributed SystemsSecurity ControlsComplianceAPIsAutomationKubernetesDocker