# Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure
**Company:** [GovDash](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/govdash)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Salary:** $190K-$250K
**Skills:** Kubernetes, Pulumi, Terraform, Distributed Systems, Networking, Operating Systems, Cybersecurity, FedRAMP, Cmmc, Nist Sp 800-53
**Posted:** 2026-05-29
> GovDash is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Infrastructure) to manage self-hosted deployments for government contracts. This role involves expanding control plane functionality, improving security, and supporting customers in establishing compliant architectures.
## Job Description
## What You’ll Do

* Adapt, own, and maintain infrastructure for large enterprise customers in the federal/defense space.
* Improve and continuously evaluate security configurations in self-hosted environments.
* Support customers in establishing and implementing compliant architectures, navigating the security and operational requirements for each deployment.
* Contribute directly to the product codebase to improve deployability, security, observability, and reliability across heterogeneous environments.
* Manage technical issues requiring deep debugging in novel environments with occasionally limited system and/or application context, and improve observability to make future debugging more efficient.

## What We're Looking For

* Strong engineering foundation with a proven ability to build, debug, and maintain complex distributed systems.
* Demonstrated facility with/ownership of production Kubernetes clusters, whether through work, research, or substantial personal projects.
* Experience diagnosing and resolving distributed systems failures.
* Experience with IaC tools (Pulumi, Terraform, etc.).
* Comfort navigating unfamiliar codebases.

## What We Value

* **Broad Knowledge of Computing** - Possess a broad practical understanding of networking, operating systems, cybersecurity, and related fields.
* **Iterative Thinking** - Experiment and be willing to try untested approaches in developing solutions to problems.
* **Communication Skill** - Exceptional communication skills, especially in translating between engineering, infrastructure, and non-technical audiences.
* **Autodidacticism** - Ability to learn and apply new concepts quickly in environments with real-world consequences (e.g., early-stage startup experience, applied research lab work, etc.).
* **Instinct to Automate (Engineering over Ops)** - When dealing with redundant tasks, you seek to engineer solutions to reduce operational toil.

## Nice to Have

* Experience supporting regulated environments like FedRAMP environments and implementing compliance requirements for CMMC, NIST SP 800-53, IL-5/6, FedRAMP Moderate.
* Previous experience as a forward- deployed engineer working in the government sector.
* TS/SCI clearance

## You’ll Probably Like This Job if You

* Deeply value autonomy in identifying ways to build more secure, reliable, and available systems.
* Have broken and rebuilt infrastructure to understand how it works.
* Have a security mindset and are comfortable working in sensitive environments.
* Have been deeply curious about computing since early in your life, and/or you maintain side projects, homelabs, or personal experiments.
* Care about America and her interests (non-negotiable).

Due to the nature of this role, only U.S. Persons will be considered.
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