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Sr Staff Production Engineer- Public Sector

Databricks· Engineering
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Virginia$195.4k - $268.6kfull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Senior staff production engineer focused on secure, compliant cloud infrastructure across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) with emphasis on IAM, audit logging, and regulated environments (e.g., FedRAMP GovCloud). Owns sovereign layer infrastructure, incident response, and automation to ensure reliability and security in highly regulated, air-gapped environments.

Responsibilities

  • 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 security standards and audit requirements.
  • Build and maintain reliable, observable automation and tooling to apply cloud changes safely and repeatedly.
  • Treat operational and security issues as software problems: eliminate toil, drive root-cause analysis, and codify fixes into infrastructure and tooling.
  • Own and improve security and audit logging data pipelines from cloud providers into internal systems.
  • Partner with Security, Compliance, and Audit teams to provide evidence, clarifications, and policy updates.
  • Operate and improve specialized, highly regulated environments (e.g., FedRAMP / GovCloud) including release management, patching cadences, and secure access workflows (e.g., SAW).
  • Ensure high availability and resiliency for critical security and access infrastructure across these environments.
  • Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation for high-severity incidents impacting cloud accounts, IAM, or security data pipelines.

Qualifications

  • Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance (required)
  • Current polygraph (Counterintelligence or Full Scope) is highly desired
  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 12+ years of experience leading cloud IAM, account architecture, or security-critical infrastructure across multiple environments
  • Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP) focusing on IAM, networking, accounts/subscriptions/projects, and audit logging
  • Strong background in Infrastructure-as-Code and automation (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar) and CI/CD for infrastructure changes
  • Experience in security-sensitive or regulated environments (SOC2, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, financial services, public sector) and translating requirements into technical controls
  • Familiarity with access review processes, policy baselines, and audit evidence for cloud environments
  • Operational excellence including high-availability services, on-call responsibilities, and incident management
  • Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across distributed systems

Skills

Required:IAMInfrastructure as CodeSecurity & ComplianceOn-call / Incident Response

Benefits

  • See region-specific benefits page linked in job description
Last updated Oct 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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