Sr Production Engineer (Public Sector)

TL;DR

Sr Production Engineer (Cloud Infrastructure): Designing and operating secure, compliant cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP for highly regulated public sector environments with an accent on IAM, sovereign layers, and automation. Focus on eliminating operational toil, managing FedRAMP/GovCloud environments, and ensuring 100% reliability in air-gapped systems.

Location: Virginia, USA. Must be eligible for Top Secret / SCI security clearance.

Salary: $135,500 — $186,350 USD

Company

Databricks is a data and AI company providing a Data Intelligence Platform to unify data, analytics, and AI for over 10,000 organizations worldwide.

What you will do

• Design, automate, and operate IAM, account, and project lifecycles across AWS, Azure, and GCP using least-privilege patterns.
• Build and maintain reliable, observable automation and tooling for cloud changes via Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Own and improve security and audit logging data pipelines to ensure accurate detection and audit compliance.
• Operate highly regulated environments, including FedRAMP and GovCloud, managing release cadences and secure access workflows.
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation to resolve high-severity incidents impacting cloud accounts or security pipelines.

Requirements

• Eligibility for a Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance.
• 5+ years of experience in production engineering, SRE, security engineering, or cloud infrastructure roles.
• Deep hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP) focusing on IAM and networking.
• Strong background in Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience translating security requirements into technical controls for regulated environments (e.g., FedRAMP, SOC2).
• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have

• Possession of a current polygraph (Counterintelligence or Full Scope).
• Experience with Okta, Opal, or secure admin workstations (SAW).
• Experience migrating cloud accounts during large-scale reorganizations or M&A.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and perks tailored to the employee's region.
• Work in a "cloud maximalist" environment operating across all major cloud providers.
• Opportunity to solve high-consequence engineering challenges at global scale.
• Commitment to a diverse and inclusive culture with equal employment opportunity standards.