Sr Staff Production Engineer (Public Sector)

TL;DR

Sr Staff Production Engineer (Cloud/Public Sector): Designing and operating secure cloud infrastructure and IAM patterns for highly regulated sovereign environments with an accent on reliability, security, and compliance. Focus on automating account lifecycles, building security data pipelines, and managing FedRAMP/GovCloud environments.

Location: Virginia (Must be eligible for TS/SCI security clearance)

Salary: $195,400 — $268,600 USD

Company

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

What you will do

• Design, automate, and operate IAM and account/subscription lifecycles across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Build reliable, observable automation and tooling to eliminate operational toil and codify security fixes.
• Own and improve security and audit logging data pipelines for detection, investigations, and compliance audits.
• Manage specialized, highly regulated environments (e.g., FedRAMP/GovCloud), including patching and release management.
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation to resolve high-severity incidents impacting cloud accounts and security pipelines.

Requirements

• Must be eligible for Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance.
• 12+ years of experience leading strategy for cloud IAM, account architecture, or security-critical infrastructure.
• Deep hands-on expertise with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP) in IAM and networking.
• Strong background in Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven experience in regulated environments such as SOC2, FedRAMP, or ISO 27001.
• 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 similar identity and access management tooling.
• Background operating secure admin workstations (SAW) or hardened access patterns.
• Experience with large-scale cloud account migrations during M&A or reorganizations.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and perks package.
• Inclusive work environment committed to diversity and equal opportunity.
• Opportunity to work on a global-scale data and AI infrastructure platform.