Senior DevOps Engineer

Obsidian Security; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation with equity

Comprehensive healthcare

Flexible paid time off

12 weeks of new parent or family leave

Personal and professional development resources

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity firm in California is seeking a Data Ops Engineer to build and maintain data infrastructure in AWS and GCP for a cutting-edge SaaS security platform. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in Data Ops and is proficient in cloud environments, particularly AWS and GCP. This position offers competitive compensation including equity and numerous benefits such as healthcare and flexible time off.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Data Ops working experience in cloud environments.
• Expert in AWS/GCP VPC, firewall, Kubernetes.
• Passion for new technologies and fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data infrastructure in AWS, GCP.
• Address scalability, stability, and visibility challenges.
• Collaborate with engineering and InfoSec teams.

Skills

Data Ops experience in AWS/GCP

Infrastructure design and maintenance

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Education

Computer science or related engineering degree

Tools

Kafka

ElasticSearch

Cassandra

Prometheus

Job description

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Founded in 2017, Obsidian Security was created to close a critical gap: securing the SaaS applications where modern business happens—platforms like Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and hundreds more. Backed by top investors including Greylock, Norwest Venture Partners, and IVP, we’ve built a complete SaaS security platform to reduce risk, detect and respond to threats, and prevent breaches at the source. Our team includes leaders who helped define the categories of endpoint and identity security at CrowdStrike, Okta, Cylance, and Carbon Black. Now, we’re transforming how SaaS is secured—in the era of agentic AI. Today, Obsidian is trusted by global enterprises like Snowflake, T‑Mobile, and Pure Storage. We protect more than 200 organizations across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand—including many of the world’s largest Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 companies. With strong global momentum, a growing partner ecosystem including SentinelOne, Databricks, and Google Cloud, and a major fundraise on the horizon, we’re scaling quickly toward long‑term growth and IPO readiness. Join us as we define the future of SaaS security!

About The Team

DevOps focuses on providing an end‑to‑end service to turn software into live services. We work closely with Engineering, QE, and Customer Support teams to continuously improve engineering productivity and service reliability.

About The Role

• Join this highly motivated team to build and maintain data infrastructure in AWS, GCP for our cutting‑edge SaaS security platform
• In charge of building and maintaining data infrastructure with IaC code
• Address tough problems, such as scalability, stability, and visibility.
• Touch but not limited to AWS/GCP, kubernetes, vault, Kafka, elasticsearch, cassandra, Sentry, Dagster, Airflow, Kong, etc.
• Be responsible for building and maintaining infrastructure in AWS, GCP environments. Make sure the service is reliable, scalable and high‑performance, which is required by the application.
• Work with the engineering team and DevOps closely for capacity planning, performance tuning, and production maintenance.
• Work with the InfoSec team closely to address related production security issues.
• Take on a call shift with the team.

About You

• 5+ years of Data Ops working experience in AWS/GCP.
• Proven ability to design, build, and maintain major infrastructure components in AWS/GCP. Be able to address the performance issue and solve it efficiently.
• Computer science or related engineering degrees.
• Expert in AWS/GCP VPC, firewall, kubernetes, vault, Terraform, Ansible, helmcharts.
• Good to have experience with Databricks, Dagster, Airflow, ElasticSearch, Cassandra.
• Good experience on automating things with IaC (Terraform, Ansible).
• Passionated with new technologies and fast pace work enviornment.
• Being familiar with Prometheus is a plus.

Employee Benefits

• Competitive compensation with equity and 401k
• Comprehensive healthcare with dental and vision coverage
• Flexible paid time off and paid holiday time off
• 12 weeks of new parent or family leave
• Personal and professional development resources

For more details on our US benefits, or for information on our international benefits, please see here.

Pay Transparency

Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location, as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. In addition to a competitive base salary, this position is eligible for equity awards and may be eligible for sales commission or incentive compensation based on the role or function within the company.

Base Salary Range: $150,000 USD - $209,000 USD

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Obsidian, we are proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. We value diversity and hire for talent, passion, and compassion. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to submit satisfactory proof of identity and legal authorization. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please contact [e-mail]