Senior DevOps Engineer (FedRAMP)

Orca Security; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Discounted benefits

Generous PTO with holidays

Hybrid & remote work environments

Work-from-home stipend

Home internet/monthly phone reimburse

Job summary

Orca Security is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, develop, and optimize our cloud infrastructure with a focus on FedRAMP compliant environments. You will work across public clouds, build scalable systems, and lead reliability improvements.

The role requires strong skills in Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and scripting, plus a US citizen expectation for GovCloud projects. Hybrid remote work is available.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a DevOps or similar role with public clouds
• Experience with I/S as code and Terraform
• Experience building FedRAMP authorized systems
• Strong communication and leadership abilities

Responsibilities

• Design and implement infrastructure improvements
• Build monitoring and self-healing systems
• Design and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines
• Ensure compliance with internal/external regulations
• Respond to system problems promptly
• Operate FedRAMP compliant infrastructure

Skills

Public clouds

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Helm

Prometheus

CI/CD pipelines

Python/Go

Bash scripting

Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Helm

Prometheus

Job description

Big Ideas. Real People.At Orca, in the right environment and with the right team, talent has no boundaries. This team spirit, together with our drive to always aim high, has quickly earned us unicorn status and turned us into a global cloud security innovation leader. So if you're ready to join an amazing team of people who inspire each other every day, now is the time to find your place in our pod.

Location: East Coast, US (Remote) Big Ideas. Real People.At Orca, in the right environment and with the right team, talent has no boundaries. This team spirit, together with our drive to always aim high, has quickly earned us unicorn status and turned us into a global cloud security innovation leader. So if you're ready to join an amazing team of people who inspire each other every day, now is the time to find your place in our pod. We're looking for driven and talented people like you to join our team and our mission to change the future of cloud security. Ready to dive in and swim with our pod?

Highlights:

• High-growth: Over the past seven years, we've consistently achieved milestones that take other companies a decade or more. During this time, we've significantly grew our employee base, expanded our customer reach, and rapidly advanced our product capabilities.
• Disruptive innovation: Our founders saw that traditional security didn't work for the cloud, so they set out to carve a new path. We're relentless pioneers who invented agentless technology and continue to be the most comprehensive and innovative cloud security company.
• Well-capitalized: With a valuation of $1.8 billion, Orca is a cybersecurity unicorn dominating the cloud security space. We're backed by an impressive team of investors such as Capital G, ICONIQ, GGV, and SVCI, a syndicate of CISOs who invest their own money after conducting their due diligence.
• Respectful and transparent culture: Our executives pride themselves on being accessible to everyone and believe in sharing knowledge with the employees. Each employee has a place in shaping the future of our industry.

About the Role:

The mission of the Senior DevOps Engineer is to plan, develop, monitor, and optimize the architecture of our company's systems. The ideal candidate excels in working with public clouds, large-scale applications and frameworks, has outstanding communication and leadership skills.

What You'll Do:

• Design and implement solutions to improve new and existing infrastructure
• Build monitoring systems, monitor the system's health, implementing self-healing systems
• Build and support R&D development environmentsDesign and implement robust CI/CD pipelines
• Assess existing implementation procedures to ensure they comply with internal and external regulations.
• Offer support by responding to system problems in a timely manner.
• Build, support, and operate FedRAMP compliant infrastructure.

FedRAMP SECURITY AND PRIVACY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure the smooth and secure operation of Orca's GovCloud and other relevant environments.
• Take charge of applying FedRAMP continuous dependency upgrades and resolving vulnerabilities
• Improve system monitoring and observability through log analysis, dashboard creation, and automated alerts based on established SLOs and SLAs
• Adhere to Orca's policies and procedures according to the designation of Internal-Privileged access rights.

Who You Are:

• US Citizen (FedRAMP requirement)
• 3+ years experience in a similar role and experience working with public clouds
• Experience with I/S as code, deployments done using descriptive languages such as terraform.
• Experience with building and operating FedRamp authorized systems.
• Self-driven and eager to learn
• Excellent organizational, analytical abilities and problem solving.
• Deployment tools - Ansible/Terraform
• Monitoring tools - Prometheus/Graphite
• Microservices tools: Kubernetes, Helm
• Experience with designing and implementing sophisticated CI/CD pipelines
• Programming experience with Python, Java or Golang and knowledge of scripting languages such as Bash
• Knowledge in various system-level topics - OS, networking, file system management.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary and equity package
• Discounted medical, dental, and vision benefits with significant employer contribution
• Benefits coverage starting on your first day of employment
• Generous PTO with U.S. holidays observed and flexible hybrid & remote work environments
• Your choice of Mac or Windows laptop
• Work-from-home stipend to be used in your first month of employment
• Monthly reimbursement for cell phone and for home internet
• The chance to collaborate with a team of talented global colleagues all around the world

Annual Salary range: $170,000 - $200,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience, skills, and other factors.

This position is open until filled. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Orca Security is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.