Staff Production Engineer- Public Sector

Databricks; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 162,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Staff-level Production Engineer to own and evolve secure, multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You’ll design identity and access patterns, automate cloud changes, and work with security and audit teams to meet regulatory requirements.

You will be responsible for building observable tooling, integrating CI/CD for infra, and maintaining high availability in highly regulated environments, including on-call incident response.

Qualifications

• Current TS/SCI clearance (active or re-activatable within 2-year window).
• Polygraph desired (significant plus).
• Experience in security-sensitive or regulated environments (SOC2, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, etc.).
• Hands-on cloud IAM, networking, accounts/subscriptions, and audit logging.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation (Terraform/CloudFormation) and CI/CD for infrastructure changes.

Responsibilities

• Design, automate, and operate IAM, accounts and project lifecycles across AWS, Azure, and GCP with least privilege.
• Review and implement cloud identity policies to align with security standards and audits.
• Build reliable automation to apply cloud changes safely and repeatedly.
• Treat operational and security issues as software problems and codify fixes.
• Own and improve security data pipelines and audit logging from cloud providers.
• Partner with Security, Compliance, and Audit teams to provide evidence and policy updates.
• Operate in regulated environments (FedRAMP GovCloud) including release management and patching cadences.
• Ensure high availability and resiliency for critical security infrastructure.
• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation for incidents affecting cloud accounts and security pipelines.
• Collaborate with product engineering and field teams during incidents to restore service.

Skills

Security-focused cloud operations

IAM

Audit logging

CI/CD for infrastructure

Cloud networking

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS/Engineering or equivalent

8+ years cloud infra experience

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

About Databricks At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems — from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform so our customers can use deep data insights to improve their business. Founded by engineers — and customer obsessed — we leap at every opportunity to solve technical challenges, from designing next-gen UI/UX for interfacing with data to scaling our services and infrastructure across millions of virtual machines. And we're only getting started.

The Role At Databricks, we don’t just use the cloud; we are "cloud maximalists." Unlike most companies that treat multi-cloud as a backup strategy, we run our platform across every region of every major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, and GCP) simultaneously. This creates a massive, high-consequence engineering surface area that requires a unique breed of Production Engineer. In this role, you won’t just run our cloud environments; you will own and evolve the secure infrastructure, access patterns, and guardrails that keep Databricks’ global platform safe and compliant in production. You will be responsible for the "sovereign layer" of our infrastructure, ensuring that our Data Intelligence Platform operates with 100% reliability and security in highly regulated, air-gapped, and sovereign environments. If you are an engineer who views infrastructure as a software problem and thrives on the complexity of global-scale networking, IAM, and automation, this is your team.

The Impact You’ll Have

• Security-Focused Cloud Operations 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 Databricks security standards and audit requirements.
• Production Engineering & Automation Build and maintain reliable, observable automation and tooling to apply cloud changes (roles, policies, accounts, networking) safely and repeatedly.
• Treat operational and security issues as software problems : eliminate toil, drive root-cause analysis, and codify fixes into infrastructure and tooling.
• Security Data Pipelines & Compliance Own and improve security and audit logging data pipelines from cloud providers into our internal systems, ensuring timely, accurate data for detection, investigations, and audits.
• Partner with Security, Compliance, and Audit teams to provide evidence, clarifications, and policy updates that keep our environments aligned with evolving standards.
• Regulated & Specialized Environments Operate and improve specialized, highly regulated environments (e.g., FedRAMP / GovCloud) including release management, patching cadences, and supporting secure access workflows (e.g., SAW).
• Ensure high availability and resiliency for critical security and access infrastructure across these environments.
• On-Call & Incident Response Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation for high-severity incidents impacting cloud accounts, IAM, or security data pipelines.
• Act as a key partner to product engineering, security engineering, and field teams during incidents to restore service and harden systems for the future.

What We Look For

Required: Candidates must hold a current TS/SCI clearance (either active or currently held in an editable/re-activatable status within the 2-year window).

Nice to have: Possession of a current polygraph (Counterintelligence or Full Scope) is highly desired and considered a significant plus.

Education

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Experience Staff

Staff: 8+ years of experience operating and automating large-scale cloud environments, with a track record of driving cross-team infrastructure improvement.

Cloud & Infrastructure Expertise

Deep hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider ( AWS, Azure, or GCP ) in areas such as IAM, networking, accounts/subscriptions/projects, and audit logging. Strong background in Infrastructure-as-Code and automation (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar) and CI/CD for infrastructure changes.

Security & Compliance Mindset

Proven experience working in or with security-sensitive or regulated environments (e.g., SOC2, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, financial services, public sector) and translating requirements into concrete technical controls. Familiarity with access review processes, policy baselines, and audit evidence for cloud environments.

Operational Excellence

Demonstrated success running high-availability, security-critical services , including on-call responsibilities and incident management. Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across distributed systems, with the ability to navigate ambiguous issues spanning multiple teams and platforms.

Bonus Experience

• Experience with Okta, Opal, or similar identity/access tooling.
• Background operating secure admin workstations (SAW) or comparable hardened access patterns.
• Experience migrating cloud accounts or subscriptions during M&A or large-scale reorganizations.

Pay Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.

Local Pay Range

$162,000 — $222,750 USD

Benefits

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