Senior Cloud Platform & DevOps Engineer with Security ...

Overview We are seeking a Senior Cloud Platform & DevOps Engineer to design, build, and operate thecompliance-focused cloud infrastructure supporting our industry-disrupting analytics platforms.This individual will be responsible for the deployment, uptime, scalability, and security of ourcore cloud services, with a particular focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments andsupporting FedRAMP requirements. The ideal candidate is a strong senior engineer who combines deep hands-on experience incloud platform engineering and DevOps with experience working in regulated cloudenvironments. This role requires someone who can collaborate cross-functionally with securityand compliance stakeholders and drive technical maturity across infrastructure, automation,observability, reliability, and governance. This is an exceptional opportunity for someone whothrives in a fast-paced startup environment and wants to shape our technical architecture,operational practices, and future roadmap. Key Responsibilities • Design, implement, and maintain cloud platform infrastructure for reliability, scalability,security, and performance of core analytics platforms.• Own the architecture, operation, and continuous improvement of Google Cloud Platform(GCP) environments supporting production and regulated workloads.• Contribute to the implementation and maintenance of technical controls required forFedRAMP compliance.• Support efforts to prepare applications and environments for FedRAMP assessment,authorization, and ongoing compliance sustainment.• Ensure platform availability and performance meet or exceed defined SLAs.• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, runbook development, andoperational follow-through to improve reliability over time.• Expand platform automation to reduce manual effort, improve consistency, and supportscaling across environments.• Build and mature observability practices to detect incidents as early as possible andimprove mean time to resolution.• Partner with engineering, security, product, and leadership stakeholders to reviewenvironments regularly and identify cloud cost optimization opportunities.• Design and operate secure CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code workflows.• Implement and maintain cloud networking, access controls, and security architectureacross VPCs, subnets, firewalls, DNS, load balancers, and VPN configurations.• Support deployment patterns involving microservices, containers, serverlessinfrastructure, and orchestration platforms.• Maintain clear technical documentation for architecture, processes, controls, andoperational procedures. Required Qualifications • Active TS/SCI clearance and willingness to support CI Polygraph processing.• 7+ years of experience in Infrastructure, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, CloudPlatform Engineering, or related roles.• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related STEM field.• Proven experience building and managing cloud infrastructure with a focus onscalability, security, resiliency, and high uptime.• Experience supporting applications through the FedRAMP process or in FedRAMP-authorized environments.• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).• Strong experience with DevOps methodologies and building robust CI/CD pipelines.• Experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as Grafana, Prometheus,ELK, Datadog, New Relic, Splunk, or similar tools.• Experience with microservices, containerization, serverless infrastructure, andorchestration technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, and Cloud Run.• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, especially Terraform.• Strong understanding of cloud networking, security, and access management, includingVPCs, subnets, firewalls, DNS, load balancers, and VPNs.• Strong scripting or programming skills in Bash, Go, and/or Python.• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across distributed teams and time zones withstrong communication and coordination skills. Preferred Qualifications • Houston, TX-based or willing to relocate.• Experience implementing ITAR technical controls in cloud environments.• Deep hands-on expertise with GCP services such as Google Compute Engine (GCE),Cloud Run, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, and BigQuery.• Experience with GitHub Actions.• Experience with ISO 27001.• Familiarity with or experience supporting CMMC Level 2 environments.• Prior experience working in platform, infrastructure, or DevOps teams in regulated ornational security environments.

Created: 2026-05-09