Senior Federal Platform Engineer

Keeper Security is hiring a Senior Federal Platform Engineer to support the deployment, operation, and sustainment of Keeper solutions across U.S. Government environments, including IL5, IL6, and classified networks. This is a 100% remote position with travel as needed.

Responsibilities

Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows for federal environments; Support software releases, deployment execution, cutovers, validation, rollback planning, and post-release monitoring across IL5, IL6, and classified networks; Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or similar infrastructure-as-code tools; Maintain hardened infrastructure, configuration baselines, patching processes, and operational controls for restricted environments; Troubleshoot complex deployment, infrastructure, application, and platform issues in coordination with Engineering and Security teams; Build and maintain logging, monitoring, alerting, and operational telemetry to improve system visibility and reliability; Support incident response, recovery, postmortems, and corrective actions for federal platform environments; Partner with Engineering, QA, Security, and Product teams to improve deployment readiness, operability, and release quality; Maintain runbooks, deployment documentation, operational procedures, and configuration records for federal systems; Support continuous monitoring, audit readiness, and authorization activities by producing required technical evidence and artifacts; Assist with vulnerability remediation, security hardening, compliance drift detection, and system configuration validation; Use AI-assisted tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, or similar platforms to improve automation, troubleshooting, documentation, scripting, and operational efficiency

Requirements

7+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, Release Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or a related technical role; Hands-on experience deploying and operating systems in IL5, IL6, FedRAMP High, classified, or similarly restricted government environments; Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, release automation, deployment workflows, and production change management; Strong experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or similar; Experience with AWS GovCloud and/or Azure Government; Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar languages; Strong understanding of secure configuration, patching, logging, access control, and operational hardening practices; Experience with observability, including logs, metrics, alerting, and production troubleshooting; Familiarity with federal security and compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, RMF, DoD Cloud Computing SRG, and related operational controls; Experience working in environments with strict change control, limited access, and formal release processes; Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to diagnose issues across infrastructure, applications, networking, and deployment pipelines; Ability and willingness to use AI-assisted tools effectively to support scripting, automation, troubleshooting, documentation, and operational analysis; Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance; Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience; Keeper is FedRAMP authorized; therefore all applicants must be a U.S. Person

Nice to have

Experience supporting IL6 or classified deployments; Experience operating Kubernetes or containerized workloads in high-compliance environments; Experience with DISA STIGs, CIS benchmarks, or automated security hardening; Familiarity with secrets management, PAM, IAM, or zero-trust architectures; Experience supporting continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, or audit evidence collection; Experience working directly with government agencies, primes, integrators, or mission partners

Benefits

Medical, Dental & Vision (inclusive of domestic partnerships); Employer Paid Life Insurance & Employee/Spouse/Child Supplemental life; Voluntary Short/Long Term Disability Insurance; 401K (Roth/Traditional); A generous PTO plan that celebrates commitment and seniority (including paid Bereavement/Jury Duty, etc); Above market annual bonuses