DevOps Engineer, TS/SCI Full Scope Poly, Series B Defense AI, GovCloud

Location: United States

Workplace type: Remote -

Employment type: Full time

Description:

Series B defense AI startup | Profitable since 2021 | $3M to $80M ARR in 3 years | Backed by General Catalyst, Point72, DFJ Growth, Felicis and Costanoa

Requirement before you apply: an active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph. Applications without one can’t be considered.

Remote role with 40 to 50% on site at government customer sites in DC or San Diego. You’ll need to live in, or relocate to, one of those areas. Relocation support is provided.

The company

A 180 person defense AI company whose agentic AI platform is deployed across 125+ US national security missions. It has raised $87M and has been profitable for years. The engineering culture is small, flat and high ownership, and the CTO meets every engineering hire.

The role

They’re hiring 3 DevOps Engineers to join a team of six on the backend platform team. These are generalist roles for engineers who want ownership.

What you’ll do

Build and own CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation (GitHub Actions)
Manage infrastructure as code with Terraform across commercial and high side environments
Harden and deploy software in AWS GovCloud, FedRAMP and behind VPN environments
Own platform health, scaling and planning
Work on site with government customers in DC or San Diego

What you’ll need

Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
US citizenship
4 to 10 years in DevOps, platform or infrastructure engineering (not pure IT)
Strong AWS, Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes skills
Experience in non-standard environments such as GovCloud, FedRAMP, high side or behind VPN
Willingness to spend 40 to 50% of your time on site in DC or San Diego
Nice to have: CS degree, Elasticsearch or OpenSearch, Python, Pulumi, Datadog

The package

$170K to $240K base plus competitive equity
Relocation support for DC or San Diego
Unlimited PTO, fully paid parental leave and 401(k) match
Child and pet care reimbursement during work travel

Apply here or message me directly for a confidential chat.

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