Senior SRE Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Develop and manage AWS GovCloud foundations for FedRAMP High and IL5, encompassing AWS Organizations, Control Tower, account provisioning lifecycle, and account automation.

• Establish and uphold service control policies, landing-zone patterns, and automation for cloud governance.

• Create reusable infrastructure-as-code modules and paved-road patterns for secure and uniform deployments.

• Facilitate the standardized creation and management of cloud resources, including VPC patterns, prefix lists, IAM patterns, and account-level controls.

• Construct or modify Cloud Foundations services for federal applications, incorporating cloud account workflows, email service activation, GCP project/key management, FinOps reporting, and compliance automation for the cloud.

• Collaborate with teams to translate FedRAMP High and IL5 requirements into actionable cloud architecture and operational models.

• Engage in responder duties, manage cost anomaly responses, handle cloud support channels, triage operational tickets, and provide production support.

• Generate documentation, runbooks, design notes, and operational records that are evidence-friendly.

• Offer guidance and technical insights to engineers implementing secure cloud patterns.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in SRE, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, platform engineering, or infrastructure software.

• Practical experience with AWS multi-account environments, AWS Organizations, IAM, Terraform, and cloud governance.

• Proficiency in automation development using Python, Go, Ruby, or similar programming languages.

• Familiarity with Control Tower, Account Factory for Terraform, CloudFormation, EventBridge, Lambda, SQS, IAM Identity Center, or comparable AWS platform services.

• Strong comprehension of reliability, security, cost management, and developer experience trade-offs in cloud platforms.

• Ability to collaborate with engineering teams as a trusted advisor while upholding clear cloud standards.

• Excellent written communication skills and comfort in documenting processes for audits, handoffs, and operational support.

• Preferred: experience with AWS GovCloud, FedRAMP, DoD IL5, FIPS, or regulated SaaS environments.

• Preferred: experience with FinOps, cloud cost reporting, guardrail platforms, compliance automation, or account provisioning workflows.

• Preferred: experience in building reusable Terraform modules or paved-road cloud patterns for internal engineering teams.

• UC Citizenship is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-time employment.

• Remote work arrangement.

• Opportunities for mentorship and technical guidance.