Senior Cloud Engineer (GovCloud / FedRAMP)

Aikido Security•Boston, MA

About The Position

As a Senior Cloud Engineer at Aikido, you’ll own and operate the cloud infrastructure behind our U.S. public sector cloud environment. You’ll play a critical role in supporting our AWS GovCloud infrastructure, helping translate changes from the broader platform into a regulated environment, and servicing as a key technical operator on the front lines of our infrastructure.

Requirements

Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments
Strong experience with AWS, ideally including AWS GovCloud
Experience operating and maintaining cloud infrastructure, not just designing it
Comfortable owning production systems, troubleshooting issues, and making pragmatic technical decisions quickly
Able to work independently in a fast-moving, high-ownership environment
U.S. citizenship is required for access to the FedRAMP environment

Nice To Haves

Experience working in FedRAMP, federal, defense, or other regulated cloud environments.
Familiarity with compliance-driven infrastructure operations.
Experience partnering with distributed engineering teams to support mirrored or duplicated environments.
Background in security-focused infrastructure or cloud architecture.

Responsibilities

Own and operate Aikido’s AWS GovCloud infrastructure in support of our FedRAMP environment.
Maintain and improve Kubernetes-based platform infrastructure for reliability, performance, and security.
Handle day-to-day cloud operations: deployments, updates, configuration changes, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
Support last-mile implementation work required to adapt and maintain a regulated version of Aikido’s broader platform.
Partner closely with leadership and Aikido cloud architecture to keep environments aligned while meeting government-specific constraints.
Respond to infrastructure and customer support needs that require hands-on access inside the U.S. regulated environment.
Help ensure operational readiness, resilience, and compliance as ASD scales its federal footprint