Staff Engineer, Public Sector (FedRAMP)
About The Position
As a Staff Engineer, Public Sector (FedRAMP) at Chainalysis Government Solutions (CGS), you will serve as the organizational subject matter expert bridging CGS and Inc engineering to operationalize, scale, and evolve the authorized FedRAMP cloud platform. With significant autonomy, you will own the technical direction, architecture, and continuous delivery of the public sector cloud boundary as U.S. Government customers onboard and additional product lines expand into FedRAMP. You will work across Inc core engineering, CGS leadership, security compliance, and public sector solutions teams to translate business and accreditation goals into resilient, highly automated cloud infrastructure. Chainalysis Government Solutions is a wholly-owned Chainalysis subsidiary providing blockchain intelligence technology, training, and services to U.S. Government law enforcement, defense, intelligence, and regulatory customers.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of software, DevOps, cloud, or systems engineering experience.
- Significant experience designing, deploying, and sustaining platforms in authorized FedRAMP Moderate or High environments.
- Track record operating autonomously as a Staff-level technical lead and translating strategic product and architecture goals into engineering solutions with minimal oversight.
- Advanced proficiency with AWS services including EC2, VPC, IAM, KMS, S3, and RDS.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Strong experience building and maintaining containerized applications using Kubernetes, Docker, or Amazon EKS.
- Working knowledge of FedRAMP authorization lifecycles, NIST SP 800-53 controls, vulnerability remediation, and continuous monitoring workflows.
- Proficiency in scripting and software development languages such as Python, Go, or Bash.
- Ability to communicate complex architecture and compliance topics clearly to executive stakeholders, product teams, and technical engineers.
- U.S. citizenship required.
Nice To Haves
- Direct experience taking a SaaS platform from initial FedRAMP In-Process status through authorization via an agency or JAB/FedRAMP Marketplace.
- Experience in hybrid or cross-entity engineering organizations bridging commercial and public sector subsidiaries.
- Hands-on experience with modern data/analytics platforms or blockchain data structures.
- Familiarity with DoD Impact Levels IL4/IL5 or commercial cloud environments integrated with federal systems.
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical operationalization, maintenance, and scaling of the authorized FedRAMP cloud boundary, ensuring production reliability and readiness for customer onboarding and expansion.
- Serve as the primary technical liaison between Inc engineering and CGS technical leadership, providing direction on public sector compliance, architecture, and deployment patterns.
- Architect, implement, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines, containerized environments, and cloud infrastructure within AWS GovCloud and commercial boundaries.
- Partner with compliance and security teams on FedRAMP continuous monitoring, vulnerability scanning and remediation, and adherence to NIST 800-53 controls.
- Build scalable Infrastructure as Code automation and telemetry/logging to identify, investigate, and resolve systemic challenges across public sector services.
- Provide architecture reviews, technical guidance, and coaching to peer engineers across both entities, promoting public sector and government cloud architecture best practices.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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