Staff DevOps Engineer

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We're seeking an experienced Staff DevOps Engineer to help design, automate, and scale secure, compliant cloud infrastructure supporting containerized and AI-powered applications. The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced, compliance-driven environments (SOC 2, HIPAA, or similar), and is passionate about Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), CI/CD, and enabling developer velocity through automation and best practices. This role will report to the Senior Director of Product Engineering and is expected to travel no more than 5% of the time. Code for America is based in California and can employ those who reside full-time within the United States. This is a remote position. In this position you will: Technical Focus Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for secure, automated deployments Implement, maintain, and monitor containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, or EKS) Automate cloud resource provisioning, scaling, and governance with reusable modules and policy-as-code Manage and monitor infrastructure for performance, reliability, and cost optimization Contribute to and enforce secure DevOps best practices (least privilege, secrets management, audit logging, vulnerability scanning) Support platform integration for AI/ML workloads, container orchestration, and environment isolation Mentorship & Ongoing Learning Actively seeks and applies emerging practices in cloud infrastructure, security, and AI/ML tooling; adapts approaches in response to shifts in compliance requirements, platform needs, or organizational priorities Mentors peers on DevOps best practices and contributes to team-wide standards Collaborate closely with engineering and security teams to ensure compliance with frameworks such as SOC 2, HIPAA, and NIST 800-53 Other duties as assigned About you: This position is a perfect fit for someone who stays current in a fast-moving field - bringing lessons from new tools, frameworks, or past experience to bear on today's problems, and adjusting course when the landscape shifts. 7+ years of relevant software engineering experience 3-5+ years of hands-on DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering experience Experience building and maintainingInfrastructure as Code (IaC) modules to provision and manage cloud-based deployments Deep experience with AWS (CloudFormation, IAM, ECS/EKS, Lambda, CloudWatch, S3, VPC, RDS) Strong communication, documentation, and collaboration skills in matrixed organizations Familiarity with Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) a plus Proficient in GitHub Actions, Docker, and Kubernetes Experience working in regulated or compliance-heavy environments (SOC 2, HIPAA, FedRAMP, NIST) It's a bonus if you have: Ability to set up automated security testing for applications Experience securely integrating PAAS systems with first-party environments Experience with LLM application development, including agentic workflows and LLM orchestration Scripting in Ruby, Python, Bash, or Go for automation and tool development What you'll get - Salary: Code for America's salary bands are transparent as a part of our commitment to transparency and fairness. As part of our hiring practices, we aim to target the midpoint of the 2nd quartile of the range for all new hires. Offer targets vary based on market / geographic location. The offer targets for this role range from $128,945 to $157,850 , annually.

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Code for America believes government can work for the people, by the people, in the new digital age, and that government at all levels can and should work well for all people. For more than a decade, we've worked to show that with the mindful use of technology, we can break down barriers, meet community needs, and find real solutions. Our employees build and transform government and community tools and services, making them so good they inspire change. We merge the best parts of technology, nonprofit, and government to help support the people who need it most. With a focus on transparency and fairness, and deep empathy for partners in government and community organizations and the people that our partners serve, we're building a movement of motivated change agents driven by meaningful results and lasting impact. At Code for America, you contribute to exciting work while learning and developing in a supportive and flexible environment. Our compensation and benefits are holistic and thoughtfully curated to represent our employees and our mission. Help us drive real generational change that lasts. Code for America is looking for a talented Staff DevOps Engineer who will play a critical role in transforming compliance from a constraint into an operational strength. Through hands-on execution across cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and monitoring, you ensure that security, availability, and data integrity are built into the platform by default. This work allows civic programs to scale responsibly while maintaining public trust.

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