Full Job Description
What You Will Do
• This role supports the development, operation, security, or compliance of systems in regulated U.S. federal environments.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to design, build, secure, and scale our SaaS platform on Azure using services like AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service), Azure Functions, Azure Service Bus, and related services.
• Lead the development and optimization of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and release engineering workflows using tools like Terraform, Helm, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps.
• Drive SRE principles across the organization, focusing on observability, incident response, availability, performance monitoring, and operational excellence.
• Contribute directly to our FedRAMP compliance readiness efforts, including secure configuration management, audit logging, documentation, and operational procedures.
• Provide Tier 2/3 operational support, including support during maintenance windows and participation in an on-call rotation during North American business hours.
• Support ongoing capacity planning, cost optimization, and scaling efforts for key infrastructure services.
• Maintain and improve production monitoring, alerting, and runbooks to ensure high reliability and rapid-incident response.
• Participate in security, availability, and disaster recovery planning.
• Document operational processes, architectural decisions, and runbooks in a structured, trackable system (e.g., Jira, Confluence).
What You Bring to Forescout
• U.S. citizenship is required to support FedRAMP-compliant environments.
• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Platform Engineering roles.
• 2+ years of experience with Azure Cloud and its native services (especially AKS, Azure Functions, Azure Service Bus, Azure Monitor, Key Vault, etc.).
• Proven experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for microservices architectures and serverless environments.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Helm charts, and managing cloud-native workloads.
• Expertise in infrastructure-as-code using tools like Terraform.
• Excellent scripting and automation skills (e.g., Bash, Python).
• Deep experience with monitoring, observability, incident response, and alerting using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, etc.
• Familiarity with FedRAMP, SOC 2, or other security/compliance frameworks (working experience on a FedRAMP-authorized environment is a strong plus).
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, security, and compliance teams.
• Proven ability to work effectively in remote teams across time zones.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with GitHub Actions/Workflows, and GitLab CI.
• Experience with distributed databases such as PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Redis.
• Exposure to security practices in SaaS environments (encryption, secret management, network hardening).
• Familiarity with change management processes.
• Relevant Azure certifications.
• Prior experience contributing to or leading FedRAMP or other regulated compliance initiatives.
Key Skills
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving in complex distributed environments.
• Excellent leadership and mentorship capabilities.
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Excellent organizational and project management abilities.
• In-depth understanding of CI/CD strategies, SRE, and DevSecOps best practices
Core Technical Competencies
• Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) including architecture and cost management.
• Advanced proficiency with Kubernetes, Helm, and container ecosystems.
• Mastery in infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi).
• Fluent in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, Go).
• Experience with observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, ELK, Grafana).
• Excellent grasp of networking, security, and compliance standards (e.g., SOC2, ISO 27001)
What Forescout Offers You
• Competitive compensation and benefits, including coverage of 85% of employee and dependent health care premiums, 100% company-paid employee life and disability insurance premiums, a 401(k) match, generous flexible time off for U.S. employees, voluntary life, accident, and critical illness insurance options, employee assistance program, maternity and parental bonding leave, and more.
• A collaborative, innovative environment where you can help advance global security while working with leading technology.
• Supportive leadership that encourages professional growth and development.
• Learn more @ www.forescout.com .
