Full Job Description
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.
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
• 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 have
• 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.
What you can expect
• Short decision lines. Big ownership. Shape the projects that matter and ship fast.
• Grow as fast as we do. Take on more, own more, and carve out your own path.
• Top-tier tech pay and equity.
• High trust, strong values, zero corporate BS.
• Flexibility in working hours.
• A company that sticks to its values in an open and informal atmosphere.
We hire for talent, drive, and potential. Everything else is noise.