Keeper Security
Senior Program Engineer, Federal Platform Operations
Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.
United States only
Employer listed it 2 weeks ago · Added 4 days ago
Been open since 2 weeks ago, still being checked, but it has been live a while.
Salary
Not stated
Location
United States only
Timezone
Not stated
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Senior
Category
Software
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Remote flexibility
Work from home
This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in United States. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "Remote, US"
What Nomaders makes of it
- Residency required in United States
- Payroll and tax are likely handled in that country only
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About the role
Description
Keeper Security is hiring a Senior Program Engineer to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives that advance Keeper’s federal platform, IT services, cloud infrastructure and compliance posture. This role is ideal for a technically deep engineering leader who excels at driving execution across federal and regulated environments.
Keeper’s cybersecurity software is trusted by millions of people and thousands of organizations globally. Keeper is published in 23 languages and sold in over 150 countries. Join one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity companies and bring your federal IT, cloud and IL5 platform expertise to mission-critical work.
About Keeper
Keeper Security is a leading cybersecurity software company that protects thousands of organizations and millions of people in more than 150 countries. Keeper delivers a powerful zero-trust and zero-knowledge solution built to meet the stringent requirements of federal IT environments. Its flagship offering, KeeperPAM®, is an AI-enabled, cloud-native platform that protects users, devices, and critical infrastructure from cyber attacks. Recognized in the Gartner® Magic QuadrantTM for Privileged Access Management (PAM), Keeper combines robust compliance with unmatched visibility and control. With industry-leading certifications, including FedRAMP High and GovRAMP Moderate Authorization, Keeper provides the security assurance public sector organizations require. Learn why federal agencies, including NASA and the DOJ, trust Keeper to defend against today’s sophisticated adversaries at KeeperSecurity.com .
About the Role
The Senior Program Engineer, Federal Platform Operations will lead large-scale federal platform, IT services and infrastructure initiatives spanning Engineering, Security, Compliance and Operations. This role will drive execution of Keeper’s federal platform roadmap, including FedRAMP High and DoD IL5 delivery, enterprise disaster recovery, infrastructure automation and Zero Trust identity programs.
This position requires strong technical depth combined with the ability to lead complex engineering initiatives across teams. You will shape technical priorities, drive infrastructure and automation improvements, strengthen observability and operational readiness, resolve cross-team dependencies and help build the Federal Platform Operations team while maintaining alignment with federal and commercial compliance requirements.
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end execution of complex federal platform, IT services and infrastructure programs, including cloud modernization, automation and security integrations
Partner with Engineering, Security, Compliance and Product leadership to define program strategy, priorities, milestones and success criteria
Oversee large-scale cloud initiatives across AWS and federal environments, ensuring scalability, cost efficiency, security and operational resilience
Coordinate the Infrastructure-as-Code operating model for GovCloud, including Terraform coverage, automated deployments and reduction of manual change management
Lead enterprise disaster recovery initiatives, including cross-region failover architecture, recovery time and recovery point objective validation, and recurring resilience testing
Drive Zero Trust identity initiatives, including KeeperPAM deployment, SCIM expansion and automated identity lifecycle management for federal environments
Partner with Information Security to support FedRAMP High hardening, STIG validation and continuous compliance monitoring across federal-facing services
Integrate security-by-design and compliance requirements into federal platform and IT services programs, including FedRAMP, DoD Impact Levels, SOC 2 and ISO 27001
Collaborate with Security Engineering and the CISO organization to maintain program-level compliance and audit readiness
Coordinate with Engineering teams to improve deployment pipelines, reduce release friction and strengthen platform reliability
Champion automated testing, security scanning, release governance and repeatable operational processes
Oversee observability and monitoring initiatives to improve system visibility, performance and incident response across federal and commercial environments
Define and track service-level indicators, service-level objectives and error budgets in partnership with Engineering and Security teams
Recruit, onboard, mentor and develop Federal Platform Operations engineers as the team grows
Serve as a cross-functional technical liaison, ensuring clear communication, dependency tracking and alignment across teams
Requirements
- ·8+ years of experience in federal IT, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering or related technical environments supporting government or regulated missions
- ·4+ years of experience leading technical programs, platform initiatives or complex cross-functional engineering projects in SaaS, cloud-native or cybersecurity environments
- ·Demonstrated experience delivering against FedRAMP, DoD IL4/IL5, STIG or DoD Cloud Computing SRG requirements
- ·Strong experience with AWS cloud services such as ECS, EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3 and IAM; AWS GovCloud experience strongly preferred
- ·Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and cloud automation technologies such as Terraform, container platforms and automated deployment pipelines
Benefits
- ·Medical, Dental & Vision (inclusive of domestic partnerships)
- ·Employer Paid Life Insurance & Employee/Spouse/Child Supplemental life
- ·Voluntary Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
- ·401K (Roth/Traditional)
- ·A generous PTO plan that celebrates your commitment and seniority (including paid Bereavement/Jury Duty, etc)
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Keeper Security, mentioning your remote working experience.
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
Found 5d ago. Last checked 23 Sept. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.
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