Tyto Athene is hiring a Senior DevSecOps & Automation Engineer with deep expertise in Kubernetes orchestration and strong hands-on experience with Turbot Steampipe and Powerpipe. This role blends DevSecOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and cloud automation to build secure, reliable, and scalable infrastructure that powers high-impact workloads.

As part of our team, you will design and implement cutting-edge automation solutions, streamline infrastructure operations, and drive innovation in compliance-driven environments. This position is ideal for someone who thrives in solving complex challenges and enjoys working at the intersection of security, reliability, and automation.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, deploy, and maintain highly available, cloud-native systems (AWS preferred; Azure/GCP optional)

• Develop and streamline automation workflows using Turbot Steampipe and Powerpipe for infrastructure visibility, compliance, and efficiency

• Build and support Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) frameworks (Terraform, Ansible)

• Design, manage, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and applications

• Administer containerized workloads (Kubernetes / Docker) with a focus on resilience and scale

• Implement observability, monitoring, alerting, and automated remediations

• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortem reviews

• Collaborate closely with security, compliance, and architecture teams to ensure frameworks such as FedRAMP, NIST, and CMMC are properly integrated

• Mentor junior engineers and share best practices across the team

Required:

• U.S. citizenship is required for this position due to work with government-facing clients and associated regulatory requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

• 5+ years in DevSecOps, SRE, or Cloud Infrastructure roles

• Strong production experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration

• Hands-on with Turbot Steampipe and Powerpipe implementation for infrastructure operations

• Solid cloud experience (AWS preferred, plus Azure or GCP)

• Proficiency in scripting/automation (Python, Bash, Go, etc.)

• Experience with CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.)

• Deep understanding of Linux systems, networking, and cloud security

Desired:

• Experience in regulated/compliance environments (FedRAMP, NIST, CMMC, HIPAA)

• Familiarity with CSPM, zero-trust, IAM, and security hardening

• Background in service mesh, serverless, disaster recovery, or business continuity

• Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps, GCP SRE, Azure DevOps)

• Exposure to incident management tools (PagerDuty, Opsgenie, etc.)

Compensation:

• Compensation is unique to each candidate and relative to the skills and experience they bring to the position. The salary range for this position is typically $140K-$160K. This does not guarantee a specific salary as compensation is based upon multiple factors such as education, experience, certifications, and other requirements, and may fall outside of the above-stated range.

Benefits:

• Highlights of our benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k) match, Paid Time Off, STD/LTD/Life Insurance, Referral Bonuses, professional development reimbursement, and parental leave.