DevOps Team Lead FedRAMP
At Semperis, our mission is to be a Force for Good. Starting with being a great place to work. We believe that when people feel valued, supported, and empowered, they do their best work. That’s why we focus on creating an employee experience rooted in purpose, growth, and balance. Semperis has been recognized as one of America’s Fastest-Growing Cybersecurity Companies by the Inc. 5000, a DUNS 100 Top Startup to Work For, and a multi-year Inc. Best Workplace awardee.
About the Role
We're looking a FedRAMP DevOps Team Lead to own the deployment, orchestration, and secure operations of our FedRAMP authorized identity and security products. This player coach role blends hands-on architecture with leading, mentoring, and elevating a team operating in a highly regulated federal environment. Authorized identity and security products. This player coach role blends hands-on architecture with leading, mentoring, and elevating a team operating in a highly regulated federal environment.
U.S. citizenship is required, and we can only consider candidates located in
Phoenix, AZ
Washington, D.C
Hoboken, NJ
Dallas, TX
What You’ll Do
Lead and improve build/release pipelines and GitOps workflows across the FedRAMP boundary
Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, and performance management for DevOps engineers
Architect and operate Azure Government Cloud infrastructure using Terraform/Terragrunt
Manage AKS clusters with Istio, secure networking, WAF configurations, and Zero Trust models (PIM/RBAC)
Maintain compliant CI/CD pipelines, automation scripts, and documentation aligned with FedRAMP controls
Oversee observability systems (Open Telemetry, Azure Monitor, Prometheus/Grafana) and maintain SLAs, SLOs, and reliability practices
Manage logging, audit trails, and data indexing using OpenSearch per FedRAMP requirements
Support production environments, participate in on call rotation, and lead incident response and post incident analysis
Collaborate with Security/Compliance teams on POA&M work, annual assessments, and continuous monitoring
Interact with federal customers and auditors; research emerging technologies suitable for FedRAMP adoption
Who You Are:
A hands-on technical leader who thrives in regulated environments, balances security with delivery, and mentors engineers while remaining deep in architecture and implementation.
Minimum Qualifications:
5+ years DevOps/SRE experience; 2+ years engineering leadership
U.S. citizenship
Prior experience working in FedRAMP Moderate or High environments
Active security clearance or ability to obtain one
Strong understanding of FedRAMP, NIST 80053, and federal security controls
Hands-on with Terraform/Terragrunt, AKS, Helm, Istio, Argo CD, Azure DevOps
Preferred Qualifications :
Experience with Zero Trust architecture, PIM, RBAC
Strong scripting/automation in Bash, Python, or Go
Familiarity with Kafka, microservices, and distributed systems
Experience with Azure API Management, Logic Apps, Cosmos DB performance tuning
Largescale SaaS or regulated environment experience
Why Join Semperis?
You’ll be part of a global team on the front lines of cybersecurity innovation. At Semperis, we celebrate curiosity, integrity, and people who take initiative. If you’re someone who sees the glass as half full, embraces challenges as growth opportunities, and values a healthy balance between work and life—we’d love to meet you.
**Semperis maintains office locations in several cities across the globe. Candidates who reside within 45 miles of one of our offices—or where the job description specifies a required location—will follow our hybrid work model. This includes working onsite some days per week and remotely the remaining days.