Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cato Networks is a pioneer in cloud networking and security, aiming to lead the market with its innovative solutions. They are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to support their regulated cloud platforms, focusing on operational management, compliance, and reliability of services.
Responsibilities
- Own production operations for mission-critical services, including availability, latency, scalability, and operational health across complex distributed systems
- Design, build, and operate highly available cloud infrastructure supporting regulated environments, including FedRAMP High / IL4+ deployments
- Lead major incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortem remediation; drive operational maturity through change governance, disaster recovery testing, and service resiliency programs
- Operationalize compliance requirements, including NIST 800-53 controls and STIG baselines, across Kubernetes platforms, Linux systems, container runtimes, and cloud infrastructure
- Support regulated environment readiness through audit preparation, evidence collection, vulnerability management, configuration management, and continuous monitoring activities
- Develop automation and tooling to continuously assess and maintain platform compliance posture; contribute to immutable, reproducible infrastructure patterns that simplify regulatory sustainment
- Implement and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code practices aligned with security and compliance requirements
- Improve observability across infrastructure and applications through metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting; integrate compliance telemetry and configuration auditing into operational workflows
- Partner with Security, Compliance, and Engineering teams to improve service reliability, deployment safety, and operational maturity throughout the software lifecycle
Skills
- 7+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Production Engineering, Cloud Operations, or Infrastructure Engineering
- Hands-on experience operating cloud infrastructure in regulated environments such as FedRAMP Moderate/High, DoD IL4/IL5, or equivalent, including AWS GovCloud or other isolated government cloud environments
- Experience supporting cloud authorization efforts (ATO) and sustaining environments post-authorization through continuous monitoring, including FedRAMP monthly reporting, vulnerability tracking, and control assessment activities
- Strong knowledge of NIST 800-53 controls, vulnerability remediation SLAs, secure configuration management, and audit evidence generation
- Deep experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred), GitOps workflows, and secure CI/CD pipelines, including container hardening and image security practices
- Proficiency in Python, Go, or Bash for operational automation and tooling development
- Proficiency with cloud-native technologies including Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Grafana, along with a solid understanding of Linux/Unix operating systems
- Experience supporting production operations for SaaS, cloud service provider, or multi-tenant platforms at scale
- Ability to communicate operational risk and compliance posture clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience working directly with 3PAOs, auditors, or compliance assessors during authorization and continuous monitoring cycles
- Familiarity with STIG implementation across Kubernetes, Linux systems, and container runtimes
- Understanding of Zero Trust architectures and secure access platforms
- Experience with operational resilience exercises and disaster recovery validation
Benefits
- Health/vision/dental insurance
- 401(k)
- Stock options
- Health Savings/Flexible Spending Accounts
- Flexible time-off
- Paid parental leave
- Disability benefits
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