Staff Production Engineer- Public Sector

About the Position

Staff Production Engineer- Public Sector

At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform so our customers can use deep data insights to improve their business. We're "cloud maximalists," running our platform across every region of every major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, and GCP) simultaneously. This creates a massive, high-consequence engineering surface area that requires a unique breed of Production Engineer.

In this role, you will own and evolve the secure infrastructure, access patterns, and guardrails that keep Databricks’ global platform safe and compliant in production. You will be responsible for the "sovereign layer" of our infrastructure, ensuring that our Data Intelligence Platform operates with 100% reliability and security in highly regulated, air-gapped, and sovereign environments.

Responsibilities

• Security-Focused Cloud Operations

  • Design, automate, and operate the IAM, account/subscription, and project lifecycle across AWS, Azure, and GCP, enforcing least-privilege and standardized access patterns at scale.
  • Review, implement, and continuously improve cloud identity and access policies (IAM, Okta, Opal) to align with Databricks security standards and audit requirements.

• Production Engineering & Automation

  • Build and maintain reliable, observable automation and tooling to apply cloud changes (roles, policies, accounts, networking) safely and repeatedly.
  • Treat operational and security issues as software problems: eliminate toil, drive root-cause analysis, and codify fixes into infrastructure and tooling.

• Security Data Pipelines & Compliance

  • Own and improve security and audit logging data pipelines from cloud providers into our internal systems, ensuring timely, accurate data for detection, investigations, and audits.
  • Partner with Security, Compliance, and Audit teams to provide evidence, clarifications, and policy updates that keep our environments aligned with evolving standards.

• Regulated & Specialized Environments

  • Operate and improve specialized, highly regulated environments (e.g., FedRAMP / GovCloud) including release management, patching cadences, and supporting secure access workflows (e.g., SAW).
  • Ensure high availability and resiliency for critical security and access infrastructure across these environments.

• On-Call & Incident Response

  • Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation for high-severity incidents impacting cloud accounts, IAM, or security data pipelines.
  • Act as a key partner to product engineering, security engineering, and field teams during incidents to restore service and harden systems for the future.

Requirements

• Required:

  • Active Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance.
  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8+ years of experience operating and automating large-scale cloud environments, with a track record of driving cross-team infrastructure improvement.
  • Deep hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP) in areas such as IAM, networking, accounts/subscriptions/projects, and audit logging.
  • Strong background in Infrastructure-as-Code and automation (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar) and CI/CD for infrastructure changes.
  • Proven experience working in or with security-sensitive or regulated environments (e.g., SOC2, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, financial services, public sector) and translating requirements into concrete technical controls.
  • Familiarity with access review processes, policy baselines, and audit evidence for cloud environments.
  • Demonstrated success running high-availability, security-critical services, including on-call responsibilities and incident management.
  • Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across distributed systems, with the ability to navigate ambiguous issues spanning multiple teams and platforms.

• Nice to Have:

  • Experience with Okta, Opal, or similar identity/access tooling.
  • Background operating secure admin workstations (SAW) or comparable hardened access patterns.
  • Experience migrating cloud accounts or subscriptions during M&A or large-scale reorganizations.

We Offer

• Competitive salary range: $162,000-$222,750 USD.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunity to work in a diverse and inclusive environment.

About the Company

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide - including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 - rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram.