Program Engineer, Federal Platform & IT Services

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<p><strong>Description</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>About Keeper</strong></p> <p>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 <a href="http://keepersecurity.com">KeeperSecurity.com</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><br><br></p> <p><strong>About the Role</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Lead end-to-end execution of complex federal platform, IT services and infrastructure programs, including cloud modernization, automation and security integrations</li> <li>Partner with Engineering, Security, Compliance and Product leadership to define program strategy, priorities, milestones and success criteria</li> <li>Oversee large-scale cloud initiatives across AWS and federal environments, ensuring scalability, cost efficiency, security and operational resilience</li> <li>Coordinate the Infrastructure-as-Code operating model for GovCloud, including Terraform coverage, automated deployments and reduction of manual change management</li> <li>Lead enterprise disaster recovery initiatives, including cross-region failover architecture, recovery time and recovery point objective validation, and recurring resilience testing</li> <li>Drive Zero Trust identity initiatives, including KeeperPAM deployment, SCIM expansion and automated identity lifecycle management for federal environments</li> <li>Partner with Information Security to support FedRAMP High hardening, STIG validation and continuous compliance monitoring across federal-facing services</li> <li>Integrate security-by-design and compliance requirements into federal platform and IT services programs, including FedRAMP, DoD Impact Levels, SOC 2 and ISO 27001</li> <li>Collaborate with Security Engineering and the CISO organization to maintain program-level compliance and audit readiness</li> <li>Coordinate with Engineering teams to improve deployment pipelines, reduce release friction and strengthen platform reliability</li> <li>Champion automated testing, security scanning, release governance and repeatable operational processes</li> <li>Oversee observability and monitoring initiatives to improve system visibility, performance and incident response across federal and commercial environments</li> <li>Define and track service-level indicators, service-level objectives and error budgets in partnership with Engineering and Security teams</li> <li>Recruit, onboard, mentor and develop Federal Platform Operations engineers as the team grows</li> <li>Serve as a cross-functional technical liaison, ensuring clear communication, dependency tracking and alignment across teams</li> <li>Manage program timelines, technical risks, dependencies and stakeholder expectations across multiple concurrent initiatives</li> <li>Apply Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery methodologies based on program requirements</li> <li>Evaluate emerging technologies that strengthen Keeper’s federal platform, IT services, cloud automation, security and monitoring capabilities</li> <li>Use AI-enabled tools such as Claude, ChatGPT or similar platforms to support technical research, program analysis, documentation, stakeholder communication and workflow efficiency</li> </ul> <p><strong>Requirements</strong></p> <ul> <li>8+ years of experience in federal IT, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering or related technical environments supporting government or regulated missions</li> <li>4+ years of experience leading technical programs, platform initiatives or complex cross-functional engineering projects in SaaS, cloud-native or cybersecurity environments</li> <li>Demonstrated experience delivering against FedRAMP, DoD IL4/IL5, STIG or DoD Cloud