SeniorStaff DevOps Engineer, Federal

Co-founded in 2023 by Joe Laws and Grant Verstandig Trase Systems is AI Uncomplicated. Trase empowers enterprise leaders to harness the full potential of AI without the associated complexity and risks. We are an end-to-end solution for deploying managing and optimizing AI in the enterprise. Our platform specializes in bridging the last mile of AI adoption unlocking AIs full potential while driving efficiency and significant cost savings. Trase is at the forefront of AI Agent innovation topping the Hugging Face GAIA Leaderboard for Generalized AI Assistants ahead of industry giants such as Google Meta Microsoft and OpenAI. We are leveraging our cutting-edge technologies to develop mission-critical agentic applications in complex industries such as Healthcare Oil & Gas and National Security.

As a Senior or Staff DevOps Engineer at Trase you will build deploy and operate the infrastructure supporting Red Cell Federal and Red Cell Partners incubations and portfolio companies. You will join Trases dedicated RCF/RCP support team with a strong focus on federal government and national security programs.

Red Cell Partners is an investment and incubation firm that builds and supports technology companies including Trase. Red Cell Federal is our federal-focused partner within that ecosystem. This role helps RCF and other RCP partner companies adopt and operate Trase OS in their own environments.

This is a hands-on engineering role spanning partner onboarding Kubernetes infrastructure as code secure releases observability and production support. You will work directly with partner engineers Trases dedicated software engineers and TPM Platform Engineering and GRC to turn requirements into validated deployments and dependable operations.

The level will reflect the candidates experience and demonstrated scope. Senior engineers will independently deliver and support complex partner deployments. Staff engineers will also lead architecture across partner environments establish reusable standards and mentor engineers.

RCF and RCP companies need secure repeatable deployments across commercial and government cloud private networks and on-premises infrastructure. Their requirements span installation integrations hardening upgrades incident response and ongoing vulnerability remediation.

This role provides dedicated engineering ownership from environment readiness through sustained operations. You will make deployments easier to install validate upgrade and support while turning recurring partner needs into reusable capabilities with Trases platform team.

• Build and operate RCF/RCP partner environments across AWS Azure GCP and customer-controlled or on-premises infrastructure adapting to each programs access networking and security requirements.
• Package and validate Trase OS services and dependencies using Docker Kubernetes Helm and approved registries. Maintain complete versioned image inventories release manifests and image digests so partner deliveries contain the required artifacts.
• Create reusable infrastructure-as-code modules cluster bootstrap automation and CI/CD or GitOps workflows using Terraform Pulumi Argo CD or comparable tools.
• Prepare and validate networking IAM secrets certificates storage registries and model-provider connectivity. Support restricted-network and disconnected deployment patterns where required in partnership with application engineers.
• Remove or abstract cloud-specific dependencies that block partner deployments. Validate representative agent workflows end to end including service integrations authentication model access and persistent state.
• Own technical triage and troubleshooting for partner deployment and production issues across application services Kubernetes cloud infrastructure and networks. Coordinate fixes and escalations with named owners and verify resolution with partners.
• Deliver tested releases patches and upgrades with automated validation gates version compatibility checks smoke tests rollback procedures and clear release notes. Confirm the deployed artifacts match the approved release.
• Operate metrics logs traces audit logging dashboards alerts and SLOs for partner environments. Support incident response recovery capacity planning and reliability improvements.
• Partner with GRC and RCF security teams on container hardening vulnerability scanning CVE remediation SBOMs and engineering evidence for applicable STIG RMF/ATO and impact-level requirements. Verify fixes through rescanning and deployment validation; coordinate exceptions and approvals with security owners.
• Support sustainment of federal deployments including Second Front where applicable through patching image updates configuration changes and ongoing security remediation within agreed Trase/partner responsibilities.
• Maintain deployment guides environment inventories operational runbooks and troubleshooting documentation. Provide partner onboarding knowledge transfer and operational handoffs with clear prerequisites access boundaries and support ownership.

• Lead infrastructure and reliability decisions across RCF/RCP engagements keeping partner-specific requirements aligned with Trases shared architecture.
• Set practical standards for secure releases production readiness observability and support handoffs across partner environments.
• Work with the TPM Product GRC and partner teams to clarify requirements validate acceptance criteria estimate work and surface risks and dependencies before making commitments.
• Turn recurring partner deployment and support needs into reusable automation and platform improvements.
• Mentor engineers and partner teams document decisions and reduce reliance on individual experts for ongoing operations.

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• 10 years of software platform infrastructure SRE or DevOps engineering experience including hands-on ownership of production systems.
• Deep hands-on experience with Linux Docker Kubernetes and production cluster operations.
• Strong experience with Helm and infrastructure as code such as Terraform or Pulumi including reusable modules state management testing and change review.
• Hands-on infrastructure experience with at least two of AWS Azure and GCP including compute networking storage identity and managed services.
• Experience deploying and operating software in customer-controlled private-cloud hybrid-cloud or on-premises environments including adapting cloud-native products for these deployment models.
• Strong understanding of networking DNS ingress load balancing certificates IAM secrets management persistent storage and service-to-service security.
• Experience operating CI/CD or GitOps systems for releases upgrades and rollbacks plus observability and incident response for production services.
• Strong software engineering and automation skills in Python Go TypeScript or a similar language with the ability to work across application and infrastructure layers.
• Experience hardening production infrastructure and container images investigating vulnerability findings and delivering validated security fixes with security teams.
• Strong partner-facing communication and troubleshooting skills with ownership of technical issues from initial report through validated resolution and operational handoff.
• Demonstrated experience using AI-assisted coding and engineering tools to accelerate development infrastructure automation troubleshooting operational analysis or incident investigation.

• Prior SRE DevOps or infrastructure engineering experience supporting national security defense federal agencies or other government programs.
• An active U.S. government security clearance.
• Experience operating in restricted-network disconnected regulated or security-sensitive environments.
• Hands-on familiarity with STIG hardening NIST controls FedRAMP RMF/ATO evidence or DoD IL4/IL5/IL6 deployment requirements as applicable to assigned programs.
• Experience with government cloud infrastructure including AWS GovCloud and federal deployment platforms such as Second Front/Game Warden.
• Experience with software supply-chain security SBOMs artifact signing FIPS-enabled components Harbor or policy as code.
• Experience supporting long-running stateful data-intensive AI/ML or GPU-enabled workloads.
• Customer-facing partner engineering or forward-deployed experience supporting multiple organizations and transferring operational knowledge.

Up to 20% travel may be required.

If you want to be on the cutting edge of technology building AI solutions for the future and are up for a challenge lets talk!

Our Trase Benefits:

For full-time roles only

• Career track opportunity with potential for rapid advancement withstrong performanceas the firm grows
• 100% employer paid comprehensive health care including medical dental and vision for you and your family.
• Paid maternity and paternity for 14 weeks at employees normal pay.
• Unlimited PTO with management approval.
• Opportunities for professional development and continued learning.
• Optional 401K FSA and equity incentives available.
• Mental health benefits are available through Tara Mind.

Were an Equal Opportunity Employer: Youll receive consideration for employment without regard to race sex color religion sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status or on the basis of disability.

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