Senior Program Engineer, Federal Platform & IT Services
Remote
About the role
<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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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 Computing SRG
requirements</li>
<li>Strong experience with AWS cloud services such as ECS, EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3 and IAM; AWS GovCloud experience strongly preferred</li>
<li>Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and cloud automation technologies such as Terraform, container platforms and automated deployment pipelines</li>
<li>Strong understanding of cloud security, automation and modern platform engineering practices in federal environments</li>
<li>Demonstrated success managing complex initiatives in high-security, federal or compliance-driven environments</li>
<li>Experience with observability platforms such as Datadog, Prometheus or Grafana and associated incident-management workflows</li>
<li>Experience building, mentoring or leading technical teams in high-growth environments</li>
<li>Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders, resolve dependencies and manage expectations</li>
<li>Ability to use AI-enabled tools effectively to support technical research, documentation, analysis and program execution</li>
<li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience</li>
<li>U.S. citizenship required due to the nature of Keeper’s federal contracts</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Preferred
Qualifications</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, AWS Certified Security – Specialty or similar cloud certifications</li>
<li>HashiCorp Terraform Associate or Professional certification</li>
<li>Direct experience achieving or maintaining FedRAMP High or DoD IL5 authorization, including support for third-party assessment activities</li>
<li>Familiarity with NIST 800-53 control families and FedRAMP authorization processes</li>
<li>Exposure to secrets management, privileged access management or identity security platforms</li>
<li>Experience with security automation and compliance-as-code tooling in federal environments</li>
<li>Familiarity with AI-enabled products, AI security controls or AI governance programs</li>
<li>Active security clearance or ability to obtain a high-level U.S. Government clearance</li>
<li>PMP certification</li>
</ul>
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Benefits</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Medical, Dental &amp; Vision (inclusive of domestic partnerships)</li>
<li>Employer Paid Life Insurance &amp; Employee/Spouse/Child Supplemental life</li>
<li>Voluntary Short/Long Term Disability Insurance</li>
<li>401K (Roth/Traditional)</li>
<li>A generous PTO plan that celebrates your commitment and seniority (including paid Bereavement/Jury Duty, etc)</li>
<li>Above market annual bonuses</li>
</ul>
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<p>Keeper Security, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.</p>
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<p>Classification: <strong>Exempt</strong></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p>&nbsp;</p>
<p class="pf0"><strong><span class="cf0">Keeper Candidate Privacy Notice</span></strong></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1">This notice explains how Keeper Security processes your personal data during recruitment. Depending on
the role and location, the Controller of personal data (the organization responsible for determining why and how personal data is processed) will be Keeper Security Inc. (US), Keeper Security EMEA Ltd. (Ireland), or Keeper Security APAC K.K (Japan).</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1"> 1. </span><strong><span class="cf0">Data We Collect</span></strong></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1">Information You provide:</span></p>
<ul>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Contact details, CV/resume, cover letter</span></li>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Employment history,
qualifications, work eligibility</span></li>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Application responses and uploaded documents</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1">Information We generate:</span></p>
<ul>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Interview notes, assessments, communications</span></li>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Scheduling information</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1">Information From Others:</span></p>
<ul>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Recruiter/referral information who submit your profile</span></li>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">References (with your consent, before final offer)</span></li>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Public professional profiles</span></li>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Background verification (post offer)</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1"> Voluntary Diversity and Equal Opportunity Information</span></p>
<ul>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">We may ask you to voluntarily provide diversity information including race/ethnicity, gender, disability status and veteran status (US). Providing this information is optional and Keeper collects this data in order to comply with EEOC and similar
requirements</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1"> 2. </span><strong><span class="cf0">How We Use Your Data</span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Assess your application and suitability</span></li>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Manage interviews and recruitment workflow</span></li>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Consider you for other/future roles (we may seek your consent to keep your information on our systems beyond the retention period specified)</span></li>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Comply with employment law obligations</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1"> 3. </span><strong><span class="cf0">Legal Basis</span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Legitimate Interests (recruitment management, security and integrity of the hiring process)</span></li>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Contracting steps (for progressed candidates)</span></li>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Legal and regulatory compliance obligations; explicit consent where required</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1"> 4. </span><strong><span class="cf0">Who We Share Information With</span></strong></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1">Internal: </span></p>
<ul>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">HR, hiring managers, interviewers*, IT support for system administration</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1">*Note - diversity and equal opportunity data is not shared with hiring managers.</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1">Third Parties:</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1">Service providers who assist with:</span></p>
<ul>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Applicant tracking, recruitment systems and assessment providers</span></li>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Background verification vendors (post offer)</span></li>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Recruitment agencies (where applicable)</span></li>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Tools to support communication, collaboration and to securely store your data</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1">Keeper ensures that all our third parties are contractually bound to protect your personal data with adequate safeguards in place.</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1"> 5. </span><strong><span class="cf0">International Transfers</span></strong></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1">Your data may be accessed by Keeper entities globally as needed for the purposes of hiring and decision making. We protect any such data transfer between Keeper entities using appropriate safeguards under applicable data protection laws. </span></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1">6. </span><strong><span class="cf0">Security</span></strong></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1">We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data, consistent with our industry leading security standards.</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1">7. </span><strong><span class="cf0">Retention</span></strong></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1">We keep your data for 24 months from your last application activity, then delete or anonymize it. </span></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1">Exceptions:</span></p>
<ul>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">You opt into our talent database for further retention by providing consent (extended retention)</span></li>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">You're hired (transfers to employee records)</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1"> 8. </span><strong><span class="cf0">Your Rights</span></strong></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1">You have the following rights and can contact us at the email below to exercise them:</span></p>
<ul>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Access, correct, or delete your data, subject to applicable law and retention
requirements</span></li>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Object to or restrict processing</span></li>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Withdraw consent (where applicable)</span></li>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Request data portability</span></li>
<li class="pf1"><span class="cf1">Lodge a complaint with your data protection authority</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1">If you become an employee, your rights regarding your employee record are governed by our internal Employee Privacy Notice and certain data will be retained as required under relevant laws such as employment or tax law.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1">When you request access to your personal data, some information may be redacted if it includes the personal data of other individuals or information that we must protect in order to preserve their privacy rights.</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1"> 9. </span><strong><span class="cf0">Automated Decisions</span></strong></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1">Keeper does not make hiring decisions using solely automated processing.</span></p>
<p class="pf0"><span class="cf1">10. </span><strong><span class="cf0">Contact</span></strong><span class="cf1"> - Candidates can send privacy questions to: [email protected]</span></p>
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About Keeper Security
Keeper Security, Inc. (Keeper) is a cybersecurity platform for preventing password-related data breaches and cyber threats. Keeper’s zero-knowledge security and encryption software is trusted by millions of people and thousands of businesses across the globe to mitigate the risk of cybertheft, boost employee productivity, and meet compliance standards. Keeper has been named PC Magazine’s Best Password Manager of the Year & Editor’s Choice, PCWorld’s Editors’ Choice, and is the winner of four G2 Best Software Awards and the InfoSec Award for Best Product in Password Management for SMB Cybersecurity. Keeper is SOC-2 and ISO 27001 Certified and is also listed for use by the U.S. federal government through the System for Award Management (SAM). Learn more at https://keepersecurity.com.
