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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Operations Engineer - **Company:** Dragos, Inc. - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $165,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Continuous Integration, Domain Name System (DNS), Github, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Key Management, Network Connections, Peering, Role-Based Access Control, Azure Active Directory, Site Reliability Engineering Practices, Datadog, Policy as Code, Scripting, Google Cloud, Load Balancing, Cloud Platform System, Firewalls (Computer Science), Deployment Automation, Hashicorp, Cloud Optimization, Terraform, Pagerduty - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-cloud-operations-engineer-dragos-8782001 ## About the Role * 4+ years of hands-on cloud operations experience across one or more of Azure, AWS, or GCP * Strong proficiency with Terraform for infrastructure-as-code (primary IaC tool at Dragos) * Experience operating cloud environments at scale -- fleet management, patching, upgrades, drift detection * Hands-on experience with multi-tenant cloud architectures and customer-facing environment management * Solid knowledge of cloud networking: VPCs/VNets, peering, transit gateways, DNS, firewalls, and hybrid connectivity * Experience with IAM across AWS, Azure Entra ID, and/or GCP -- roles, policies, federation, SSO * Proficiency with Datadog for monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and log pipelines * Comfort with on-call responsibilities -- this role participates in a PagerDuty rotation for the customer cloud fleet * Experience with SRE practices: SLO definition, error budget management, incident response, and blameless post-mortems * Strong scripting skills in Python and/or Bash * Familiarity with compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, SOC2, NIST CSF) and audit evidence collection * Strong ownership mindset and accountability for production stability * Excellent communication, documentation, and collaboration skills Preferred Qualifications * Experience with all three major cloud providers: Azure, AWS, and GCP * Experience managing cloud environments for external customers (customer-managed and vendor-managed models) * Cybersecurity Experience * Familiarity with cloud-to-OT/ICS network connectivity and segmentation * Experience with secrets management tooling: HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, GCP Secret Manager * Experience with cloud-native fleet tools: AWS Systems Manager, Azure Arc, GCP Fleet Management * Proficiency with policy-as-code tools (OPA, Sentinel, AWS SCPs, Azure Policy) * Experience with FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization * Familiarity with Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tooling * Experience with CI/CD pipeline authoring (GitHub Actions) * Passion for automation and continuously improving operational efficiency ## Description We are seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Operations Engineer to join our Cloud Skill Community. This role owns the operational health of the Dragos customer cloud fleet across Azure, AWS, and GCP -- both Dragos-managed and customer-managed environments. You will drive fleet reliability, deployment automation, and day-to-day operations at scale, bringing a strong infrastructure-as-code mindset and a bias toward automation and repeatability., * Operate, maintain, and improve the Dragos cloud fleet across Azure, AWS, and GCP * Own the full customer environment lifecycle -- onboarding, configuration, upgrades, and off boarding * Build and maintain Terraform-based infrastructure-as-code for customer environment provisioning and fleet standardization * Manage fleet health, drift detection, patching, and version lifecycle management at customer scale * Design and enforce multi-tenant isolation patterns -- blast radius containment, RBAC at scale, and cross-account access controls * Configure and maintain cloud networking components across all three providers (VPCs/VNets, peering, transit gateways, DNS, firewalls, load balancers) * Manage cloud-to-OT/on-prem connectivity for customer environments * Implement and maintain IAM, secrets management, and compliance posture across cloud providers * Build and maintain Datadog observability -- monitors, dashboards, log pipelines, and SLOs * Participate in an on-call rotation (PagerDuty) for the Dragos cloud fleet -- triage, respond to, and resolve production incidents across customer environments * Drive SRE practices: define SLOs, manage error budgets, maintain runbooks, and lead post-incident reviews * Support audit and compliance activities including evidence collection for FedRAMP, SOC2, and customer-specific requirements * Identify and eliminate toil through automation and process improvement ## Related Videos - [We adopted DevOps and are Cloud-native, Now What?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/485-we-adopted-devops-and-are-cloud-native-now-what) - [Transforming Education: A Journey from interactive Markdown to Remote-Labs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/941-transforming-education-a-journey-from-interactive-markdown-to-remote-labs) - [Debugging in the Dark](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1658-debugging-in-the-dark) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) - [P2P networks in Blockchain](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/209-p2p-networks-in-blockchain) ## Related Articles - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [DevOps Engineer Salary [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/203-devops-engineer-salary-2023) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers)