Staff Engineer, Public Sector (FedRAMP)

As a Staff Engineer, Public Sector (FedRAMP) at Chainalysis Government Solutions, you serve as the organizational subject matter expert bridging CGS and parent company engineering to operationalize, scale, and evolve the authorized FedRAMP cloud platform. Operating with significant autonomy, you lead the technical ownership, architecture, and continuous delivery of the public sector cloud boundary as U.S. Government customers onboard and additional product lines expand into FedRAMP.

What you'll do

• Drive the technical operationalization, maintenance, and scale of the authorized FedRAMP cloud boundary, ensuring production reliability and readiness for customer onboarding and ongoing expansions
• Act as the primary technical liaison embedded with parent company engineering and CGS technical leadership, providing authoritative direction on public sector compliance, architecture, and deployment patterns
• Architect, implement, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines, containerized environments, and cloud infrastructure within AWS GovCloud and Commercial boundaries
• Partner closely with compliance and security teams to maintain FedRAMP continuous monitoring (ConMon), automate vulnerability scanning and remediation, and ensure adherence to NIST SP 800-53 controls
• Build scalable automation using Infrastructure as Code and deep telemetry/logging to rapidly identify, deconstruct, and resolve complex systemic challenges across public sector services
• Provide high-level guidance, architecture reviews, and coaching to peer engineers across both entities, driving best practices for public sector and government cloud architectures

What you bring

• 8+ years of software, DevOps, cloud, or systems engineering experience, with significant experience designing, deploying, and sustaining platforms within authorized FedRAMP (Moderate or High) environments
• Proven track record operating with high autonomy as a Staff-level technical lead, translating high-level strategic product and architectural goals into robust engineering solutions with minimal oversight
• Advanced proficiency with core AWS services (EC2, VPC, IAM, KMS, S3, RDS) and Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation
• Strong experience building and maintaining containerized applications using Kubernetes, Docker, or Amazon EKS
• Deep working knowledge of FedRAMP authorization lifecycles, NIST SP 800-53 controls, vulnerability remediation, and continuous monitoring (ConMon) workflows
• Proficiency with scripting and software development languages such as Python, Go, or Bash to build automation, tooling, and integrations
• Exceptional ability to communicate highly complex architecture and compliance nuances clearly across executive stakeholders, product teams, and technical engineers
• U.S. Citizenship required

Nice to have

• Direct experience taking a SaaS platform through initial FedRAMP In-Process to Authorized status (Agency or JAB/FedRAMP Marketplace)
• Prior experience working within hybrid or cross-entity engineering organizations bridging commercial and public sector subsidiaries
• Hands-on experience with modern data/analytics platforms or blockchain data structures
• Familiarity with DoD Impact Levels (IL4/IL5) or commercial cloud environments integrated with federal systems

About Chainalysis Government Solutions

Chainalysis Government Solutions is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chainalysis providing blockchain intelligence solutions, including technology, training, and services to law enforcement, defense, intelligence, and regulatory customers across the U.S. Government. Chainalysis provides complete knowledge of blockchain activity through data, services, and solutions, enabling organizations to navigate blockchains safely and with confidence.