Principal DevOps Engineer

The Elevator Pitch

Are you passionate about building secure, compliant cloud platforms that support mission-critical systems? Evolv is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to design, operate, and continuously improve cloud infrastructure that meets federal security and compliance requirements. In this role, you will partner closely with Platform, Security, Compliance, and Engineering teams to enable reliable, audit-ready cloud environments while balancing velocity, security, and operational excellence.

Success in the Role: What are performance outcomes over the first 6–12 months you will work toward completing?

In the first 30 days, you will:

• Meet with Platform, Security, Compliance, and Engineering stakeholders.
• Develop an understanding of Evolv’s cloud architecture, security posture, and compliance obligations.
• Become familiar with existing FedRAMP boundaries, documentation, and system diagrams.
• Gain access to infrastructure, monitoring, logging, and compliance tooling.

Within 3 months, you will:

• Driving day-to-day operations of FedRAMP-aligned cloud environments.
• Implementing and maintaining technical controls.
• Assist with evidence collection, validation, and operational documentation.
• Identify gaps, risks, or inefficiencies and propose remediation or automation opportunities.

By the end of the first y