Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Government Cloud

About Ping Identity: 

At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it. 

Our intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear. 

While protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture. We champion every identity. One of our core values, Respect Individuality, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work. 

We're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management. 

As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will be a key contributor to our mission-critical, cloud-based identity services. You will establish and optimize solutions for building, deploying, and maintaining one of the world’s largest identity platforms within highly regulated environments.

Our engineering team follows a robust DevOps model where Development and Operations are fully integrated. You will collaborate daily to ensure our infrastructure is not only scalable and resilient but also meets the rigorous security standards required for FedRAMP and other significant audit cycles.

You Will:

• Design and Deliver: Work both collaboratively and independently to design production infrastructure that prioritizes resiliency, observability, and cost-efficiency.
• Automate Compliance: Shape mission-critical solutions using optimized CI/CD pipelines that integrate automated security controls and compliance checks.
• Support Regulated Environments: Help build and maintain infrastructure within FedRAMP authorized boundaries, ensuring continuous compliance with NIST 800-53 controls.
• Manage Kubernetes at Scale: Orchestrate containerized workloads to ensure high availability, implementing self-healing patterns and automated scaling.
• Collaborate and Grow: Proactively communicate technical concepts to diverse audiences and share your expertise to help the team develop.
• Maintain Reliability: Participate in planning, identify areas for improvement, and join an on-call rotation to maintain the health of our cloud solutions.

You Have:

• Cloud Expertise: Significant experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including familiarity with Assured Workloads for regulated data.
• Programming Proficiency: Experience programming in Go (Golang) or similar high-performance development languages.
• Orchestration Mastery: Deep experience with Kubernetes and containerization technologies like Docker.
• Compliance Experience: Proven track record running cloud environments in compliance with FedRAMP (Moderate or High), including experience with Continuous Monitoring (ConMon) and audit readiness.
• Infrastructure as Code: Experience defining automated service deployments with provisions for networking, security, and configuration management.
• Distributed Systems: A solid understanding of scalable, distributed systems architecture and team-based version control (Git).
• Education: A CS Degree or equivalent professional experience.

You Will Have an Advantage If:

• Network Deep Dive: You have an in-depth understanding of networking (routing, FIPS-validated encryption, and boundary protection).
• Audit Navigation: You have participated in 3PAO audits or have experience resolving customer-facing deployment issues in regulated sectors.
• IAM Knowledge: You possess an in-depth understanding of Identity and Access Management (IAM).
• Global Collaboration: You have experience working with distributed, global teams.

Ping Identity is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Salary: $105,000 - $130,000

In accordance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (SB 19-085) the approximate compensation range for this role in Colorado is listed above. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors, such as knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Life at Ping:

We believe in and facilitate a flexible, collaborative work environment. We’re growing quickly, but remain true to the innovative, can-do startup values that got us here. Most importantly, we keep hiring talented, smart, fun, and genuinely nice people because that’s who we want to succeed with every day. 

Here are just a few of the things that make Ping special:

• A company culture that empowers you to do your best work.
• Employee Resource Groups that create a sense of belonging for everyone.
• Regular company and team bonding events.
• Competitive benefits and perks.
• Global volunteering and community initiatives

Our Benefits: 

• Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule 
• Parental Leave
• Progressive Healthcare Options
• Retirement Programs
• Opportunity for Education Reimbursement 
• Commuter Offset (Specific locations)

 

Ping is the collective sum of all our individual experiences, backgrounds and influences and we pride ourselves in growing and learning together. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone’s individuality is respected and everyone has an Identity. In recruiting for new colleagues, we welcome the unique contributions you can bring and encourage you to be your best self.

We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.