Senior Cloud Engineer - Secure Deployments

at ClickHouse
📍 United States
USD 125,600-232,000 per year
SENIOR
✅ Remote

SCRAPED

Used Tools & Technologies

Not specified

Required Skills & Competences ?

Security @ 4 Software Development @ 7 Ansible @ 4 Docker @ 4 Go @ 6 Kubernetes @ 4 MySQL @ 4 Terraform @ 4 Python @ 6 GCP @ 4 NoSQL @ 4 CI/CD @ 4 Distributed Systems @ 7 AWS @ 4 Azure @ 4 Communication @ 7 Helm @ 4 MongoDB @ 4 PostgreSQL @ 4 Debugging @ 7 System Architecture @ 4 OpenShift @ 4 Cassandra @ 4 Compliance @ 4

Details

Join a small, specialized team building ClickHouse's next frontier — secure, airgapped deployments for government and enterprise clients who can't use public cloud. You will design, develop, deploy and secure a ClickHouse Cloud database platform in airgapped environments with zero internet connectivity, architecting secure, high-performance, and scalable solutions tailored for classified and highly regulated systems. You will collaborate with Security, Dataplane, ClickHouse Core and infrastructure teams to ensure compliance with NIST, FedRAMP, Protected B, IRAP and other security frameworks while enabling elastic, high-performance ClickHouse Cloud capabilities in isolated environments.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop a highly available, scalable, and secure ClickHouse Cloud tailored for airgapped systems.
  • Build novel deployment automation for disconnected systems.
  • Work closely with Dataplane and Core teams to ensure software parity with existing cloud infrastructure.
  • Solve unique scaling challenges in classified/regulated environments.
  • Design and deploy ClickHouse Cloud on Kubernetes and containerized environments ensuring high availability, replication and backup.
  • Develop and maintain Helm charts, operators and Kubernetes manifests for database management.
  • Implement repeatable automation to build, scale and troubleshoot infrastructure components for disconnected operations.
  • Optimize ClickHouse database performance and storage architecture for on-premise, hybrid, and government cloud deployments.
  • Integrate secure authentication, encryption, and access control mechanisms.
  • Develop and maintain technical documentation for system architecture, security, and compliance audits.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve database performance, security, and operational issues.
  • Automate deployments and lifecycle management using Terraform, Ansible, or CI/CD pipelines.

Requirements

  • U.S. Citizenship required (per U.S. federal contract requirements).
  • 6+ years of relevant software development industry experience building and operating scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.
  • Experience with ClickHouse or relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra) databases.
  • Proficiency with Kubernetes tools (Helm, Kustomize, operators, Istio, service mesh).
  • Strong understanding of airgapped architectures and data isolation.
  • Experience with containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift) in government environments.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or on-prem equivalents).
  • Proficiency in programming/scripting languages (Python or Go) for automation and integration.
  • Experience with infrastructure automation: Terraform, Ansible, or CI/CD pipeline automation.
  • Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks (NIST, FedRAMP, Protected B, IRAP).
  • Strong production debugging, problem solving, and communication skills.
  • Passion for efficiency, availability, scalability and data governance; high ownership and accountability.

Compensation

The typical starting salary for this role in the US is $125,600 - $197,200 USD. The typical starting salary for this role in US Premium Markets is $157,000 - $232,000 USD. Individual placement within these ranges depends on factors such as education, qualifications, experience, skills, and location.

Perks & Benefits

  • Flexible remote-friendly work environment (ClickHouse operates in 20 countries).
  • Employer contributions towards healthcare.
  • Stock options (equity in the company).
  • Flexible time off in the US; generous entitlement in other countries.
  • $500 home office setup for remote employees.
  • Global gatherings and company-wide offsites.

Culture & Additional Information

As part of the first 500 employees, you'll help shape company culture. See ClickHouse values, blog posts, and life on LinkedIn. For compensation questions contact [email protected]. See ClickHouse applicant privacy notice for privacy details.