Senior Software Systems Engineer, Federal Platforms

Description

Keeper Security is hiring a Senior Software Systems Engineer to support the design, adaptation, and operation of Keeper’s platform within federal and air-gapped environments. This is a 100% remote position, with an opportunity to work a hybrid schedule for candidates based in the El Dorado Hills, CA or Chicago, IL metro areas.

Keeper’s cybersecurity software is trusted by millions of people and thousands of organizations globally. Keeper is published in 23 languages and sold in over 150 countries. Join one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity companies and play a critical role enabling Keeper’s platform to operate in isolated, mission-critical federal environments.

About Keeper

Keeper Security is a leading cybersecurity software company that protects thousands of organizations and millions of people in more than 150 countries. Keeper delivers a powerful zero-trust and zero-knowledge solution built to meet the stringent requirements of federal IT environments. Its flagship offering, KeeperPAM®, is an AI-enabled, cloud-native platform that protects users, devices, and critical infrastructure from cyber attacks. Recognized in the Gartner® Magic QuadrantTM for Privileged Access Management (PAM), Keeper combines robust compliance with unmatched visibility and control. With industry-leading certifications, including FedRAMP High and GovRAMP Moderate Authorization, Keeper provides the security assurance public sector organizations require. Learn why federal agencies, including NASA and the DOJ, trust Keeper to defend against today’s sophisticated adversaries at KeeperSecurity.com.

About the Role

As a Senior Software Systems Engineer, Federal Platforms, you will operate at the intersection of software engineering, systems behavior, and federal deployment constraints. This is not a pure DevOps role and not a feature-heavy backend role. Instead, you will focus on understanding how Keeper’s existing Java-based services behave in restricted, air-gapped environments and work with engineering teams to adapt, debug, and harden the platform accordingly. You will read and reason about application code, analyze system-level behavior, and help bridge gaps between product engineering and the realities of federal deployment environments.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and understand existing Java-based backend services to support federal deployments
• Adapt Keeper software to operate correctly in air-gapped or isolated environments
• Debug application behavior across constrained systems, including limited networking and restricted dependencies
• Collaborate with backend, security, and DevOps teams to resolve environment-specific issues
• Validate platform behavior under federal constraints related to security, availability, and compliance
• Assist with configuration, packaging, and deployment adaptations required for .GOV environments
• Support investigation and resolution of complex issues related to system behavior, dependencies, or configuration drift
• Contribute documentation and runbooks that enable repeatable, reliable federal deployments
• Act as a senior technical resource for questions related to software behavior, deployment constraints, and system interactions in regulated environments
• Assist with documentation, evidence collection, and remediation activities supporting ATO (Authority to Operate) processes

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional experience in software engineering or systems-focused engineering roles
• Experience running Kubernetes in high-compliance environments
• Strong ability to read, understand, and reason about Java backend code, even if not writing large new features
• Solid understanding of backend application architecture, services, and APIs
• Experience debugging software behavior across Linux-based systems
• Familiarity with how software behaves under constrained or restricted environments
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to collaborate across engineering, security, and operations teams
• Comfort working in regulated or compliance-driven environments
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Due to the role’s involvement in restricted government environments, candidates must be a U.S. Citizen

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting federal, GovCloud, or air-gapped deployments
• Familiarity with FedRAMP, DoD, or other regulated environments from an engineering perspective
• Experience working on platform adaptation, deployment hardening, or environment-specific software behavior
• Understanding of security-focused software systems such as PAM, identity, or access control platforms
• Ability to read and reason about infrastructure or deployment tooling without owning full DevOps pipelines

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision (Inclusive of domestic partnerships)
• Employer Paid Life Insurance & Employee/Spouse/Child Supplemental life
• Voluntary Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
• 401k (Roth/Traditional)
• A generous PTO plan that celebrates your commitment and seniority (including paid Bereavement/Jury Duty, etc)
• Above market annual bonuses

Keeper Security, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and participant in the U.S. Federal 

E-Verify program. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Classification: Exempt

 

Keeper Candidate Privacy Notice

This notice explains how Keeper Security processes your personal data during recruitment. Depending on the role and location, the Controller of personal data (the organization responsible for determining why and how personal data is processed) will be Keeper Security Inc. (US), Keeper Security EMEA Ltd. (Ireland), or Keeper Security APAC K.K (Japan).

1. Data We Collect

Information You provide:

• Contact details, CV/resume, cover letter
• Employment history, qualifications, work eligibility
• Application responses and uploaded documents

Information We generate:

• Interview notes, assessments, communications
• Scheduling information

Information From Others:

• Recruiter/referral information who submit your profile
• References (with your consent, before final offer)
• Public professional profiles
• Background verification (post offer)

Voluntary Diversity and Equal Opportunity Information

• We may ask you to voluntarily provide diversity information including race/ethnicity, gender, disability status and veteran status (US). Providing this information is optional and Keeper collects this data in order to comply with EEOC and similar requirements

2. How We Use Your Data

• Assess your application and suitability
• Manage interviews and recruitment workflow
• Consider you for other/future roles (we may seek your consent to keep your information on our systems beyond the retention period specified)
• Comply with employment law obligations

3. Legal Basis

• Legitimate Interests (recruitment management, security and integrity of the hiring process)
• Contracting steps (for progressed candidates)
• Legal and regulatory compliance obligations; explicit consent where required

4. Who We Share Information With

Internal:

• HR, hiring managers, interviewers*, IT support for system administration

*Note - diversity and equal opportunity data is not shared with hiring managers.

Third Parties:

Service providers who assist with:

• Applicant tracking, recruitment systems and assessment providers
• Background verification vendors (post offer)
• Recruitment agencies (where applicable)
• Tools to support communication, collaboration and to securely store your data

Keeper ensures that all our third parties are contractually bound to protect your personal data with adequate safeguards in place.

5. International Transfers

Your data may be accessed by Keeper entities globally as needed for the purposes of hiring and decision making. We protect any such data transfer between Keeper entities using appropriate safeguards under applicable data protection laws.

6. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data, consistent with our industry leading security standards.

7. Retention

We keep your data for 24 months from your last application activity, then delete or anonymize it.

Exceptions:

• You opt into our talent database for further retention by providing consent (extended retention)
• You're hired (transfers to employee records)

8. Your Rights

You have the following rights and can contact us at the email below to exercise them:

• Access, correct, or delete your data, subject to applicable law and retention requirements
• Object to or restrict processing
• Withdraw consent (where applicable)
• Request data portability
• Lodge a complaint with your data protection authority

If you become an employee, your rights regarding your employee record are governed by our internal Employee Privacy Notice and certain data will be retained as required under relevant laws such as employment or tax law. 

When you request access to your personal data, some information may be redacted if it includes the personal data of other individuals or information that we must protect in order to preserve their privacy rights.

9. Automated Decisions

Keeper does not make hiring decisions using solely automated processing.

10. Contact - Candidates can send privacy questions to: privacy@keepersecurity.com