Cloud Operations Engineer Jobs in Washington

INTRODUCTION

Join Axon and be a Force for Good.

At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.

Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.

YOUR IMPACT

As a Senior Security Operations Engineer, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of our security infrastructure. You'll solve complex technical problems, improve our systems through thoughtful automation, and work closely with cross-functional teams to support our services as they scale. You’ll provide hands-on execution capabilities for new initiatives in the Identity space, primarily to build out, maintain and support for PKI solutions at scale and provide auxiliary execution support for user identity and access management (IAM) initiatives. Your work will have a direct impact on uptime, efficiency, and the overall developer experience—contributing to our mission to deliver high-quality mission critical systems at speed.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Location: This role is based out of our Seattle, WA office and follows a hybrid schedule. We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation. We believe that connection fuels innovation, and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success.

Reports to: Manager, InfoSec Engineering
Direct Reports: 0

• Design, deploy, and operate PKI infrastructure supporting secure authentication, encryption, and certificate lifecycle management.
• Manage certificates, secrets, keys, and trust stores, including issuance, renewal, rotation, and revocation.
• Build, maintain, and secure Kubernetes clusters hosting PKI and secret management services.
• Automate PKI and secret management workflows using Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD pipelines, and Kubernetes-native tooling.
• Monitor and troubleshoot PKI, certificate, secret, and Kubernetes infrastructure issues, performing root cause analysis and remediation.
• Collaborate with other teams to integrate PKI and secrets management into cloud-native applications and services.
• Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and disaster recovery procedures for PKI and Kubernetes environments.
• Ensure PKI and Kubernetes platforms meet security, reliability, and compliance requirements.
• Build and operate secure, reliable, and scalable PKI and secrets management infrastructure.
• Design and implement PKI solutions supporting 24x7 production and enterprise environments.
• Manage certificates, secrets, encryption keys, and access controls across Kubernetes-based platforms.
• Deploy, maintain, and secure Kubernetes clusters hosting PKI and secret management services.
• Automate certificate lifecycle, secret rotation, and infrastructure operations using CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Troubleshoot and resolve PKI, certificate, secret, and Kubernetes infrastructure issues.
• Collaborate with SRE, platform, and security teams to integrate PKI and secrets management into cloud-native services.
• Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and operational improvement initiatives.
• Document PKI architecture, operational procedures, and security best practices.

WHAT YOU BRING

• 7+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, SRE, or security engineering roles.
• Strong experience managing and securing Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads in production environments.
• Hands-on experience with PKI platforms, certificate lifecycle management, secrets management, and encryption technologies.
• Experience operating cloud-native security solutions such as AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault, EJBCA, Smallstep, or Venafi.
• Strong understanding of Linux systems, networking, distributed systems, and Kubernetes security best practices.
• Experience with automation, scripting, Infrastructure-as-Code, and CI/CD pipelines for PKI and infrastructure operations.
• Familiarity with IAM and access management platforms such as Okta, Entra ID, Keycloak, or similar solutions.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting, and troubleshooting distributed infrastructure and security systems.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across engineering, operations, and security teams.
• Passion for building secure, scalable, and reliable infrastructure platforms.

BENEFITS THAT BENEFIT YOU

• Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
• Discretionary paid time off
• Paid parental leave for all
• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Fitness Programs
• Emotional & Mental Wellness support
• Learning & Development programs
• And yes, we have snacks in our offices

Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work.

COMPENSATION

Base Pay Range: $148,500—$237,600 USD

Axon is a total compensation company, meaning compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: level, function, training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, geographic market, and often a combination of all these factors. Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life.

Don’t meet every single requirement? That’s ok. At Axon, we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer, better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If you’re excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification listed here, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Important Notes

The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.

Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.

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