Senior Cloud Engineer Secure Deployments

Summary

Join a specialized team at ClickHouse to build secure, airgapped deployments for government and enterprise clients. This exciting opportunity involves designing, developing, deploying, and securing a ClickHouse Cloud database platform in airgapped environments with zero internet connectivity. You will architect solutions for classified and highly regulated systems, working closely with various teams to ensure compliance with security frameworks. The role requires expertise in building highly available, scalable, and secure systems, and experience with Kubernetes, containerized deployments, and automation tools. You will optimize database performance, integrate security mechanisms, and develop technical documentation. This position requires U.S. citizenship.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required (per U.S. federal contract requirements)
• You have 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, serviceMesh)
• Strong understanding of airgapped architectures, 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
• You have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and across engineering teams
• You are a strong problem solver and have solid production debugging skills
• You are passionate about efficiency, availability, scalability and data governance
• You thrive in a fast paced environment, and see yourself as a partner with the business with the shared goal of moving the business forward
• You have a high level of responsibility, ownership, and accountability

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 existing 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 various infrastructure components which form a part of air-gapped for disconnected operations
• Optimize ClickHouse Cloud 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

Benefits

• Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in 20 countries
• Healthcare - Employer contributions towards your healthcare
• Equity in the company - Every new team member who joins our company receives stock options
• Time off - Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries
• A $500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee
• Global Gatherings – We believe in the power of in-person connection and offer opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites