Cloud/DevOps Engineer at Tagup – Carlsbad, California

Tagup is a defense technology company founded at MIT that is redefining logistics superiority with next-generation AI. We’re growing rapidly and are looking for change-makers passionate about delivering innovative technologies to solve the most challenging problems in the world’s highest stakes environments. This is an exciting opportunity to engage in meaningful work that strengthens national security and contributes to the success of U.S. and allied forces. Join us in shaping the future of defense logistics for a safer tomorrow.

• Help build and secure infrastructure across AWS, Kubernetes, and other cloud-native services under the guidance of senior engineers.
• Support ATO efforts and day-to-day compliance work (e.g., IL4/IL5, CMMC, NIST SP 800-171), preparing evidence and maintaining controls.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and related tooling; maintain modules and improve reliability through reviews and testing.
• Participate in vulnerability management—triage findings, assist with remediation, and contribute to incident response runbooks and postmortems.
• Collaborate with application teams to weave security into CI/CD and the development lifecycle (secrets management, least privilege, policy checks).
• Keep current on security and DevOps best practices, proposing small, iterative improvements to strengthen our defenses and operations.

• Fluency in Kubernetes and Terraform (EKS in production).
• Hands-on experience with Istio and Gateway API.
• Strong background in Python and PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks—SOC 2, CMMC (Level 1 & 2), NIST SP 800-171, etc.
• Experience operating in FedRAMP environments (e.g., IL4, IL5).
• Proven track record identifying and mitigating CVEs.
• Experience mitigating CVEs in production systems.

Tagup is an equal opportunity employer and individuals seeking employment with us are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Citizenship: Due to the nature of our work with the U.S. Department of Defense, applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor visas at this time.