Senior Engineering Manager, Public Sector
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 15, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 15, 2026. Atlassian scores A on the Alion truth index.
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Responsibilities
Your future team
Public Sector builds the secure, compliant cloud that lets U.S. government and defense customers use Jira, Confluence and Jira Service Management. Our customers include federal agencies, state and local government, education and defense organizations that need FedRAMP Moderate, FedRAMP High or DoD IL5. We run Atlassian Government Cloud, which is FedRAMP Moderate authorized, and we are building new government clouds for FedRAMP High and DoD IL5. Our engineering work covers the controls, evidence and platforms behind those authorizations: configuration management baselines, software bill of materials (SBOM), golden images, security scanning and continuous FedRAMP 20x reporting, across multiple isolated environments.
About the role
We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to build and lead a new Public Sector team that will own these capabilities for the long term. A partner team is building much of the first version now. Your team will take ownership, run it in production, and keep improving it as new government environments come online.
You will hire and grow the team, set its direction with product, program management and principal engineers, and make sure our controls keep running reliably in every environment we operate. You will stay close to the technical work, shaping architecture, operational practices and on-call, while building a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
Build, hire and lead a team of backend engineers in the US
Own the long-term roadmap, reliability and on-call for compliance and scanning capabilities across multiple environments
Plan and run a smooth handover from the teams building the first version, so knowledge and ownership land with permanent engineers
Partner with Security, Compliance, Legal and platform teams to turn control requirements into working systems and audit-ready evidence
Coach and develop your engineers, set clear expectations, and manage performance and growth
Communicate clearly with engineers, partners and senior leadership
Your background
12+ years of software development experience, with 4+ years leading high-performing engineering teams
Experience building and running services on a public cloud (AWS preferred) in a SaaS environment
A track record of driving outcomes through influence across teams, including teams in other locations
Comfort with ambiguity, dependencies and many stakeholders, and the ability to work both strategically and in day-to-day execution
A strong focus on technical and operational excellence: security, reliability and quality
Experience managing employee performance and growth
Strong communication skills with technical, non-technical and senior audiences
A bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems Management or a related field, or equivalent experience
Nice to have
Experience implementing compliance requirements in a modern SaaS environment
Familiarity with frameworks such as FedRAMP (including FedRAMP 20x), DoD IL4/IL5, NIST 800-53, C5, IRAP or HIPAA
Experience with configuration management controls, STIGs or CIS benchmarks, SBOM tooling, image hardening, or vulnerability scanning
Experience operating systems across multiple isolated or air-gapped environments
Eligibility to work as a US person on regulated programs
Qualifications
Benefits & Perks
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About Atlassian
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