[Hiring] Staff Engineer: DevOps @Dispel

Role Description

Dispel is redefining how the world’s most critical industries connect, protect, and operate. Built for both Operational Technology (OT) and security teams, our Zero Trust Engine delivers secure, scalable connectivity across every make, model, and generation of equipment—enabling fast, reliable remote access, industrial data streaming, and integrated threat monitoring in even the most complex environments.

We don’t just keep operations safe—we make them better. With OTFusion, Dispel unifies applications and systems across sites, streamlining operations, cutting complexity, and driving measurable efficiency gains.

Since 2015, we’ve been pioneering cybersecurity innovation:

• Inventing network-level Moving Target Defense (MTD)
• Securing 54 million utility users worldwide
• Protecting over $500B in manufactured goods annually
• Ensuring the everyday essentials people rely on—from 50% of the U.S. baby formula supply to 1 in 5 non-alcoholic beverages in America—are made and delivered safely.

If you're passionate about providing security, for all, this is the place to be.

Qualifications

• 7+ years (IC5) of experience shipping production ready software.
• Self reliant in DevOps, Infrastructure-as-code, orchestration, automation, and redundancy methodologies and techniques.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps principles and integrating security into CI/CD pipelines is a plus.
• Professional experience with containers, AWS, AWS Well Architected Framework, and Terraform.
• Experience with delivering web applications to production in a reliable manner.
• Experience guiding teams through the software development lifecycle from local development to production.
• Experience crafting logging, metrics, and alerting systems that deliver value to teams.
• An ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly and succinctly both in-person, through written documentation and over team chat.
• A willingness to accept failure and feedback, learn and try again.
• A passion for learning new disciplines and gaining a deep understanding of how others on the team do their work.
• Bonus: SysAdmin experience. We want to automate anything that currently requires a SysAdmin.
• Bonus: Certifications to prove knowledge and experience.

Benefits

• At Dispel you’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
• Salary range for role: $138,000-154,000 USD annually
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Opportunity for incentive units grant and performance bonus
• Generous paid time off and holidays
• Flexible work environment with opportunities for remote work

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. Your exact offer may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

This is a career growth opportunity and an FLSA-exempt role. The position will require working more than 40 hours per week at times to meet business needs.

Beware of Hiring Scams: Dispel will never ask for payment or sensitive personal information such as social security numbers during the hiring process. All official communication will come from a verified company email address. If you receive suspicious requests or communications, please report them to [email protected]. All of our legitimate openings can be found on the Dispel Career Site at https://apply.workable.com/dispel/