Location: Hybrid. One day per month in Austin, Texas.

Type: 6-month Contract-to-hire.

Sponsorship available: Yes

Responsibilities

• As a Principal DevSecOps Engineer, you will shape enterprise-wide cloud adoption, drive transformative initiatives (e.g., cloud governance, FinOps, IaC), and align technical execution with business outcomes for scalability, cost optimization, and innovation.
• Develop container orchestration to support the deployment and lifecycle management of applications running in AWS.
• Architect and implement robust Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and Terraform Cloud Design and optimize secure, scalable CI/CD/CT pipelines leveraging Azure DevOps (AzDO) or other future technologies.
• Drive security automation utilizing SAST, DAST, SCA, and container scanning using tool chains as defined by the Security Department.
• Act as a subject-matter-expert for the entire DevSecOps toolchain, supporting development teams across the entire enterprise for both strategic as well as operational activities.
• Collaborate with development, IT operations, and security teams to integrate security into all phases of software delivery.
• Design and build a next-generation Integrated Development Platform, leveraging GenAI and ML technologies.
• Own transformative CI/CD/CT automation, shift-left integrations, and advanced maturity models to achieve enterprise-grade DevSecOps results.
• You own proven expertise in leading large-scale on-premises transitions to AWS-ECS implementations leveraging IaC, container orchestration, and zero-downtime strategies to optimize scalability, security, and cost-efficiency.

Must Haves:

• A minimum 10 years of professional experience in DevOps and Cloud Engineering/Operations.
• At least 5 years of hands-on AWS experience, particularly with AWS-ECS and Fargate.
• At least 5 years of software development experience utilizing object-oriented development language(s) and applicable framework(s).
• Expert-level knowledge of, and experience with, Terraform and Terraform Cloud (HCP) for infrastructure automation.
• Strong proficiency with CI/CD automation, particularly using Azure DevOps and/or Jenkins/Cloudbees CI.
• Excellent understanding of, and experience with, containerization using Amazon Web Services ECS, Fargate, and/or Docker.
• Adept scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, and/or PowerShell.
• Proficiency in both Windows and Linux-based operating systems.
• Proven ability to lead initiatives, drive cultural transformation, and influence cross-functional teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or related field.

Nice-to-Haves:

• AWS Certifications such as Solutions Architect Professional, SysOps, and DevOps Professional.
• Extensive knowledge of IAM, secrets management, zero-trust security architectures, and compliance frameworks.
• Deep understanding of observability and performance monitoring with a tool such as Dynatrace, Datadog, Splunk, New Relic, Prometheus, Grafana, and/or ELK Stack.
• Hands-on experience with SonarQube (or an equivalent technology) for code quality analysis.
• Professional experience with GoLang.