DevSecOps Engineer

ITC Infotech; Stamford (CT); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology services provider in Stamford, Connecticut is seeking a qualified candidate for a Platform Engineer position. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in cloud infrastructure and experience with Kubernetes, AWS, and DevOps practices. Responsibilities include designing and implementing scalable cloud infrastructure, supporting deployment strategies, and developing CI/CD pipelines. Candidates should hold a Bachelor's degree and possess at least 8 years of experience in Platform Engineering. This role offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic and high-intensity environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Computer Science, MIS, or related technical field of study.
• Minimum 8+ years of prior professional Platform Engineering experience.
• Excellent understanding of AWS services; including EKS, ECS, and related services.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes infrastructure and tooling.
• Experience with various CI/CD methodologies and container orchestration tools.
• Good understanding of networking concepts and OSI layers.
• Experience designing and implementing DevSecOps practices.
• Advanced knowledge in assessing, deploying, configuring, and operating AWS services using IaC tools.
• Experience working in Linux environments.
• Strong understanding of containers (e.g., Docker) and container orchestration via Kubernetes.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with Git, Python, shell scripting, and Terraform.
• Thorough understanding of change management control and the software development lifecycle.
• Proven experience in conducting Root Cause Analysis (RCA) of issues.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement cloud-native infrastructure solutions.
• Design and operate Kubernetes infrastructure using emerging technologies.
• Champion the design and management of cloud infrastructure using Terraform.
• Support migration efforts to K8s.
• Build, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Support the design and implementation of business continuity plans.
• Conduct product evaluations and respond to mission-critical service issues.
• Partner with developers and internal stakeholders.

Job description

ITC Infotech is a leading global technology services and solutions provider, led by Business and Technology Consulting. ITC Infotech provides business-friendly solutions to help clients succeed and be future‑ready, by seamlessly bringing together digital expertise, strong industry specific alliances and the unique ability to leverage deep domain expertise from ITC Group businesses. We provide technology solutions and services to enterprises across industries such as Banking & Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, Travel and Hospitality, through a combination of traditional and newer business models, as a long‑term sustainable partner.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure solutions across the customer’s global enterprise. Additionally, the candidate will have demonstrated strong experience building and maintaining cloud‑based infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, DevOps and CI/CD. This position is a hands‑on role responsible for developing, supporting, and maintaining a firm‑wide investment, trading, and analytics platform supported by APIs, applications, and visualization tools. Extensive knowledge of Terraform, Git, Docker and Kubernetes coupled with expertise in AWS and other cloud technologies will be instrumental in shaping infrastructure and deployment strategies. This is an excellent opportunity for candidates with a strong technical background to implement the delivery of cloud‑based solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement cloud‑native infrastructure solutions to support the entire software development lifecycle.
• Design and operate Kubernetes infrastructure using emerging technologies such as Datadog, Argo CD, Crossplane, Helm, and Karpenter.
• Champion the design, implementation, and management of our cloud infrastructure using Terraform, ensuring best practices for scalability, resiliency, and security.
• Support migration efforts to K8s.
• Support architectural modernization of applications and their underlying infrastructure to be more cloud native leveraging serverless platforms, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.
• Build, implement, and maintain continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to automate front office software applications and core infrastructure technology.
• Partner with the global IT organization to identify areas for automation (via IaC, CID/CD pipelines, etc) and implement solutions to streamline IT workflows and operational processes such as infra deployment, upgrades, patching, and migration with minimal service downtimes.
• Support the design and implementation of high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity plans to ensure the availability of critical IT services.
• Conduct product evaluations, design & development of new features/enhancements, and continuous improvements in all areas of infrastructure service operations. Respond to mission‑critical service issues to triage and resolve complex problems.
• Partner with developers and internal stakeholders to understand requirements, engineer, optimize, support, and maintain cloud‑native solutions.
• Troubleshoot and diagnose issues and remediate them accordingly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Computer Science, MIS, or related technical field of study.
• Minimum 8+ years of prior professional Platform Engineering experience.
• Excellent understanding of AWS services; including EKS, ECS, and related services
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes infrastructure and tooling, including Datadog, Argo CD, Crossplane, Helm, and Karpenter strongly preferred.
• Experience with various CI/CD methodologies, container orchestration tools, and observability and performance monitoring technologies.
• Good understanding of networking concepts and OSI layers.
• Experience designing and implementing DevSecOps practices.
• Advanced knowledge in assessing, deploying, configuring, testing, and operating AWS services using IaC tools.
• Experience working in Linux environments.
• Strong understanding of containers (eg: Docker) and container orchestration via Kubernetes
• Demonstrated hands‑on experience with Git, Python, shell scripting, and Terraform in an enterprise production environment.
• Thorough understanding of change management control and the software development lifecycle, from requirements analysis to testing and deployment.
• Proven experience in conducting Root Cause Analysis (RCA) of issues, with a demonstrated ability to analyze data, identify patterns, and propose effective solutions to prevent the recurrence of the issue.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, possessing the ability to interact effectively with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skill‑set with demonstrated attention to detail.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, dynamic and high‑intensity environment including open‑floor plan if applicable to the position, with timely responsiveness and the ability to work beyond normal business hours when required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing Kubernetes security controls, including eBPF‑based runtime visibility or policy enforcement.
• Experience supporting MLOps workloads on Kubernetes (e.g., model training, serving, pipelines, or GPU‑enabled workloads).
• Experience operating across multiple Kubernetes distributions (e.g., managed cloud Kubernetes and self‑managed clusters).
• Experience leveraging Open Source technologies incubated through CNCF.

ITC Infotech is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences, such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion, or sexual orientation. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. ITC infotech is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women