Principal Cloud Development Security and Operations Engineer

Regeneron Genetics Center (USA); Village of Tarrytown (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness programs

401(k) company match

Annual bonuses

Paid time off and leave options

Job summary

The Regeneron Genetics Center (USA) is seeking a Principal Cloud DevSecOps Engineer to design and implement cloud infrastructure and security controls on AWS. In this role, you will build DevSecOps solutions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with InfoSec teams.

The ideal candidate will have extensive AWS experience, strong technical abilities, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field. This position offers comprehensive benefits including health, wellness programs, and 401(k) matching.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with AWS services and relevant security certifications.
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure automation and security controls.
• Strong knowledge of compliance validation and security-by-design principles.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines for AWS.
• Embed security controls into system design and implementation.
• Provide technical support and train end users on cloud platforms.

Skills

AWS services experience

Infrastructure-as-code

Cloud security posture

Linux administration

CI/CD pipelines

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Splunk

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

Overview

The Regeneron Genetics Center (RGC) IT team is looking for a passionate Principal Cloud DevSecOps Engineer with strong technical ability, communication, and collaboration skills. In this role you will design and implement cloud infrastructure, automation, security controls, and compliance processes on AWS to support data, HPC, AI, and microservices platforms used by research scientists and bioinformaticians. You will work hands-on to build DevSecOps solutions, embed security into system design, and provide technical support and guidance to end users and internal teams. In addition, you will mentor Lead and Senior DevSecOps engineers and coordinate with InfoSec, Privacy, and internal IT teams to ensure security, scalability, and reliability of the RGC cloud platform.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement infrastructure‑as‑code, automation scripts, and CI/CD pipelines for data, HPC, AI, and microservice platforms on AWS.
• Embed security controls into system design and implementation, including IAM policies, network segmentation, secrets management, and compliance validation pipelines.
• Design and implement tools to automate operational processes across RGC’s cloud and systems engineering platforms.
• Support all audit‑related activities, including providing evidence and remediation of findings for RGC’s cloud platform.
• Develop and implement continuous delivery systems and CI/CD methodologies for RGC’s systems engineering platforms using AWS services, GitHub Actions, ARC self‑hosted runners on EKS, and SAST/DAST integration.
• Recommend and deploy monitoring, metrics, and logging systems on RGC’s cloud engineering platforms.
• Identify and implement opportunities to build systems that are highly available, scalable, and self‑healing.
• Develop SOPs and configure cloud services to support compliance validation.
• Provide technical support, training, and documentation to end users and research teams using RGC’s data, HPC, AI, and microservice platforms.
• Serve as a technical point of contact for user‑facing issues related to the cloud platform, DevOps pipelines, security services, and collaborate with internal IT teams to solve problems.
• Stay on top of the latest advances in cloud platforms and related security and compliance controls.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship for Lead and Senior DevSecOps engineers.
• Interact with InfoSec and Privacy teams to define and iterate on security requirements and implement them across the platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 8+ years of in‑depth AWS services experience and relevant security certifications.
• Hands‑on experience designing and implementing cloud infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure‑as‑code, and security controls.
• Solid understanding of cloud security posture, including IAM, network segmentation, secrets management, compliance validation, and security‑by‑design principles.
• Experience supporting data, HPC, AI, or microservices platforms in a technical or user‑facing capacity.
• Knowledge of core AWS services: EC2, EBS, S3, ELB, RDS, EKS, and IAM.
• Tangible experience with Linux administration and automation of security controls and compliance validation.
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Splunk, Grafana, and Prometheus.
• AWS and other related certifications are a plus.

Benefits

• Health and wellness programs, including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• Fitness centers.
• 401(k) company match.
• Family support benefits.
• Equity awards.
• Annual bonuses.
• Paid time off and leave options (military, parental, etc.) for eligible employees at all levels.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Regeneron is an equal‑opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. The Company will also provide reasonable accommodation to the known disabilities or chronic illnesses of a qualified applicant, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of the Company’s business.