Remote Principal DevSecOps Engineer – FedRAMP & AI Platform

OpenTalent; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenTalent is seeking a security-focused Principal DevSecOps Engineer to design, automate, and secure cloud-native platforms supporting enterprise applications and AI workloads. This role emphasizes DevSecOps practices, FedRAMP compliance, and security audits across AWS, EKS, GitLab CI/CD, and MLOps/AIOps.

The ideal candidate will lead deployment workflows and data pipeline operations, ensuring vulnerability remediation, policy-as-code, and secure containerization across the platform.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Cloud Engineering.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Amazon EKS, Linux, GitLab CI/CD.
• Demonstrated experience implementing DevSecOps practices, including container security, secrets management, and vulnerability remediation.
• Knowledge of FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, security compliance frameworks, and experience supporting internal/external audits.
• Experience working with Generative AI, MLOps/AIOps platforms, with strong scripting and automation skills.
• Experience with security platforms including Prisma Cloud, Wiz, Aqua, Trivy, or Snyk.
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, or Splunk.
• Experience with AI/ML technologies, including LLM deployment, vector databases, and AI security best practices.
• Knowledge of Zero Trust architectures, IAM, policy-as-code, and Infrastructure as Code governance.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain secure AWS cloud infrastructure using OpenTofu and GitLab CI/CD.
• Deploy, manage, and optimize Amazon EKS clusters supporting enterprise and Generative AI workloads.
• Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines using DevSecOps best practices, including automated vulnerability scans and compliance checks.
• Build and support MLOps/AIOps platforms for AI model deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Ensure platform compliance with FedRAMP, NIST standards, internal security policies, vulnerability management processes, and audit-readiness requirements.
• Collaborate across engineering teams to support deployment operations, data pipelines, and platform automation.

Skills

FedRAMP

Infrastructure as Code

Security Compliance

MLOps/AIOps

DevSecOps

Generative AI familiarity

Education

CompTIA Security+ or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Amazon EKS

GitLab CI/CD

OpenTofu

Trivy

Snyk

Prisma Cloud

Wiz

Aqua

Prometheus

Grafana

CloudWatch

Splunk

Job description

OpenTalent is seeking a security-focused Principal DevSecOps Engineer to design, automate, and secure cloud-native platforms supporting enterprise applications and AI workloads. This role emphasizes DevSecOps practices, FedRAMP compliance, and security audits across AWS, EKS, GitLab CI/CD, and MLOps/AIOps.

The ideal candidate will lead deployment workflows and data pipeline operations, ensuring vulnerability remediation, policy-as-code, and secure containerization across the platform.