SecOps Engineer - Cloud & Container Security Automation

Motion Recruitment; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 73,012 - 90,921; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a SecOps Engineer to enhance security operations and automate workflows. Responsibilities include monitoring systems for threats, managing container security, and ensuring compliance standards. Ideal candidates have hands-on experience in security operations and knowledge of cloud security practices. This is a contract role offering a pay rate of $53.00/hr to $66.00/hr.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in security operations and incident response.
• Knowledge of cloud and container security practices is essential.
• Strong background in automation and security tooling.

Responsibilities

• Monitor systems for threats, anomalies, and configuration drift.
• Manage container image security and runtime protection.
• Automate detection, response, and remediation workflows.
• Maintain security baselines, patching, and compliance standards.
• Support incident response, forensic analysis, and post-incident reviews.

Skills

Security operations

Incident response

Cloud security practices

Container security

Automation

Security tooling

Job description

A recruitment agency is seeking a SecOps Engineer to enhance security operations and automate workflows. Responsibilities include monitoring systems for threats, managing container security, and ensuring compliance standards. Ideal candidates have hands-on experience in security operations and knowledge of cloud security practices. This is a contract role offering a pay rate of $53.00/hr to $66.00/hr.