Senior DevOps Engineer, Security

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a highly skilled DevSecOps Engineer to lead security, reliability, and automation initiatives across our cloud infrastructure. The role emphasizes AWS IaC, container orchestration, and improving developer experiences with refined tools and processes.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to harden security, optimize costs, and enhance observability while participating in on-call rotations and security reviews of vendors and services.

Qualifications

• 3+ years managing production workloads in containerized environments.
• 5+ years implementing AWS via IaC with a strong emphasis on security.
• Proficiency with Docker, Kubernetes/ECS, NGINX, and Python/Go/Ruby.
• Solid understanding of relational databases.
• Familiarity with SDLC and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools (Datadog, New Relic, CloudWatch).
• Commitment to continuous improvement and learning new stacks.
• Ability to navigate ambiguous situations and proactively solve problems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to projects focused on security, reliability, release processes, developer experience, cost optimization, and observability.
• Collaborate with engineering, IT, and People teams to tackle security challenges in infrastructure, CI pipelines, applications, endpoint security, AI workloads, and enterprise security.
• Lead and implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and compliance initiatives.
• Participate in security reviews of third-party vendors and services.
• Improve developer experiences by refining tools, workflows, and AI usage.
• Contribute to on-call rotations.

Skills

Docker

Kubernetes

NGINX

Python

Go

Ruby

AWS

IaC

CI/CD

Datadog

New Relic

CloudWatch

Relational DBs

Security best practices

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

NGINX

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to projects focused on enhancing security, system reliability, release processes, developer experiences, cost optimizations, and observability
• Collaborate with various engineering, IT, and People teams to solve security challenges in infrastructure, CI pipelines, application, endpoint security, AI workloads, and general enterprise security
• Lead and implement our infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and compliance initiatives
• Participate in security reviews of third‑party vendors and services
• Improve the overall developer experiences by refining tools, workflows, and AI usage
• Contribute to our on‑call rotation

Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of professional experience managing production workloads within containerized environments
• Demonstrated 5 years of experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) implementations via Infrastructure as Code with a strong emphasis on security best practices
• Proficiency with Docker, a container orchestration platform (e.g., Kubernetes, ECS), web proxy technologies (e.g., NGINX), and at least one programming language such as Python, Go, or Ruby
• A solid understanding of relational databases
• Commitment to continuous improvements (picking up new technology stacks)
• Familiarity with the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and metrics gathering tools such as Datadog, New Relic, or CloudWatch
• A high degree of self‑motivation and a commitment to delivering high‑quality work
• The ability to navigate ambiguous situations effectively and a proactive approach to problem‑solving

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in managing production workloads within containerized environments, with a strong focus on Amazon Web Services (AWS) implementations and security best practices. Proficient in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and committed to continuous improvement in developer experiences and security solutions.