Senior DevSecOps Engineer: Cloud Security & Automation

OpenTalent; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenTalent in Austin, TX is seeking an experienced DevSecOps Engineer to strengthen security of cloud platforms, software delivery pipelines, and production environments. The role combines deep AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, and automation expertise with a security mindset to embed security across the lifecycle while automating controls and reducing risk.

You will partner with software engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, platform, security, compliance, and product teams to establish

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years in DevSecOps or security-focused cloud engineering.
• Hands-on with AWS, IaC (Terraform), and container security.
• Experience embedding security into CI/CD and production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain security controls across AWS environments.
• Implement secure Terraform modules and policies that enforce least privilege and encryption.
• Integrate security checks into CI/CD pipelines including static analysis and container scanning.
• Harden EKS and Kubernetes clusters with RBAC, admission controls, and runtime protections.
• Develop automated remediation for misconfigurations and security findings.
• Collaborate with software engineering, SRE, platform, security, and product teams to promote secure-by-default patterns.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Automation

Security engineering

IAM

CI/CD

SRE collaboration

Tools

Terraform

CloudTrail

GuardDuty

Security Hub

CloudWatch

SIEM

EKS

Job description

OpenTalent in Austin, TX is seeking an experienced DevSecOps Engineer to strengthen security of cloud platforms, software delivery pipelines, and production environments. The role combines deep AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, and automation expertise with a security mindset to embed security across the lifecycle while automating controls and reducing risk.

You will partner with software engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, platform, security, compliance, and product teams to establish