Senior DevSecOps Engineer - Python, Terraform, Kubernetes

Motion Recruitment Partners, LLC; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 152,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Benefits

Vision Benefits

Paid Time Off (PTO)

401(k)

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners, LLC is seeking a Senior Platform & Security Engineer to join its Platform Engineering team on a contract basis. The role centers on designing, implementing, and supporting secure cloud infrastructure with a focus on AWS, IaC, and Kubernetes.

You will own end-to-end delivery of secure platform services and automation, collaborating with security and governance teams. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in platform engineering, deep AWS, Terraform/OpenTofu expertise,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Cloud Engineering, or related field.
• Extensive hands-on experience supporting enterprise production workloads in AWS.
• Advanced expertise with Terraform and/or OpenTofu.
• Strong Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience.
• Deep Kubernetes deployment, administration, support, and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with Docker and/or Podman container technologies.
• Strong Python and Bash scripting skills.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and Jenkins.
• Hands-on experience with Ansible and Packer.
• Strong understanding of Linux systems administration.
• Experience implementing security controls including: System hardening, Vulnerability management, Secrets management, Least-privilege access models, Logging and monitoring, Secure-by-default infrastructure patterns.
• Experience creating, testing, reviewing, and maintaining production-quality infrastructure code.
• Experience developing automated testing for infrastructure platforms and deployments.
• Strong communication, documentation, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership from requirements through production deployment.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Codex, or similar technologies.
• Ability to validate AI-generated solutions through testing, code review, security controls, and quality gates.

Responsibilities

• 100% Hands On.
• Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable AWS infrastructure using Terraform/OpenTofu.
• Build and support cloud platform services across networking, identity, compute, storage, and Kubernetes environments.
• Create and enhance automation tools and platform utilities using Python and Bash.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitHub and Jenkins.
• Build and execute automated Infrastructure as Code testing and validation processes.
• Implement container security best practices across Kubernetes, Docker, and Podman environments.
• Configure cloud-native services including logging, monitoring, security scanning, and secrets management.
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, troubleshooting, and engineering standards development.
• Partner with security, risk, and governance teams to support compliance and audit requirements.
• Monitor system reliability, security posture, and platform performance.
• Produce technical documentation, operational runbooks, and implementation guides.
• Independently drive engineering work from requirements gathering through deployment and handoff.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity while maintaining strong security and testing standards.
• Support ongoing platform modernization and cloud engineering initiatives.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

OpenTofu

Kubernetes

Docker

Python

Bash

CI/CD

GitHub

Jenkins

Ansible

Packer

Linux administration

Security controls

AI-assisted tools

Tools

Terraform/OpenTofu

Kubernetes

Podman

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

Job description

Motion Recruitment Partners, LLC is seeking a Senior Platform & Security Engineer to join its Platform Engineering team on a contract basis. The role centers on designing, implementing, and supporting secure cloud infrastructure with a focus on AWS, IaC, and Kubernetes.

You will own end-to-end delivery of secure platform services and automation, collaborating with security and governance teams. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in platform engineering, deep AWS, Terraform/OpenTofu expertise,