Senior Platform Engineer – Python & DevSecOps
United States of America
Full-time
1 week ago
H1B Sponsor Likely
Key skills
PythonGitHub ActionsGitHubGitOpsCI/CD
About this role
Strategic Staffing Solutions is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer with deep Python expertise and a strong open-source mindset to help drive platform engineering excellence across the organization. This role involves defining best practices for CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and DevSecOps, while acting as a technical leader to improve delivery performance.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to and maintain open-source projects, including demonstrated prior contributions to:
- Conda-Forge
- Pixi Package Manager
- Design, develop, and maintain GitHub Actions and CI/CD automation frameworks used across engineering teams
- Establish and steward platform engineering standards, including:
- CI/CD patterns
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates
- Golden-path repositories and reusable automation components
- Lead and evangelize DevSecOps and GitOps practices, ensuring security, compliance, and reliability are built into delivery pipelines
- Promote and measure engineering effectiveness using DORA metrics, continuously improving developer productivity and platform reliability
- Serve as a technical mentor and thought leader for Python, automation, and DevOps best practices
- Collaborate with application teams, security partners, and platform stakeholders to align tooling and workflows
- Build and maintain high-quality documentation to support adoption and long-term sustainability of platform solutions
Requirements:
- 5+ years of professional experience developing with Python, including advanced scripting and automation
- 6+ years of experience with Python automation
- 6+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines
- 6+ years of experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions
- Demonstrable open-source contributions, specifically to Conda-Forge and/or Pixi Package Manager
- Strong experience designing and implementing CI/CD automation at scale
- Proven ability to establish engineering standards and reusable platform components
- Deep understanding of DevSecOps principles and secure software delivery practices