DevOps Engineer

Job Title: DevOps Engineer

Location: Santa Clara, CA OR Carson City, NV Onsite only Contract Duration: 6 months

Role Overview:

We are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer contractor, This role is critical for maintaining and enhancing our CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and overall security posture.
The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, strong Python scripting skills, and deep expertise in DevSecOps practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines for application deployments.
• Develop, maintain, and automate Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Apply DevSecOps principles to ensure security is integrated throughout the development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to enhance cloud infrastructure and deployment processes.
• Ensure cloud environment security by implementing best practices for AWS (or other cloud) security.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, deployment, and CI/CD issues.
• Maintain documentation for deployment processes, cloud architecture, and operational procedures.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Strong expertise in Terraform and Python scripting.
• Hands-on experience in CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline, etc.).
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps principles and implementation.
• Solid experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS; Azure or Google Cloud Platform knowledge is a plus.
• Expertise in cloud security best practices.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) is preferred.
• Ability to work onsite in Santa Clara, CA or Carson City, NV.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

Preferred Skills:

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or Security certifications.
• Experience integrating security scanning tools in CI/CD pipelines (SAST, DAST).
• Knowledge of infrastructure monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, ELK).