Job Description An established organization in a highly regulated industry is seeking a Senior Platform & Security Engineer to join its Platform Engineering team on a contract basis. This individual will play a key role in designing, implementing, and supporting secure cloud infrastructure while helping ensure continuity across critical platform initiatives.

The ideal candidate is a highly independent engineer with deep AWS and Infrastructure as Code expertise, strong Kubernetes and containerization experience, and a passion for technology. This person should be comfortable taking ownership of complex technical problems, driving solutions with minimal supervision, and leveraging modern AI-assisted development tools while maintaining rigorous security and quality standards.

If you're the type of technologist who continuously learns, automates everything possible, and enjoys building secure, scalable platforms, this opportunity offers a chance to make an immediate impact. Required Skills & Experience

10+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Cloud Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a 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

Desired Skills & Experience

Experience within financial services or other highly regulated industries
Experience with SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST 800-53, or similar compliance frameworks
Experience with Terraform testing frameworks such as Terratest
Experience with Container Structure Test, Pester, or similar validation tooling
Experience with observability tools including Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK/OpenSearch, or Datadog
Experience with AWS services such as IAM, VPC, ECS, EKS, Lambda, and RDS
Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
Open-source contributions, personal GitHub repositories, or side projects demonstrating technical passion
Experience integrating AI-powered tooling into established engineering workflows
Strong interest in emerging technologies and continuous professional development

What You Will Be Doing Daily 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

The Offer

Contract opportunity
Competitive hourly compensation
$80/hr - $110/hr depending on experience and alignment to role requirements
Opportunity to work on enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure and security initiatives
Exposure to modern platform engineering, automation, Kubernetes, and AI-assisted development practices
Collaborative engineering culture focused on continuous learning and technical excellence

You will receive the following benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Benefits
Vision Benefits
Paid Time Off (PTO)
401(k)

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.

DevSecOps Engineer - Python/Jenkins/Terraform - Boston, Ma

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