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DevOps Engineer II (Cloud Security)

Builds and operates secure AWS cloud infrastructure using IaC like Terraform, manages IAM and access controls, implements automation for threat detection, and ensures compliance in Kubernetes environments. Requires 2-4 years DevOps experience with AWS services and scripting.

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On-site2+ YOEDevOps / SRE

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure cloud infrastructure in AWS using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform
  • Build and manage IAM systems, access controls, and least-privilege policies to reduce risk and limit blast radius
  • Implement automation and tooling to detect misconfigurations, privilege escalation risks, and anomalous behavior
  • Build and maintain secure, reliable, and auditable AWS and Kubernetes environments across multiple accounts and services
  • Improve secrets management, key rotation, and secure service-to-service authentication patterns
  • Collaborate with platform, product, and data science teams to deliver resilient infrastructure that enables rapid product development and member trust
  • Contribute to the automation of cloud operations, from CI/CD pipelines to monitoring and alerting systems
  • Develop and enforce guardrails for cloud security and compliance, including IAM, backups, logging, and configuration management
  • Participate in incident response and troubleshooting for infrastructure and security events
  • Participate in audits and compliance efforts by ensuring infrastructure is observable, auditable, and well-documented
  • Drive best practices in reliability, performance, cost optimization, and security across the platform

Qualifications

  • 2-4 years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure roles
  • Hands-on experience with AWS services, including IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, and CloudTrail
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code in production environments (Terraform preferred)
  • Strong understanding of cloud security and reliability principles, including least privilege, logging/monitoring, resource isolation, and disaster recovery
  • Experience with containerized platforms such as Kubernetes or Amazon EKS
  • Proficiency with scripting or programming languages (Python, Go, Java, or Bash)
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, secrets management, and automated security or reliability tooling
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex distributed systems
  • Effective communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams

Bonus Qualifications

  • Experience with cloud security tooling (e.g., CSPM, CNAPP, SIEM platforms)
  • Experience with compliance frameworks (e.g. SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, SOX, and/or SaMD)
  • Experience implementing policy-as-code or access control frameworks
  • Exposure to modern edge and delivery technologies such as Cloudflare, CDN configuration, and TLS/SSL certificate management

Skills

AWSTerraformIAMKubernetesCI/CDPythonGoCloudtrailEKSVpc

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