DevOps Engineer (Remote)

About this role

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Job Summary:
The Dev Ops Engineer brings a strong foundation in cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, and a working knowledge of information security practices. This role is integral to maintaining reliable, scalable, and secure delivery pipelines across our platform ecosystem. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable automating deployments and hardening environments against security threats.

Key Responsibilities

DevOps & Infrastructure

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery of applications across multiple environments

• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure on AWS (or Azure), including computer, networking, storage, and managed services

• Automate operational tasks including provisioning, configuration management, patching, and monitoring using tools like Ansible or similar

• Support containerized workloads using Docker and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes or ECS)

• Monitor system health, set up alerting, and participate in incident response and root cause analysis

• Collaborate with development and QA teams to improve build reliability, deployment frequency, and system resilience

Information Security

• Apply security best practices across cloud environments including IAM policies, least-privilege access, secrets management, and network segmentation

• Assist with vulnerability scanning, patch management, and remediation tracking across infrastructure and application layers

• Support compliance initiatives by implementing controls aligned with frameworks such as SOC 2, NIST, or ISO 27001

• Integrate security tooling into CI/CD...