DevSecOps Engineer (Remote)

Unclassified - New York, NY

Full-time - Senior

Remote - New York, NY

About the position

Minutes to Seconds is seeking a highly skilled Senior DevSecOps Engineer for a contract role in a hybrid work environment. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in security-focused DevOps practices, particularly with tools such as GitHub, Terraform, and AWS. This role emphasizes project ownership, automation, and collaboration within a fast-paced team, ensuring secure and efficient deployment processes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects to completion, ensuring successful execution of tasks and regular deployments to production.
• Implement and manage robust CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Terraform to automate code testing, building, and deployment processes.
• Maintain cloud infrastructure using AWS services such as ECS, ECR, EKS, Cognito, VPC Transit Gateway, and Route53, ensuring best practices in infrastructure-as-code and cloud security.
• Utilize Terraform to define and provision AWS resources, ensuring high scalability, availability, and security of cloud environments.
• Automate system configurations, software deployments, and infrastructure scaling to optimize workflows and system performance.
• Assist software engineers in containerizing their applications using Docker and preparing them to run efficiently on AWS ECS Fargate and EKS Fargate.
• Support the development of secure, scalable application services using TypeScript and JavaScript frameworks such as NestJS and Next.js.
• Guide and assist software engineers and QA team members in writing effective tests using the Jest framework to ensure the reliability and robustness of their applications.
• Implement DevSecOps best practices, ensuring that all deployments meet the highest security standards.
• Set up monitoring and alerting for infrastructure and services, proactively addressing performance bottlenecks and security vulnerabilities within software applications and infrastructure.
• Work closely with developers, QA teams, and other stakeholders to ensure smooth, reliable daily deployments to production and fast iterations.
• Document processes, configurations, and project outcomes to ensure clarity and transparency in all aspects of the DevSecOps lifecycle.

Requirements

• 5+ years of DevOps/DevSecOps experience, with a focus on security, automation, and cloud infrastructure.
• Expertise in Terraform for provisioning cloud resources and infrastructure automation.
• Expertise with Docker and container orchestration (ECS/EKS).
• Experience with AWS services, including ECS, ECR, EKS, Cognito, Lambda, S3, VPC Transit Gateway, and Route53.
• Proficiency in Docker, with experience containerizing applications and deploying them on AWS ECS Fargate and EKS Fargate.
• Proficiency in GitHub and GitHub Actions, including managing repositories, creating workflows, and automating deployment pipelines.
• Proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript, including experience with frameworks like NestJS and Next.js.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD processes and ability to architect scalable, efficient pipelines.
• Experience with networking and security in AWS (e.g., VPC, IAM, Security Groups).
• Ability to work independently and manage complex tasks in a fast-paced environment with minimal oversight.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on security, automation, and efficiency.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as NEST CSF, HIPAA, SOC 2, or similar.
• Experience working in highly secure, regulated environments.