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DevOps Engineer - Remote

Universal Background Screening · Surprise, AZ, United States · Remote
Surprise, AZ, United StatesExp: 3+ yrsRemote
Remuneration
Not specified
Location
Surprise, AZ, United States · Remote
Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)
Visa sponsorship
Not specified

Job summary

The DevOps Engineer builds and maintains secure, reliable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments. The role automates provisioning and deployments, supports Docker and Kubernetes or ECS workloads, monitors system health, and responds to incidents. It also applies cloud security controls, vulnerability remediation, and compliance practices using technologies such as AWS, Terraform, and security frameworks including SOC 2, NIST, and ISO 27001.

Qualifications

  • At least 3 years of hands-on DevOps or platform engineering experience.
  • Experience with AWS services such as EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, VPC, IAM, and CloudWatch.
  • Proficiency with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitLab CI.
  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes or ECS.
  • Scripting proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
  • Working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform.
  • Foundational understanding of information security, network security, and secure configuration.
  • Familiarity with secrets management, certificate lifecycle management, and access control frameworks.
  • Experience with logging and observability platforms such as CloudWatch, Datadog, or Splunk.
  • Proficiency in written and spoken English.
  • Hands-on Kubernetes experience and Linux systems administration and networking experience.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application delivery across multiple environments.
  • Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure, including compute, networking, storage, and managed services.
  • Automate provisioning, configuration management, patching, and monitoring.
  • Support containerized workloads with Docker and Kubernetes or ECS.
  • Monitor system health, configure alerts, and participate in incident response and root cause analysis.
  • Apply cloud security practices, including least-privilege IAM, secrets management, and network segmentation.
  • Conduct vulnerability scanning, patch management, and remediation tracking.
  • Implement infrastructure controls aligned with SOC 2, NIST, or ISO 27001.
  • Integrate security scanning and security gates into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Manage and audit access controls, certificates, and secrets.

Skills

AnsibleAWSAzureAzure DevOpsBashCloudWatchDatadogDocker.NETECSGCPGitHubGitHub ActionsGitLabGitLab CIIAMJenkinsKubernetesAWS LambdaLinuxPostgreSQLPowerShellPythonS3Secrets ManagerSnykSplunkTerraformVault

Certifications

CompTIA Security+AWS Security Specialty

Languages

EnglishPythonBashPowerShell

Industry

Background screening

Relocation

No