Senior DevSecOps Engineer

Position: Senior DevSecOps Engineer
Location: Onsite (Plano TX)

Duration: Long Term Contract

Job Description:

The Senior DevSecOps Engineer is a hands on individual contributor responsible for building operating and continuously improving DevSecOps capabilities for a casino management system being developed from the ground up. This role focuses on the practical implementation of secure CI/CD pipelines infrastructure automation security controls and operational reliability.
This role includes significant hands on responsibility for on premises bare metal infrastructure requiring deep operational experience with physical infrastructure platform services and production reliability.
All duties are to be performed in accordance with departmental and company policies practices and procedures. Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times and adhere to company standards work requirements and rules of conduct.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Design build configure and maintain on premises bare metal infrastructure to support container platforms CI/CD tooling databases and messaging systems.
• Operate CI/CD pipelines to automate build test security scanning and deployment workflows.
• Build and maintain infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to ensure consistent repeatable and secure environments across development test and production.
• Implement secure deployment patterns for cloud based containerized and hybrid environments supporting both single tenant and multi tenant architectures.
• Configure and manage container platforms and orchestration systems (e.g. Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Docker) with a strong focus on runtime security image governance and operational stability on bare-metal on-prem infrastructure.
• Design deploy and operate DevSecOps tooling and automation that supports PostgreSQL databases including secure configuration backup monitoring and performance considerations.
• Collaborate closely with development infrastructure and security teams to improve production readiness
• Support event driven and asynchronous architectures by integrating and operating messaging and streaming platforms such as Apache Kafka including secure pipeline integration and operational monitoring.
• Collaborate with Application and Operations teams to ensure secure reliable CI/CD workflows for services that depend on relational databases and messaging systems.
• Implement and maintain monitoring logging and alerting solutions to support observability performance tuning and security detection.
• Work directly with application developers to troubleshoot pipeline failures deployment issues and environment related problems.
• Apply cloud security best practices including identity and access management network segmentation encryption and secrets management.
• Maintain operational documentation runbooks and technical standards related to DevSecOps tooling and processes.
• Provide technical guidance and informal mentorship to less experienced engineers through code reviews pairing and knowledge sharing.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve automation reliability security posture and developer experience.
• Perform job duties in a safe manner and attend work as scheduled on a consistent and regular basis.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Cybersecurity or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Ability to obtain and maintain any required certifications or licenses.
• 8 years of hands on experience in DevOps DevSecOps Site Reliability Engineering or a related engineering role.
• Strong hands on experience with CI/CD platforms (e.g. Jenkins GitLab CI GitHub Actions).
• Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Strong hands on experience with container platforms and orchestration technologies including Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes (and container tooling such as Docker).
• Hands on knowledge of application and cloud security tools including SAST DAST vulnerability scanners and SIEM platforms.
• Hands on experience supporting relational databases with a strong preference for PostgreSQL in cloud native or containerized environments.
• Practical experience working with distributed messaging or streaming platforms such as Apache Kafka including integration with application pipelines and operational troubleshooting.
• Ability to use AI assisted engineering tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot ChatGPT / enterprise AI assistants or similar) to improve productivity in scripting infrastructure automation troubleshooting and CI/CD pipeline development.
• Ability to responsibly use AI tools while adhering to enterprise security data protection and compliance requirements.
• Proficiency in scripting or automation languages such as Python Bash or PowerShell.
• Experience with monitoring and logging platforms (e.g. Prometheus Grafana ELK stack).
• Strong troubleshooting skills across hardware OS container platforms and application layers in production environments.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in cross functional Engineering and Operations teams.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to physically access assigned workspace areas with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to work indoors and be exposed to environmental factors such as noise and screen use.
• Ability to utilize a laptop and standard keyboard to perform essential job functions.