Note: All candidates must be able to work as a W2 or 1099 employee for any employer in the US. (The role is not eligible for those requiring sponsorships now or in the future.) Title: Cloud DevSecOps Engineer III Location: Charlotte, NC or Atlanta, Ga. Or Birmingham, Al (Hybrid) Type: 3mo+ contract to hire Compensation: Pay: $55 - $68/hr (W2 or 1099) Industry: Banking/Financial Services Job Description: The Cloud DevOps Engineer will play a pivotal role in advancing our cloud strategy. The primary focus of this role will include developing, communicating and implementing cloud continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines which are robust and secure. This role will work closely with all stakeholders to create fully automated pipelines which support current DevOps best practices. Responsibilities: - Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for Data and API workloads - Enable security checks and policy enforcements into data pipelines (access controls, data masking, audit logging etc.) - Collaborate with data engineers and security teams to ensure regulatory compliance (SOC2, etc.) - Integrate static and dynamic scanning tools into build pipelines - Monitor platform security and respond to vulnerabilities or incidents - Manage secrets, credentials, role-based access etc. using HashiCorp Vault, SailPoint or other tools - Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting best practices Skills/Requirements: - 6+ years of experience in DataOps or DevSecOps - 3+ years of experience with deploying Palantir Foundry or Databricks applications - 3+ years of experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Harness, Gitlab CI) - Strong automation and scripting skills - Python, Bash - Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) - Experience with cloud platforms (AWS) and their security services - Understanding of Network Security, IAM, encryption, and compliance frameworks - Knowledge of data pipeline orchestration tools - Palantir Foundry, Airflow, etc. Preferences Preferred AWS DevOps certification