HashiCorp Vault SME Engineer

MatchPoint Solutions is a fast-growing global IT and Engineering services firm delivering innovative technology solutions to leading enterprises including Uber, Robinhood, Netflix, Airbnb, Google, and more. With a growing international presence across North America, Europe, Asia, and South America, we help organizations turn ideas into outcomes through cutting-edge technology, industry best practices, and deep technical expertise. We’re expanding our team and looking for driven professionals who want to build impactful solutions in a collaborative, high-growth environment. HashiCorp Vault Engineer Contract Duration: 8 Months Location: Hybrid 3x a week (Preferred Locations Below) Pay $70 to 80/hr Chandler, AZ Charlotte, NC Menlo Park, NJ Dallas, TX Minneapolis, MN Position Overview: The HashiCorp Vault Engineer will independently design, implement, and support enterprise grade Vault platforms with limited oversight. This role focuses on secure secrets management, automation, reliability, and collaboration across security, platform engineering, and application teams while operating in compliance driven environments. Responsibilities: • Independently design, implement, and manage secure and highly available HashiCorp Vault platforms • Contribute to end-to-end automation of Vault provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management using Terraform and Ansible • Develop and enforce platform standards for secrets management, authentication, authorization, and Vault best practices • Analyze and resolve complex technical challenges involving cloud native and multi cloud integrations, Kubernetes authentication, PKI hierarchies, replication, and performance optimization • Collaborate with security, platform engineering, application teams, product owners, and vendors • Troubleshoot advanced issues including high availability failures, unseal workflows, authentication method failures, and secret engine configuration errors • Implement advanced Vault capabilities including static and dynamic secrets, PKI secret engines, database secrets, and namespace management • Guide and support engineering teams with Vault expertise, technical recommendations, and onboarding assistance • Drive continuous improvement through automation, performance tuning, reliability enhancements, and security hardening • Provide on call support on a rotational basis per team schedule Qualifications: Required Qualifications: • Five or more years of technology infrastructure engineering or solutions experience or equivalent demonstrated experience • Three or more years of hands-on experience with HashiCorp Vault in enterprise environments • Experience working within formal enterprise change management and compliance driven environments • Strong hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, GitHub, and continuous integration and delivery pipelines • Solid Linux system administration experience including installation, configuration, security, and troubleshooting • Deep understanding of the Vault lifecycle including installation, upgrades, high availability deployments, scaling, and cluster maintenance Desired Qualifications: • Experience designing and maintaining Vault secret engines including key value, database, PKI, cloud, LDAP, and dynamic secrets • Experience implementing Vault authentication methods including LDAP, AppRole, Kubernetes, JWT OIDC, and certificate-based authentication • Experience implementing Vault auto unseal using hardware security module-based solutions • Experience configuring Vault audit logging, monitoring, and metrics using observability platforms such as Splunk and Grafana • Hands on experience with Vault Agent, auto authentication, templates, and proxy integrations • Strong knowledge of DevOps practices, infrastructure as code, and software development lifecycle concepts • Professional HashiCorp Vault certification Tools and Technologies: • HashiCorp Vault • Terraform • Ansible • Linux • Kubernetes • GitHub • Continuous integration and delivery pipelines • Monitoring and observability platforms MatchPoint Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and do not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoffs, recall, transfers, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.