Only Locals - DevSecOps Engineer - Santa Clara, CA - Hybrid - W2 Contract

Hybrid in Santa Clara, CA, US • Posted 30+ days ago • Updated 1 day ago

Full Time

No Travel Required

Hybrid

$70 - $75/hr

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Continuous Delivery
Continuous Integration
DevSecOps
AKS
Terraform
Terraform Cloud
Infrastructure as Code
IaC
Defender

Summary

Role: Senior Azure DevSecOps Engineer

Location: Santa Clara, CA, (5 days Onsite)

Duration: 6 Months + extensions >> ongoing (Potential Full-time hire)

Only Locals around Santa Clara, CA

W2 Contract

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Overview: We are seeking a Senior DevOps / DevSecOps Engineer to build, maintain, and operate our Azure cloud platform from the ground up. This role follows approved architecture designs and is responsible for turning them into a secure, scalable, and production-ready platform. This individual must be exceptionally strong in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code, have deep hands-on Azure experience, and bring a security-first mindset to everything they build.

Manager's Note:

Experience in working with ArgoCD and GitOps Model
Kustomize and Defender for DevOps
Knowledge of Terraform
Handling of Azure managed Kubernetes clusters
IaaC (experience in writing Yaml files, configuring pipelines in Azure)
Troubleshoot production issues by monitoring service Error logs from platform/infra side
They should understand Azure thoroughly- how to scale up/down services, Applying IAM policies, Setting up Managed API Gateway, Managed Database services in Azure etc. These are very important
Grafana and Prometheus ( Nice to have )
Finally having " security first " mindset.

Key Responsibilities:

Build, deploy, and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure in alignment with defined architecture
Design and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
Use Terraform Cloud for remote state management, workspaces, and deployment workflows
Own and operate CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments
Deploy and manage observability solutions, including Grafana, metrics, logging, alerting, and dashboards
Build and support microservices-based architectures
Deploy and manage containerized workloads using Kubernetes (Azure Kubernetes Service AKS)
Monitor platform health and troubleshoot production issues using logs, metrics, and alerts
Scale Azure services up and down to meet performance and availability requirements
Implement and manage Azure IAM / RBAC policies following least-privilege principles
Configure and operate Azure managed services, including:
- Managed API Gateway
- Managed database services
- Networking and security components
Partner closely with Software Engineering, Architecture, and Security teams
Participate in incident response and root cause analysis from a platform perspective
Ensure platforms are secure by design, not secured after deployment

Required Skills & Experience (Must Have):

Very strong hands-on experience with Terraform
Hands-on experience with Terraform Cloud , including:
- Remote state management
- Workspaces
- Workflow-driven deployments
Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts and best practices
Strong experience building and operating Azure cloud platforms
Hands-on experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Strong understanding of microservices architecture
Experience with containers and Kubernetes
Proven experience building cloud platforms from the ground up
Strong experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines
Experience implementing observability platforms, including Grafana
Strong troubleshooting skills using logs, metrics, dashboards, and alerts
Ability to support and stabilize production environments

Security Expectations (Critical):

Strong security-first mindset
Experience implementing least-privilege access, secure configurations, and guardrails
Understanding of cloud security fundamentals and secure architecture patterns
Comfortable working with security reviews, audits, and compliance requirements
Ability to embed security into infrastructure, pipelines, and runtime environments

Nice to Have:

DevSecOps tooling experience
Experience integrating Terraform Cloud with CI/CD systems
Knowledge of Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prometheus, or similar tools
Experience with incident response and on-call rotations
Experience operating in regulated or audited environments
Cloud cost optimization experience

What Success Looks Like:

A stable, scalable, and secure Azure platform
Infrastructure fully managed through Terraform and Terraform Cloud
Reliable CI/CD pipelines with strong observability
Faster, safer deployments with reduced production issues
Strong collaboration across Engineering, Architecture, and Security teams

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Dice Id: 10271950
Position Id: 8846098
Posted 30+ days ago

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