DevSecOps, AWS Platform Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Georgia.

📋 Description

• Assess and enhance application and AWS security, focusing on identity, authorization, data protection, and infrastructure controls.

• Deploy automated security monitoring, vulnerability management, and incident response capabilities.

• Integrate security practices into development workflows without causing delays in delivery.

• Lead the technical migration of legacy production workloads to WorldVia-managed AWS environments.

• Design secure, reliable, and cost-effective AWS infrastructure for both modern applications and traditional business systems.

• Implement infrastructure as code, including backup and recovery, monitoring, and operational automation.

• Coordinate migration testing, validation, cutover, and stabilization efforts with internal stakeholders.

• Enhance CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and environment management processes.

• Incorporate security scanning and automated safeguards into development workflows.

• Establish practical infrastructure standards and reusable deployment patterns.

• Provide support for cloud infrastructure utilized by applications featuring generative AI and agentic workflows.

• Document architecture, operating procedures, and technical decisions for the maintenance and evolution of the internal team.

• Oversee technical initiatives from design phase to production.

• Develop automated systems and guardrails that boost engineer productivity.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 4 years of hands-on experience in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, SRE, or related fields.

• Extensive knowledge of AWS, encompassing networking, compute, databases, IAM, security, monitoring, and infrastructure architecture.

• Proven experience in migrating production workloads from legacy or third-party environments to AWS, ideally including Windows-based applications.

• Practical experience in implementing application and cloud security controls.

• Proficiency in infrastructure as code tools, such as Terraform or AWS CDK.

• Familiarity with GitHub Actions or similar CI/CD systems, automated security scanning, and deployment automation.

• Strong understanding of backup, disaster recovery, production monitoring, and incident response protocols.

• Ability to work independently, communicate effectively, and collaborate within a small, agile engineering team.

• Experience with multi-tenant SaaS platforms is particularly advantageous.

• Familiarity with Amazon Bedrock, AgentCore, or other AI infrastructure is a plus.

• Knowledge of secure development practices involving AI coding tools is highly valued.

• Experience with financial application or legacy enterprise system migrations is especially beneficial.

• Experience with PCI DSS or SOC 2 readiness is a significant advantage.

• Ability to balance security, reliability, infrastructure costs, and rapid product delivery is highly desirable.

• Must be able to work with considerable overlap during Eastern Time business hours.

🏝️ Benefits

• Potential for extension or conversion to a permanent role.

• Approximately 40 hours of work per week during the contract period.

• Possible opportunity to transition into a permanent position.

• Chance to lead significant technical initiatives from design through to production.

• Direct access to decision-makers with minimal organizational bureaucracy.

• Opportunity to influence the architecture and operational foundations of an expanding technology platform.

• Chance to create automated systems and guardrails that enhance engineer productivity.