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DevSecOps Engineer

Mercor

Cloud Engineer Contractor · Full-time
United States $70 – $77/hr June 28, 2026

Job description

We are seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to help operate and secure cloud infrastructure for a leading digital health technology company.

You will work alongside senior engineers and an InfoSec team to maintain HIPAA-regulated AWS environments, automate secure delivery pipelines, and ensure production systems are observable, resilient, and secure.

This is a full-time W-2 contingent role through Cincinnatus LLC, with placement into a leading healthcare technology organization as part of its extended engineering workforce.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure & Operations

  • Maintain AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

  • Build modular and reusable infrastructure components across:

    • VPC
    • EC2
    • ECS
    • EKS
    • IAM
    • S3
    • SQS
  • Ensure compliance with HIPAA-regulated production environments

Security Engineering & DevSecOps

  • Partner with InfoSec teams to integrate and manage security tools such as:

    • Semgrep
    • Checkov
    • Lacework
  • Embed security scanning into CI/CD pipelines

Automation & Engineering

  • Build automation scripts using Python or Node.js to reduce operational toil
  • Improve system reliability through self-healing and auto-scaling configurations
  • Strengthen CI/CD pipelines for secure and efficient deployments

Monitoring & Incident Response

  • Monitor infrastructure using:

    • Prometheus
    • Grafana
    • LGTM stack
  • Participate in:

    • On-call rotations
    • Incident response
    • Blameless post-mortems

AI-Assisted Engineering

  • Use AI coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude) to assist with infrastructure development and review

Core Qualifications

  • Hands-on AWS experience across:

    • VPC
    • EC2
    • ECS
    • IAM
    • S3
    • SQS
  • Strong Terraform / Infrastructure-as-Code experience

  • Proficiency in Python or Node.js scripting

  • Solid understanding of network security and VPC architecture

  • Experience with CI/CD and automated deployment pipelines

  • Familiarity with SAST, DAST, or CSPM tools

  • Experience with logging and monitoring systems

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with HIPAA, SOC2, or PCI-DSS compliance frameworks
  • Kubernetes / EKS operations experience
  • GitOps workflows (ArgoCD or Flux)
  • AWS certifications
  • CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins

Contract & Employment Details

  • W-2 contingent employment via Cincinnatus LLC
  • Remote (US-based, West Coast preferred)
  • Placement into a client engineering team at a healthcare technology company
  • Full-time role

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cincinnatus LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on protected characteristics. Reasonable accommodations are provided upon request.

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