• DevSecOps Engineer

    Motion Recruitment Partners (Iselin, NJ)


    DevSecOps Engineer

     

    Iselin, New Jersey

     

    Hybrid

     

    Contract

     

    $70/hr - $90/hr

    DevSecOps Platform Engineer

    **Location:** Iselin, NJ (3 days onsite)

    **Employment:** Long-term contract through March 2027

    **Level:** Senior / Experienced

    Overview

    Seeking an experienced DevSecOps Platform Engineer to design, secure, and operate large-scale infrastructure supporting big data, analytics, AI/ML, and critical enterprise platforms. This role blends deep platform engineering, strong security practices, and automation skills to maintain a resilient, compliant, and high-performance environment.

     

    You will work across containerized platforms, big data ecosystems, and cloud-native technologies, ensuring reliability, enforcing security standards, and driving automation across the stack.

    Key Responsibilities** **Platform Engineering

    + Build, manage, and secure scalable, highly available infrastructure (Object Storage, OpenShift, Spark, Iceberg, Yunikorn, Trino).

    + Detect and remediate configuration drift; enforce platform security policies.

    + Configure and monitor Big Data components using BI/observability tools.

    + Create automated regression/performance tests to maintain system stability.

    + Handle cluster scaling, patching, and version upgrades.

    + Run security assessments and apply operational guardrails.

    Security & Access Control

    + Implement OAuth, TLS/SSL, RBAC/ABAC models.

    + Enforce data protection standards (encryption in transit/at rest).

    + Validate compliance with IAM and regulatory frameworks (GDPR, HIPAA).

    + Harden Kubernetes and containerized workloads.

    Monitoring & Observability

    + Monitor performance and system health across compute, storage, and data pipelines.

    + Implement observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and enterprise tools.

    + Work with operations teams on resiliency, HA, and disaster recovery.

    Automation, CI/CD & DevSecOps

    + Build IaC automation with Helm, Terraform, Python, and shell scripts.

    + Enable repeatable, secure provisioning for platform and application services.

    + Integrate infrastructure changes into CI/CD processes with policy and compliance controls.

    Required Technical Skills** **Programming & Scripting

    + Python, Bash/Shell, SQL

    + Basic Java; Scala preferred for big data

    + Strong scripting for automation and tooling

    OS, Containers & Infrastructure

    + Deep Linux expertise (systems, networking, tuning)

    + Kubernetes, OpenShift, Helm, Terraform

    + Experience operating workloads in large enterprise clusters

    Big Data & Data Engineering

    + Experience with Spark, Hadoop, Hive, Trino, Iceberg, NexusOne

    + Nice to have: Airflow, NiFi

    + Kafka/Flink for batch & streaming pipelines

    + Object storage: S3, NetApp StorageGrid

    + Familiarity with Parquet/Avro, ORC, JSON, CSV

    AI/ML

    + ML frameworks or LLM workflows

    + MLflow, Kubeflow, SageMaker

    + Understanding of feature engineering and model deployment pipelines

    Security & Compliance

    + RBAC/ABAC

    + TLS/SSL, encryption, KMS

    + GDPR/HIPAA awareness and IAM governance

    Architecture (Good to have)

    + Microservices, event-driven systems

    + Load balancing, caching, horizontal scaling

    + HA, failover, DR, and monitoring architectures

    Qualifications

    + Extensive experience in DevSecOps, platform engineering, data infrastructure, or cloud-native roles

    + Proven ability to operate distributed systems in regulated enterprise environments

    + Strong cross-team communication and collaboration with security, data, and operations groups

    + Skilled at troubleshooting, optimizing, and securing complex systems across compute, storage, and data layers

    You will receive the following benefits:

    + Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family

    + Dental & Orthodontia Benefits

    + Vision Benefits

    + Health Savings Account (HSA)

    + Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

    + Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance

    + Hospital Indemnity Insurance

    + 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options

    + Paid Sick Time Leave

    + Legal and Identity Protection Plans

    + Pre-tax Commuter Benefit

    + 529 College Saver Plan

     

    Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

     

    **Posted by:** Jon Szynalski

    Specialization:

    + DevOps