Schedule: Must be willing to work Eastern Time (EST) hours, regardless of location, preferably starting at 8:00 AM EST.
About the role:We are seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer - Tech Lead to join our R&D DevOps & Security team at REAL. The successful candidate will be a hands-on technical leader, responsible for leading a team of DevOps and Security engineers to prioritize, schedule, and implement DevOps & Security tasks. This role requires you to be opinionated in the direction that DevOps & Security practices are going, make practical recommendations, and take the initiative for the long-term health of the infrastructure and security posture.
What You'll Do:- Build and operate our AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes/EKS clusters, GitOps pipelines (ArgoCD/Helm), and CI/CD (TeamCity)
- Write and own infrastructure-as-code across both Terraform and AWS CDK, setting reusable, well-tested, peer-reviewed patterns.
- Build and enhance our security posture, including topics such as: least-privilege IAM, secrets management, vulnerability and patch management, dependency/supply-chain (SCA) and code (SAST/DAST) scanning, and shifting security left into the developer workflow.
- Analyze performance and other observability metrics using tools like Datadog to assess the health of our infrastructure, spot regressions and bottlenecks, and drive improvements.
- Lead a team of DevOps and Security engineers to prioritize, schedule, and implement DevOps & Security-related tasks.
- Help lead the overall technical vision and strategy for all things DevOps & Security.
- Discuss with and educate other team members in DevOps methodology, design, and best practices.
What You'll Bring:- Welcoming and collaborative, eager to both learn from and teach fellow engineers while working across diverse time zones and locations.
- Thrive in a remote environment, enjoying the dynamic interaction and knowledge sharing with a globally distributed team.
- Comfortable in an agile, fast-paced startup environment.
Education & Experience:- Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Hands-on experienced DevOps engineer with at least 5 years of experience as an individual contributor and at least 2 years of experience as a team lead
- In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes and container orchestration.
- In-depth knowledge of AWS and cloud networking.
- Demonstrated hands-on security experience: IAM/least-privilege, secrets management, vulnerability management, and security scanning (SAST/DAST/SCA).
- Significant experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code (IaC).
- Experienced with performance monitoring tools such as Datadog and have a strong understanding of infrastructure and application performance metrics.
- Experience with the Java programming language.
- Experience with AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) is nice to have.
Additional Details:- Location Requirements: Candidates must be based in the United States to be considered.
- Physical Requirements: Ability to sit for long periods of time.
