Highlights
We are seeking a highly motivated Senior DevSecOps / Platform Engineering Lead to drive the design, implementation, and evolution of cloud-native platforms that support enterprise-scale applications and distributed systems. Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q, OpenAI, Claude, Cursor, and similar technologies to enhance automation, troubleshooting, operational efficiency, and developer productivity.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Torrance, CA |
| Industry | Other/Not Classified |
| Salary | $65.34 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 2000 |
| Website | http://www.ispace.com |
Description
Title: Senior DevSecOps / Platform Engineering Lead
Location: Torrance, CA (Hybrid – 4 days/ week onsite – 1 day/week remote)
Contract Duration: October 2026 to March 2028 (with strong possibility of an extension)
Position Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated Senior DevSecOps / Platform Engineering Lead to drive the design, implementation, and evolution of cloud-native platforms that support enterprise-scale applications and distributed systems. This is a hands-on technical leadership role responsible for advancing cloud modernization, automation, security, reliability, and developer productivity initiatives across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Location: Torrance, CA (Hybrid – 4 days/ week onsite – 1 day/week remote)
Contract Duration: October 2026 to March 2028 (with strong possibility of an extension)
Position Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated Senior DevSecOps / Platform Engineering Lead to drive the design, implementation, and evolution of cloud-native platforms that support enterprise-scale applications and distributed systems. This is a hands-on technical leadership role responsible for advancing cloud modernization, automation, security, reliability, and developer productivity initiatives across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, implementation, and optimization of enterprise cloud and platform engineering solutions.
- Design, build, and maintain highly available, secure, and scalable AWS-based infrastructure and services.
- Develop and manage automated CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, and ArgoCD.
- Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, CloudFormation, Helm, and related automation frameworks.
- Design and support containerized environments utilizing Docker, Kubernetes, and Amazon EKS.
- Establish and enforce DevSecOps best practices, including vulnerability management, secrets management, compliance validation, policy enforcement, and software supply chain security.
- Drive cloud security initiatives by implementing IAM, RBAC, encryption, network security controls, OAuth2/OIDC authentication, JWT-based authorization, and Zero Trust principles.
- Build and maintain enterprise observability platforms leveraging CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, Datadog, Splunk, or similar solutions.
- Develop automation tools and operational workflows using Python, Bash, Go, or equivalent scripting languages.
- Lead platform reliability, resiliency, disaster recovery, business continuity, and production readiness initiatives.
- Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices across cloud infrastructure, security, automation, and platform operations.
- Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q, OpenAI, Claude, Cursor, and similar technologies to enhance automation, troubleshooting, operational efficiency, and developer productivity.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to improve platform scalability, security posture, operational excellence, and overall engineering effectiveness.
Required Qualifications
- 5-10 years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or related disciplines.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a senior technical role such as - DevSecOps Lead Platform Engineer / Senior DevOps Engineer/ Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) / Cloud Infrastructure Lead
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services, including:
- Amazon EKS/ECS
- AWS Lambda
- IAM
- VPC
- CloudWatch
- S3
- RDS
- Kinesis
- Amazon MQ
- Redshift
- Secrets Manager
- SNS
- SQS
- EventBridge
- ElastiCache
- Expertise in designing and implementing enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation frameworks.
- Extensive experience with:
- Terraform
- AWS CloudFormation
- Helm
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Amazon EKS
- Strong knowledge of cloud security, governance, compliance, and risk management.
- Experience implementing and managing:
- IAM and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Encryption and key management
- OAuth2 / OpenID Connect (OIDC)
- JWT authentication
- Zero Trust security models
- Network and infrastructure security
- Experience with observability, logging, monitoring, alerting, and incident response frameworks.
- Strong scripting and automation experience using Python, Bash, Go, or similar programming languages.
- Exceptional troubleshooting, communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience integrating and managing enterprise AI and Generative AI platforms, including:
- AWS Bedrock
- Amazon Q
- OpenAI
- Azure AI Services
- Anthropic Claude
- Familiarity with:
- Prompt Engineering
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Vector Databases
- AI Agents and Agentic Workflows
- LLMOps
- AI Security Guardrails
- Responsible AI practices
- Experience supporting AI model deployment, governance, monitoring, and security.
- Professional certifications such as:
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
- AWS Security Specialty
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- HashiCorp Terraform Certification
- CISSP or equivalent security certifications
About Company
iSpace is a global services company focused on Information Technology Staffing, Consulting and Business Process Services. Our solutions and services are centered in four areas - Contracting, Consulting, Outsourcing, and Software Products. Our team of seasoned professionals based in the United States and India focus on providing results, driving innovation and affecting outcomes. Our clients have come to rely on our expertise, our commitment to quality, customer service and our innovative approach to problem solving to help create sustainable value for their customers and shareholders.
Specializing in Finance Services, Insurance, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Entertainment, we work with Fortune 1000 companies throughout the United States. Our commitment to customer satisfaction is reflected in the fact that over 90% of our client base have remained with us for over 9 years.
iSpace is committed to quality and information security reflected by the fact that it has been awarded with industry standard certifications such as ISO 9001 and ISO 27001.