DevSecOps-Platform Engineer

We are

At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron’s progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 14,000+, and has 55 offices in 20 countries within key global markets.

Our challenge

We’re looking for a Senior Platform Engineer (DevSecOps) to come help us automate everything, enable our developer teammates, and create and support world-class platforms, and implement modern practical security.

This job requires expertise in Kubernetes, IaC, and Security as relates to both.

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will be an integral member of the Platform Engineering team, helping the organization transform into a truly modern cloud-native mode of operation. The goal of the Platform Engineering (PE) team is to reduce friction in the delivery process and improve developer experience. Technical prowess, pragmatic strategic understanding, and ability to make compromises working with the stakeholders are the 3 pillars of this job.

The Senior Platform Engineer will work closely with the Sr Manager of Platform Engineering, Platform Tech Lead, and Platform Architect to ensure sound technical direction. The Senior Platform Engineer will also work with the Technical Product Owner on their Agile Platform Engineering team to facilitate delivering the most critical platform features needed for the Product Development Teams.

The Senior Platform Engineer will be expected to provide guidance on DevOps practices and tools and Azure cloud resources.

Additional Information*

The base salary for this position will vary based on geography and other factors.

In accordance with law, the base salary for this role if filled within Irving, TX is $110k - $120k/year & benefits (see below).

The Role

Responsibilities:

Apply a proactive approach toward tasks and communication

Embrace and evangelize automation, infrastructure as code, policy as code, and developer enablement

Lead technical implementations leveraging the team architect

Be a foreperson on the team and a strong presence in collaboration with other teams and leadership.

Drive forensic troubleshooting and analysis of automation and platform consistency issues

Proactively ensure the highest levels of system, resource, and infrastructure availability and performance optimization

Evangelize cloud-native practices and methodologies to delivery teams

Provide subject matter expertise for all aspects of our technology stack

Infrastructure Automation Via Terraform

Azure DevOps Pipelines

Kubernetes / AKS / EKS

CI/CD Patterns

Participation in an on-call rotation

Experience, Qualifications and Skills:

10+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Systems Engineering, Cloud-Native Engineering, DevOps Engineering or Advocacy role

Expertise with containers and Kubernetes

Expertise with container security and Kubernetes security

Experience with opensource security tools

Experience remediating security vulnerabilities and responding to CVE reported issues

Experience debugging false positive security reporting

Experience working on an Agile team using Agile development methodologies

Experience staying on the forefront of security and advocating best practices to the team and their customers.

Strong Scripting Experience

Experience in writing security tests and validations

Expertise in writing Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as Code techniques

Expertise in managing multiple code bases in Git, including trunk-based and environment-based branching

Expertise in creating Continuous Integration builds and deployment automation, for example, CI/CD Pipelines

Expertise in building and supporting Cloud Native applications in a major public cloud

Expertise in implementing observability, application monitoring, and log aggregation solutions

Expertise working with cross-functional teams to provide Next-Gen Cloud Native solutions

Preferred Experience, Qualifications and Skills:

Experience with WIZ

Experience with AKS, EKS

Expertise with dotnet, PowerShell, and PowerShell Desired State Configuration

Bachelor’s degree in a computing-related field

Microsoft Azure or AWS Certifications

Requirements:

You are:

Application Security

ArgoCD

Azure Devops CICD

Azure Security

Azure Security Controls and Best Practice

Bash Scripting

Building IaC using Terraform

Container Security

Cyber Incident Response

cyber security incident management

Docker, Kubernetes & Azure Cloud Services

Git Repo Expertise

Governance Framework

Kubernetes Security

Network Security

Security Integration into CI/CD

It would be great if you also had:

AWS Security Controls and Best Practice

Azure

Cloud Certifications

Kubernetes Certifications

Security Certifications

Terraform Certifications

We can offer you:

• A highly competitive compensation and benefits package
• A multinational organization with 55 offices in 20 countries and the possibility to work abroad
• Laptop and a mobile phone
• 10 days of paid annual leave (plus sick leave and national holidays)
• Maternity & Paternity leave plans
• A comprehensive insurance plan including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-/short-term disability (plans vary by region)
• Retirement savings plans
• A higher education certification policy
• Commuter benefits (varies by region)
• Extensive training opportunities, focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal development.
• On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses
• Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups
• Cutting edge projects at the world’s leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms
• A flat and approachable organization
• A truly diverse, fun-loving and global work culture

Only the verbiage of We can offer you changes for the Canada (Montreal/Toronto, etc.) region rest of the verbiage and pointers as per template remain the same:

We can offer you

• A multinational organization with 55 offices in 20 countries and the possibility to work abroad
• 15 days (3 weeks) of paid annual leave plus an additional 10 days of personal leave (floating days and sick days)
• A comprehensive insurance plan including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-term disability
• Flexible hybrid policy to fit your schedule
• RRSP with employer’s contribution up to 4%
• A higher education certification policy
• On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses
• Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups
• Cutting edge projects at the world’s leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms
• A truly diverse, fun-loving and global work culture