Senior DevOps Validation Engineer
Core
Design and build automated validation frameworks for cloud infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, and deployment workflows to ensure production quality and compliance.
Role type
Senior IC DevOps Validation Engineer
Builds
Automated validation frameworks, test utilities, and CI/CD integration for cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes environments.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps Automation
Required skills
Python, Go, AWS networking (VPC, IAM, Security Groups), Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI), Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, observability (Datadog), compliance frameworks (CIS, DISA STIG)
Preferred skills
Terratest, pytest, Kubernetes infrastructure testing, chaos engineering, policy-as-code, configuration drift detection, vulnerability scanning, secrets management, zero-trust architecture
Technologies
Python, Go, AWS, Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Datadog
Responsibilities
Design automated validation frameworks for cloud infrastructure and IaC; Develop production-quality automation and test utilities; Validate AWS networking and security configurations; Integrate validation into CI/CD pipelines; Test Kubernetes environments for reliability and security; Analyze logs and metrics to troubleshoot failures; Partner with DevOps teams to improve testability and release confidence.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC