DevSecOps Engineer at Mercor

DevSecOps Engineer | $70–77/hr | Remote (US)

Join a leading digital health technology company's engineering team to help build, secure, and scale the cloud infrastructure powering software that connects hospitals, clinicians, and patients. This is a full-time W-2 position with Cincinnatus LLC, placing you directly within a high-impact healthcare technology client team.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain AWS infrastructure as code using Terraform with modular, reusable patterns across VPC, EC2, ECS, EKS, IAM, S3, and SQS in HIPAA-regulated production environments.
• Partner with the InfoSec team to run and tune security scanning tools such as Semgrep, Checkov, and Lacework, integrating them into delivery pipelines.
• Build automation in Python or Node.js to reduce manual toil and eliminate repetitive operational tasks.
• Implement self-scaling and self-healing configurations, and strengthen CI/CD pipelines for reliability and security.
• Monitor infrastructure using Prometheus, Grafana, and the LGTM stack; participate in on-call rotations and blameless post-mortems.
• Leverage AI-augmented engineering tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude) to author and review infrastructure code.

Core Qualifications

• Hands-on AWS experience across VPC, EC2, ECS, IAM, S3, and SQS.
• Working knowledge of Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Proficiency scripting in Python or Node.js.
• Solid understanding of VPC design and network security principles.
• Exposure to SAST, DAST, or CSPM tooling, as well as logging and monitoring systems.
• Must be located in the United States with eligible work authorization (no sponsorship available).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with HIPAA, SOC2, or PCI-DSS compliance frameworks.
• Kubernetes/EKS operational experience.
• GitOps awareness with ArgoCD or Flux.
• Active AWS certifications.
• CI/CD pipeline experience with GitHub Actions or Jenkins.

Cincinnatus LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.