DevSecOps Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $77/hr

Role Summary

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

• Position: DevSecOps Engineer
• Type: Contract
• Compensation: $70–$77/hour
• Location: Remote
• Role 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.

Partner with InfoSec 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.

Monitor infrastructure with 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• Exposure to SAST , DAST , or CSPM tooling and to logging and monitoring systems.
• Applicants must be located in the United States with eligible work authorization (no sponsorship).

Preferred

• HIPAA , SOC2 , or PCI-DSS compliance experience.
• Kubernetes/EKS operation experience.
• GitOps awareness ( ArgoCD or Flux ).
• AWS certifications .
• CI/CD pipeline experience ( GitHub Actions , Jenkins ).
• Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
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