Principal Software Engineer, DevSecOps

Insight Global is seeking a Principal Software Engineer, DevSecOps to serve as a hands-on technical leader focused on cloud infrastructure, DevOps automation, CI/CD, and developer productivity. This individual will help define DevOps architecture and standards, build reusable solutions, and drive adoption across engineering teams.

Responsibilities Define and implement DevOps architecture, standards, and tooling. Architect and optimize AWS cloud infrastructure. Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines and reusable automation. Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, and/or AWS CDK. Build automation using Python and Bash. Support Docker/containerized environments. Integrate automated testing, security scanning, static/dynamic analysis, and code-quality controls into pipelines. Develop standardized DevOps tools and platforms used across engineering teams. Support both cloud and on-premise infrastructure/runners. Partner with software engineering, infrastructure, systems, and cybersecurity teams. Mentor engineers while remaining hands-on with implementation. Evaluate new technologies/vendors and troubleshoot complex infrastructure and deployment issues.

Strong DevOps/DevSecOps, cloud, platform, or infrastructure engineering experience. Advanced hands-on AWS experience. Strong Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, or similar. Experience architecting and building CI/CD pipelines. Python and/or Bash scripting and automation. Strong Docker/containerization experience. Experience integrating security and automated testing into CI/CD. Strong Linux, ideally Ubuntu and/or CentOS. Experience with cloud migrations and infrastructure modernization. Ability to provide technical direction across multiple engineering teams while remaining hands-on. Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical discipline or equivalent experience. Must meet applicable ITAR/work authorization requirements and be eligible to obtain at least a Secret-level security clearance. Principal, Staff, Lead, or Architect-level experience. GitLab CI/CD experience. Experience with SBOMs, security scanning, static/dynamic analysis, and code coverage. Experience supporting both cloud and on-premise environments. Experience developing shared platforms or developer tooling across multiple teams. Technical mentorship and vendor evaluation experience.