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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Platform and Security Engineer - **Company:** Cyber Sphere LLC - **Location:** Boston, MA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Contract - **Skills:** OpenTofu, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Automation of Tests, Bash Shell, Cloud Engineering, Code Generation, Code Review, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Programming Tools, Python (Programming Language), Key Management, Role-Based Access Control, Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, Software Vulnerability Management, Data Logging, GitHub Copilot, Delivery Pipeline, Claude Code, Software Troubleshooting, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Agentic-AI, Containerization, Kubernetes, Azure AKS, Terraform, Docker - **Published:** November 14, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/416e5245-16f4-46d6-ad25-e55809ed2792 ## About the Role * 10+ years of experience in platform engineering, systems engineering, DevOps, SRE, cloud engineering, or a closely related discipline. * Strong and significant hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), including building and operating production workloads and platform services. * Advanced experience with Infrastructure as Code using OpenTofu/Terraform. * Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including deploying, operating, troubleshooting, and supporting containerized workloads. * Strong experience with container technologies, including Docker and/or Podman. * Strong proficiency in automation and scripting using Python and Bash. * Experience developing, testing, reviewing, and maintaining production-quality Infrastructure as Code. * Practical experience implementing security controls, including hardening, vulnerability management, least privilege, secrets management, and logging/monitoring. * Proven ability to take complex engineering work from requirements through production implementation with limited supervision. * Demonstrated ability to work as a self-starter, manage assigned work independently, maintain momentum, and produce measurable engineering results. * Demonstrated comfort with AI-assisted development technologies, such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Codex, or comparable coding and agentic engineering tools. * Ability to use AI development assistance responsibly, including reviewing generated code, validating technical assumptions, running required tests and quality gates, and ensuring resulting implementations meet security and engineering standards. * Strong troubleshooting, analytical, communication, and documentation skills. Preferred Qualifications * Experience aligning platform and Infrastructure as Code engineering practices with SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST 800-53, or similar security benchmarks and control frameworks. * Experience with enterprise CI/CD platforms and secure software delivery pipeline design. * Experience with automated Infrastructure as Code testing and validation. * Experience incorporating AI-assisted engineering into established software development and Infrastructure as Code workflows while maintaining human review, testing, security, and change-control requirements. ## Description Strong hands-on AWS experience is required. The engineer must also have significant experience with OpenTofu/Terraform and modern Infrastructure as Code (IaC) engineering practices, along with strong Kubernetes and container technology experience. The engineer should be comfortable using modern AI-assisted development technologies to complement engineering work, improve productivity, and accelerate implementation while maintaining appropriate engineering review and quality standards., * Design, develop, and maintain scalable, automated, and secure platform solutions in AWS using OpenTofu/Terraform, including networking, identity, compute, storage, and Kubernetes services. * Implement and operationalize platform security best practices, including system hardening, vulnerability management, secrets handling, least privilege, logging, monitoring, and secure-by-default engineering patterns. * Deliver engineering tickets from beginning to end, including requirements clarification, solution design, implementation, testing, rollout, documentation, and operational handoff. * Operate as a self-starter who can identify next steps, manage assigned work, resolve routine blockers independently, and maintain forward progress without requiring continuous direction. * Work effectively with Kubernetes and container-based development and runtime environments using technologies such as Docker, Podman, and related container tooling. * Use AI-assisted development technologies, including coding assistants and agentic development tools, where appropriate to complement engineering work, improve productivity, assist with testing and documentation, and accelerate problem solving. * Critically review, test, and validate AI-generated code or recommendations rather than treating AI-generated output as authoritative. * Develop and maintain automated tests for infrastructure code, including appropriate unit, integration, and validation testing. * Develop automation and engineering utilities using Python, Bash, and related scripting technologies. * Participate in code reviews, design reviews, troubleshooting, and engineering standards development. * Work closely with Geode's Tech Governance Group to review and enhance platform and security engineering processes and support security control and audit requirements. * Maintain continuity of existing platform engineering initiatives and assume responsibility for active workstreams during the coverage period.