Devops Engineer

Position: DevOps Engineer

Location: Eden Prairie, MN***Remote***

Duration: 1 Year

1. Required skills and attributes

• 8+ years in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Security, or a related field.
• Strong hands-on experience with Docker, Python automation, Linux administration, and vulnerability remediation.
• Expertise in Dockerfiles, multi-stage builds, image optimization, container registries, and container security.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, Git, Terraform, and Ansible.
• Knowledge of Linux hardening, patching, package management, CVE remediation, and security scanning.
• Strong ownership, problem-solving, automation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

2. Preferred skills and attributes

• Experience managing enterprise Golden Images at scale.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Helm, Azure, and Azure Container Registry.
• Experience with SBOMs, image signing, software supply-chain security, and CIS benchmarks.
• Familiarity with Cosign, Notary, Open Policy Agent, Kyverno, Bash, Prometheus, Grafana, or Azure Monitor.
• Experience in policy-as-code, cloud security, and vulnerability exception management.

3. Primary responsibilities

1. Design, build, secure, optimize, and maintain Docker-based Golden Images.
2. Analyze and remediate operating-system, application, library, and container vulnerabilities.
3. Develop Python tooling to automate image generation, validation, patching, testing, and compliance reporting.
4. Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for image scanning, promotion, publishing, and release management.
5. Manage Linux hardening, patching, dependencies, performance, and image lifecycle standards.

4. Preferred prior experience and domain expertise

• Enterprise Golden Image, container platform, DevOps, or infrastructure-security engineering.
• Linux operating systems, vulnerability management, security hardening, and software supply-chain security.
• Secure image lifecycle management in a large, regulated, or compliance-driven enterprise.
• Collaboration across Platform Engineering, Security, Cloud Infrastructure, and Application Development teams.