DevOps Consultant

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and maintain enterprise-grade HashiCorp Vault implementations.
• Implement and automate HashiCorp Vault patterns using Terraform.
• Act as a HashiCorp Vault SME and provide through leadership around the product.
• Configure and implement Vault patterns (authentication methods and secret engines) and complex integrations with consuming applications.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Git to automate the Vault deployment lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts using Bash, Python, or Go to support Vault-related operations and tasks.
• Design and implement secure and scalable infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible.
• Collaborate with application teams to onboard secrets into Vault, ensuring optimal use of namespaces and policies.
• Configure AWS resources to support Vault infrastructure, such as EC2 instances, ALB, EBS volumes, and KMS for auto-unsealing.
• Troubleshoot Vault issues, support performance tuning, and manage Vault upgrades and patches.
• Ensure monitoring, logging, and alerting are in place to proactively identify and resolve Vault issues.
• Work closely with security and DevOps teams to ensure seamless integration of Vault into the broader security architecture.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in implementing enterprise-grade, platform-agnostic secrets management solutions using HashiCorp Vault.
• Proven experience in automating Vault patterns using Terraform.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Bash, Python, and Go.
• Hands-on experience in implementing CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Git.
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement secure and scalable infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and Ansible.
• Strong experience in creating and managing AWS resources (e.g., EC2, ALB, EBS, KMS).
• Excellent work ethics, attention to detail, and ability to learn new technologies quickly.
• Strong troubleshooting skills, with the ability to resolve issues in complex setups.
• Familiarity with SRE practices and managing Vault SLAs.
• Knowledge of multi-tenant environments and how to configure Vault namespaces for optimal licensing and security.

Education & Certification:

• Master’s / Bachelor’s degree in computer science or information technology, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• HashiCorp product certifications is a plus.