DevSecOps Platform Engineer - Vice President
iCapital
$150,000 - $170,000 / year
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Description
About the Role
iCapital is looking to a hire a Vice President to join the Platform Infrastructure team. This team plays a critical role in keeping the production and development environments running smoothly and securely. This role will utilize advanced cloud capabilities to facilitate Platform Infrastructure strategy of market agility and lean operating principles with a strict focus on quality to meet the ever-growing demands of clients. The ideal candidate is highly collaborative, creative, intellectually curious and passionate about forming and implementing cutting-edge cloud computing capabilities. As a Platform Engineer, this individual will be wearing multiple hats in a highly visible role interacting with all aspects of the business.
Responsibilities
- Build highly available solutions across the entire SDLC stack with a primary focus on an internet facing fintech site.
- Coordinate the relationship between the Platform Infrastructure team and the Information Security Team in remediating security issues related to platforms, CI/CD pipelines, or development tools.
- Contribute to security best practices for shifting security left and establishing a strong security culture within the DevOps and Platform Infrastructure team.
- Develop and maintain tools to support the development environment on MacOS and Linux tool environment with focus on improving developer productivity.
- Maintain site reliability with a focus on building highly scalable systems integrating resiliency and high availability at all levels.
- Develop software and tooling to secure and automate cloud infrastructure building software delivery capabilities with fully automatic workflows.
- Design and operate a Kubernetes environment for container management and orchestration.
Qualifications
- 6+ years of DevOps or SRE experience with 4+ years of AWS experience
- 6+ years of CI/CD pipeline development in GitLab, GitHub, or similar frameworks
- 3+ years of experience with security best practices in AWS, including remediating SecurityHub findings
- 3+ years of experience with DevSecOps tools, including SAST tools, DAST tools, and SCA tools
- Microservices (Docker, Kubernetes) experience in a production environment is strongly desired
- Strong Linux OS-level and command-line and scripting knowledge and configuration management principles
- Working knowledge of databases such as MongoDB, Postgres, and DynamoDB
- Coding beyond simple scripting with strong opinions on maintainable and reusable code in Python, Ruby or Java is desired
- Experience with computer provisioning on a Cloud based platform using Terraform or Cloud formation
- Exceptional analytical skills and able to apply knowledge and experience in decision-making to arrive at creative and commercial solutions
- Experience building a Microservice based architecture
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Able to design and implement complex, but easily managed, automated infrastructure
- A desire to share, teach and learn as part of a team
- Expert level knowledge of networking
- Experience with distributed systems design, maintenance, and hands-on troubleshooting
- Experience with debugging issues with the FIX protocol to include maintaining and establishing fix sessions and or session management + order routing
- Experience in system tuning and performance testing
- AWS certifications are a plus
Benefits
The base salary range for this role is $150,000 to $170,000. iCapital offers a compensation package which includes salary, equity for all full-time employees, and an annual performance bonus. Employees also receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes an employer matched retirement plan, generously subsidized healthcare with 100% employer paid dental, vision, telemedicine, and virtual mental health counseling, parental leave, and unlimited paid time off (PTO).
We believe the best ideas and innovation happen when we are together. Employees in this role will work in the office Monday-Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday.
For additional information on iCapital, please visit https://www.icapitalnetwork.com/about-us Twitter: @icapitalnetwork | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/icapital-network-inc | Awards Disclaimer: https://www.icapitalnetwork.com/about-us/recognition/
iCapital is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
About this role
iCapital's Platform Infrastructure team needs a Vice President-level DevSecOps engineer to oversee the security and reliability of their fintech production environment. You'd own the full stack—from designing highly available cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes environments to building automated CI/CD pipelines and embedding security practices throughout the development lifecycle. This is a visible, cross-functional role that bridges Platform Infrastructure and Information Security, requiring you to coordinate on everything from SecurityHub remediation to shifting security left across the organization.
The position demands substantial hands-on expertise: at least six years in DevOps or SRE with four years on AWS, deep experience with CI/CD frameworks like GitLab or GitHub, and proven competency in DevSecOps tooling (SAST, DAST, SCA). You'll need production-level Kubernetes and microservices experience, strong Linux and scripting fundamentals, and the ability to code maintainable solutions in Python, Ruby, or Java. Bonus qualifications include FIX protocol debugging for order routing, distributed systems troubleshooting, and AWS certifications.
The role is based in Salt Lake City with in-office expectations Monday through Thursday. Compensation ranges from $150,000 to $170,000 base, plus equity, performance bonuses, matched retirement, and comprehensive benefits including fully employer-paid dental and vision coverage.
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