Engineer, Application Operations (Remote)

Quest Diagnostics•Indianapolis, IN

4d•Remote

About The Position

This role focuses on managing DevOps for AWS, owning infrastructure code, and driving release management processes. The engineer will be responsible for configuring various AWS services, addressing cybersecurity findings, and maintaining monitoring and alerting systems. The position requires a strong understanding of serverless architectures, modern authentication/authorization, and CI/CD practices. The engineer will also be involved in scripting for automation and incident response, as well as managing distributed systems.

Requirements

4+ years in application operations, SRE, or platform engineering in a cloud-native environment (AWS preferred)
Strong understanding of serverless architectures (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, EventBridge)
Deep knowledge of modern authentication/authorization — OAuth 2.0, JWT, PKCE, mutual TLS, API key management
Familiarity with OWASP, CIS Benchmarks, NIST 800-53, or SOC2 controls
Hands-on CI/CD experience (GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, ArgoCD, or similar)
Writing associated configuration files to accommodate build/deployment requirements
Experience with security tooling — SAST/DAST scanners, dependency auditing, secrets management, WAF configuration
Proficiency with observability platforms (CloudWatch, X-Ray, Datadog, Grafana, or equivalent)
Strong scripting (Bash, Python, or Node.js) for automation, incident response tooling, and reporting
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

HIPAA-compliant infrastructure experience
AWS Security Specialty or equivalent certification
Experience with SIEM platforms (Splunk, Sentinel, or CloudWatch Logs Insights at scale)
FinOps awareness — correlating cost with operational and security posture

Responsibilities

Manage DevOps for AWS (Amazon Web Services)
Own infrastructure code and make required changes
Manage release process and relevant improvements, driving to success
Ability to drive process in additional platforms over time
Configure AWS services such as Lambdas, DynamoDB, API Gateway, SNS, SQS, SES, Cognito, IAM, S3, EventBridge
Distill findings from the security team and address any actions
Map security callouts raised by the security team to applicable AWS services
Create actionable lists of items to resolve security findings
Continuously monitor and address findings from automated scans
Continuously maintain monitoring and alerting for various AWS services to ensure quick triage by the team in the event of failure or outage
Configure notification mechanisms
Manage DLQs, event replay, and ensure idempotency in distributed systems