Principal Engineer - DevSecOps (Mexico)

This is a remote role; however, candidates should be open to travel for team meetups or client visits, as required.

Eligibility: Must have valid work authorization in Mexico (Mexican citizen or authorized to work in Mexico without sponsorship).

Role Overview

Defines cloud platform strategy, drives engineering standards across DevSecOps, and leads the design of enterprise-scale infrastructure, security, and automation systems. This is a deeply technical and highly influential role - you will set the direction for how we build, secure, and operate cloud infrastructure at scale. You will be the go-to engineering authority for the most complex platform challenges.

Core Responsibilities

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Own and evolve enterprise-wide IaC strategy using Terraform; establish standards for modularity, policy enforcement, drift management, and reusability across teams.
• CI/CD Pipeline Architecture: Define and govern the CI/CD platform strategy; drive GitOps adoption, pipeline standardization, and developer experience improvements across all engineering teams.
• Cloud Platform Strategy: Own the cloud architecture roadmap across AWS/Azure/GCP; drive decisions on multi-cloud strategy, landing zone design, cost optimization, and enterprise governance.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Lead Kubernetes platform engineering (EKS/AKS), including cluster architecture, Helm chart standards, network policies, and long-term orchestration strategy.
• Monitoring & Incident Response: Define the observability strategy - standardizing ontoL, defining SLOs/SLAs, leading post-incident reviews, and driving proactive reliability improvements across the platform.
• Security & Compliance: Own the DevSecOps security architecture: IAM governance, policy-as-code (OPA), OIDC federation, compliance automation, and security posture management at scale.
• Teaming & Collaboration: Serve as technical anchor across engineering, security, and platform teams. Define DevOps engineering standards, mentor senior engineers, and represent the platform function in architecture and leadership forums.

Experience (Must Have)

• 8–10 years of overall IT experience, with 6+ years in DevOps, platform engineering, on prem and cloud-native infrastructure roles.
• Proventrack record of defining and owning on prem and cloud platform architecture and DevSecOps standards at enterprise scale.
• Deep experience driving automation strategy across CI/CD, infrastructure provisioning, security, and operational workflows.

Technical Skills (Must Have & Recent Experience)

• OnPrem/ Cloud (AWS/Azure) – compute, networking, storage, IAM, security services, and multi-cloud governance.
• Containers: OnPrem Kubernetes implementation experience. Expert in Kubernetes platform engineering (EKS, AKS), Helm, service mesh (Istio/Linkerd), and container security.
• IaC: Expert-level Terraform at enterprise scale; module design, policy enforcement, drift management, and state governance.
• Configuration Management: Deep expertise in Ansible or similar; applies configuration management at scale with governance and auditability.
• CI/CD: Expert across GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins; GitOps tooling (ArgoCD, Flux); pipeline security and supply chain integrity.
• Observability: Defines observability strategy using Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor; distributed tracing and SLO frameworks.
• Programming: Strong Python/Node.js for complex automation, platform tooling, internal developer platforms, and AI-assisted infrastructure workflows.
• Security: Expert in cloud IAM design, RBAC, OIDC federation, OPA, policy-as-code, zero-trust networking, and compliance automation.

Soft Skills

• Visionary and outcome-driven; able to translate business goals into platform strategy.
• Strong design-thinking and structured approach to complex, ambiguous problems.
• Highly effective communicator with engineering peers, product leadership, and executive stakeholders.
• Able to set technical direction, build consensus, and drive alignment across teams.

Nice to Have

• Deep background in multi-cloud or hybrid cloud platform design.
• Experience with FinOps tooling and cloud cost governance at scale.
• AI Exposure: Practical experience integrating GenAI tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude, etc.) into platform engineering workflows - infrastructure generation, runbook automation, incident analysis.
• Experience building internal developer platforms (IDPs) with tools like Backstage or Port.
• Open-source contributions to DevOps/platform tooling.

At DigitalT3

At DigitalT3, we believe in creating a collaborative and flexible environment where innovation and people truly matter. Our culture is built on trust, transparency, and continuous learning because great ideas come from empowered teams.

• Impact-driven projects - Be part of initiatives that shape how companies innovate with AI and technology.
• Remote-first culture - Work from wherever you feel most productive.
• Flexible working hours - We focus on outcomes, not clocking in.
• Competitive compensation - Fair, transparent pay aligned with market standards.
• Continuous learning & mentorship - You’ll have access to experienced mentors and growth opportunities to keep developing your skills.

At the end of the day, it’s not just about the work - it’s about being part of a team that values people, purpose, and growth .