Principal DevOps Engineer-Python

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Client

Banking/Financial Industry

Title

Principal DevOps Engineer / Principal DevOps Engineer-Python / Principal DevSecOps Engineer-Python

Location

Irving, TX

– Hybrid Roles

Duration

24+ Month (s) Extend or Convert based on performances

Job Descriptions - 1 - Findings Management Engineer

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education.
• The Chief Data Office (CDO) is the backbone of Client's data-driven future. We’re not just managing data — we’re transforming how one of the world’s largest financial institutions harnesses information to serve over 70 million customers. Our mission is to build platforms, tools, and governance frameworks that empower teams across the enterprise to work smarter, faster, and more securely. If you’re passionate about solving problems at scale and shaping the future of data infrastructure in financial services, this is your stage.
• Within the Chief Data Office (CDO), our Cross Platform Engineering and Reference Architecture team enables secure, scalable, and developer-friendly delivery for Client's data and analytics platforms. We provide standards, patterns, and automation that help teams ship reliably while meeting enterprise governance and security expectations.

Key Responsibilities:

Reference Architecture Engineering & Enablement

• Implement and maintain reference implementations for web services, APIs, data pipelines, CMS platforms, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Translate architecture standards into executable assets: starter repositories, reusable libraries, workflow templates, and deployment blueprints.
• Create and maintain architectural decision records (ADRs), implementation guides, and runbooks that accelerate adoption.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture to ensure engineering patterns align with firm-wide principles and governance.
• Provide technical mentorship to Lead and Senior Engineers, including design reviews and implementation coaching.

Required Qualifications:

• Must have demonstrable prior experience with Open-Source Contributions to Conda-Forge, Pixi Package Manager, Developing GitHub Actions and CI/CD Automation. Steers platform engineering excellence - establish CI/CD patterns, IaC templates, and golden-path repos.

Evangelizes

DevSecOps, GitOps (EPLX) and DORA metrics

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with strong proficiency in Python and demonstrated ability to lead complex engineering initiatives.
• 10+ years of building web applications and APIs using industry-standard frameworks (Django, FastAPI, Flask).
• 8+ years designing and implementing CI/CD automation and DevOps practices, including GitHub Actions and reusable workflow development.
• Hands-on experience integrating security and quality scanning into CI/CD pipelines (Sonar, Checkmarx, Black Duck, GitHub Secret Scanning, and DAST) with enforceable policy gates.
• 5+ years of experience with cloud-native platforms and container orchestration (OpenShift/Kubernetes) including deployment automation.
• Experience building or operating deployment automation to OpenShift using Harness CD (or equivalent), including promotion, approvals, and rollback strategies.
• 5+ years of DevSecOps or application security engineering experience, including compliance automation and vulnerability management.
• Proven ability to collaborate across engineering, security, platform, and governance stakeholders to deliver reusable standards and adoption outcomes.
• Experience utilizing coding assistants (GitHub Copilot) and AI-powered development tools in a professional engineering environment.

Desired Qualifications:

• 12–15+ years of Python development with deep expertise in modern Python patterns, packaging, and test automation (Pytest).
• Experience developing and maintaining Django-based platforms at enterprise scale; familiarity with Wagtail CMS and Wagtail CRX (CodeRed CMS).
• Experience with OpenShift/Kubernetes platform engineering and operational patterns (multi-tenant clusters, resource governance, observability).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and GitOps practices (Terraform, Ansible, ArgoCD) and policy-as-code approaches.
• Deep familiarity with branching strategies, repo governance, and release branching models for enterprise delivery.
• Experience with SRE practices, observability platforms, and incident management workflows.
• Familiarity with spec-driven development (e.g., GitHub Spec-Kit) and API-first design.

EEO:

Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of – Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.