DevSecOps Engineer Job Description Template

We are hiring a DevSecOps Engineer to meet the needs of our software development lifecycle. This role will use technical skills for the design and implementation of various CICD patterns while abiding by industry standards and policies. You will often take part in design and code reviews and offer direction to ensure project scoping activities match architectural goals and specifications. When new applications are introduced or current ones undergo changes, you will frequently work with partners in other business divisions to provide build solutions. Other responsibilities include documenting DevSecOps processes and ensuring that the DevSecOps platforms are up to date and properly maintained. You will have a significant impact on the DevSecOps team as a member of a group in charge of the enterprise’s engineering and maintenance. 

Typical Duties and Responsibilities

• Create, develop, and implement solutions to address infrastructure and security requirements
• Identify the needs for build automation, designing, and implementing CICD solutions
• Consult on DevSecOps requirements from diverse application/line of business partners
• Create plug-and-play/reusable solutions and patterns for CICD pipelines
• Create, develop, and implement automation and system integration for various build platforms
• Publish and disseminate CICD best practices, patterns, and solutions
• Ensure that the service’s uptime and response time SLAs/OLAs are met or surpassed
• Build or maintain CICD building blocks and shared libraries proactively for app and development teams to enable quicker build and deployment
• Design action plans to address CICD platform/tools/solutions’ shortcomings and difficulties
• Actively participate in bridge calls with team members and contractors/vendors to prevent or quickly address problems
• Troubleshoot, identify, and fix problems in the DevSecOps domain
• Ensure incident tracking tools are updated in accordance with established norms and processes, gather all essential data and document any discoveries and concerns
• Identify management concerns and problems, assess them, and offer prompt solutions and/or escalation
• Align with technological Systems/Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes and industry-standard service management principles (such as ITIL)
• Create and publish engineering platforms and solutions

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science or a related field

Required Skills and Experience

• 5+ years of related job experience
• Comprehensive technical expertise in a variety of DevSecOps toolkits, including Ansible, Jenkins, Artifactory, Jira, Black Duck, Terraform, Git/Version Control Software, or comparable technologies
• Familiarity with information security frameworks and standards 
• Knowledge of DevOps Automation (TerraFrom, GitHub, GitHub Actions)
• Knowledge of Prisma cloud, SIEM, SOC, Nesus, Crowd strike or similar services
• Familiarity with API Security, Container Security, AWS Cloud Security
• Knowledge of PCI-DSS, HIPPA, SOX, GDPR, and CCPA Standards and Policies and the associated certification and audit processes
• Familiarity with Amazon AWS policy, configuration, and security management tools
• Experience with security automation and machine learning
• Proven capacity for thinking leadership and a highly creative problem-solver
• Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills
• Ability to express technical information clearly at different organizational levels

Preferred Qualifications

• CISM, CISSP or other Security Certifications
• Auditing and Compliance Certifications such as CISA, PCI-ISA, and PCIP