DevSecOps Engineer
About the Role
This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a DevSecOps Engineer in the United States.
This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of security, reliability, and software engineering, ensuring that complex systems remain secure, resilient, and compliant. You will actively monitor and respond to incidents, automate processes, and implement infrastructure-as-code to streamline operations. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment where both proactive engineering and rapid incident response are critical. You will gain exposure to cloud services, CI/CD pipelines, and security frameworks while contributing to projects that directly impact platform reliability and customer trust. This is a hands-on position requiring a mix of technical expertise, operational discipline, and collaborative problem-solving.
Accountabilities:
- Monitor production systems using dashboards and alerting tools, detect anomalies, and lead first-line incident response.
- Perform security operations including vulnerability scanning, configuration hardening, and incident investigation.
- Manage technical operations such as patching, release deployments, DNS, and routine maintenance tasks.
- Develop and enhance automation and tooling, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and remediation scripts.
- Participate in project and sprint work, including backlog grooming, sprint planning, and cross-functional tasks.
- Serve on an on-call rotation, responding to alerts promptly and resolving or escalating incidents as needed.
- Maintain documentation, runbooks, and support compliance audits for standards like FedRAMP, SOC 2, and PCI-DSS.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in DevSecOps, SRE, security engineering, or systems reliability roles.
- Proficiency with Linux (Ubuntu preferred), GitLab, CI/CD, configuration management tools (Terranova, Chef, or similar), and scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Ruby.
- Familiarity with monitoring and alerting platforms (Grafana, Icinga, Kestrel) and incident management tools (PagerDuty).
- Knowledge of security frameworks and hardening standards (NIST, CIS, FedRAMP).
- Clear, concise communication skills with the ability to write actionable incident reports and technical runbooks.
- US citizenship required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Cloud experience with GCP and/or AWS, including compute, networking, IAM, and security services.
- Security or cloud certifications such as CISSP, GCIH, CKA, Linux Foundation KCNA, or RHCE.
- Experience in 24×7 operations centers or regulated SaaS environments.
- Experience building dashboards for SLI/SLO monitoring and error-budget tracking.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary range: $110,000 - $140,000, plus bonus and equity.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Flexible PTO and supportive work environment.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Opportunities to work with cutting-edge security and DevOps technologies.
