DevSecOps Lead

YipitData (Alternative)

7h•$0 - $250,000•Remote

About The Position

The Security team is seeking a DevSecOps Lead/Staff Engineer to build and scale our secure software development lifecycle and vulnerability management practices across the organization. This role will partner closely with Engineering, Platform, and Security to implement practical security standards and controls from code development through deployment and production. You will help define how secure software gets built at YipitData by translating security requirements into clear policies, technical standards, and scalable processes. This is a hands-on, cross-functional role focused on improving developer workflows, strengthening CI/CD controls, and driving measurable risk reduction without slowing teams down. This position reports to the Senior Director of Information Security and offers the opportunity to shape DevSecOps practices at a high-growth company.

Requirements

6+ years of experience in DevSecOps, security engineering, application security, cloud security, or DevOps, including experience leading cross-functional programs or technical initiatives.
Experience building or improving Secure SDLC, CI/CD security, or vulnerability management programs in modern engineering environments.
Understand Git-based workflows, CI/CD systems, cloud-native development, containers, and repository security controls.
Implemented or governed controls such as branch protection, code review, secrets scanning, SAST, SCA, infrastructure-as-code scanning, or container scanning.
Can translate security requirements into clear standards and practical implementation plans that work for engineering teams.
Are comfortable influencing stakeholders across Security, Engineering, and leadership.

Nice To Haves

Experience with GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar platforms.
Experience supporting SOC 2, audit readiness, or customer assurance efforts.
Familiar with software supply chain security concepts such as SBOMs, image signing, and artifact integrity.

Responsibilities

Own the roadmap for secure SDLC controls and partner with Engineering and Product to roll out standards that are practical, scalable, and auditable.
Develop and maintain secure development policies, implementation standards, and guidance for engineering teams.
Drive adoption of key controls across repositories and pipelines, including branch protection, pull request requirements, code review, secrets scanning, dependency scanning, infrastructure-as-code scanning, and container image scanning.
Partner with Engineering and Product teams to integrate security guardrails into CI/CD workflows and developer tooling.
Support vulnerability management operations, including intake, triage, remediation tracking, verification, and reporting.
Build reference implementations, templates, and onboarding guidance to help teams adopt secure patterns consistently.
Define and report on metrics such as control coverage, vulnerability aging, SLA performance, and remediation progress.
Prepare audit-ready documentation and evidence that demonstrates controls are implemented and operating effectively.
Evaluate and prioritize future enhancements such as SAST, DAST, SBOM generation, image signing, and broader software supply chain security improvements.