Manager, DevSecOps

GHX

2d•$128,000 - $170,000

About The Position

The Manager, DevSecOps is responsible for leading the DevSecOps function and driving the adoption of secure, scalable, and efficient software delivery practices across the organization. This role will manage a team of DevSecOps engineers and work closely with Engineering, Security, Infrastructure, SRE, and Product teams to embed security, automation, and operational excellence throughout the software development lifecycle. This leader will play a key role in advancing CI/CD maturity, strengthening cloud security and compliance, improving developer experience, and enabling platform engineering capabilities that support standardization, self-service, and faster delivery.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
10+ years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, Cloud Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or related disciplines.
3+ years of experience leading or managing technical teams in DevOps, DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure.
Strong experience with CI/CD tools and practices, including pipeline automation and release management.
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS, including infrastructure, security, and automation services.
Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, or similar technologies.
Experience with containers and orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Solid understanding of application and cloud security practices, including SAST, SCA, secrets management, container security, and policy enforcement.
Experience working with observability and monitoring platforms such as New Relic, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, or CloudWatch.
Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience in healthcare, regulated industries, or enterprise SaaS environments.
Exposure to platform engineering and Internal Developer Platform concepts.
Experience with tools such as Backstage, Crossplane, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, SonarQube, Artifactory, or similar platforms.
Familiarity with FinOps practices and cloud cost governance.
Knowledge of DORA metrics and engineering performance measurement.
Experience with database or data platform environments such as MongoDB, Elasticsearch, SQL Server, or Oracle.
Relevant certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Security Specialty, CKA, CKAD, or FinOps certifications.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership and Management
Lead, mentor, and develop a team of DevSecOps engineers.
Set team priorities, assign work, and ensure accountability for deliverables and outcomes.
Build a high-performing team culture focused on ownership, collaboration, continuous improvement, and execution excellence.
Support hiring, onboarding, coaching, and performance management for the DevSecOps team.
DevSecOps Strategy and Execution
Drive the implementation and continuous improvement of DevSecOps practices across the organization.
Lead efforts to design, standardize, and support secure CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and deployment frameworks.
Promote shift-left security by integrating security controls and compliance checks into the software development lifecycle.
Establish and maintain standards for infrastructure as code, automation, and secure delivery practices.
Cloud Security, Governance, and Compliance
Partner with Security and Cloud teams to implement cloud security guardrails, policy enforcement, and compliance controls.
Help ensure alignment with regulatory and compliance requirements, including healthcare and enterprise security standards where applicable.
Oversee remediation of security findings related to infrastructure, CI/CD, containers, and cloud platforms.
Drive security awareness and secure engineering practices across teams.
Observability, Reliability, and Operational Excellence
Collaborate with SRE and Infrastructure teams to improve observability, monitoring, alerting, and operational readiness.
Support the use of logs, metrics, traces, and dashboards to improve service visibility and reduce operational risk.
Ensure DevSecOps practices support reliability goals, incident response readiness, and operational maturity.
Platform Engineering and Developer Experience
Support platform engineering initiatives that improve developer productivity and self-service capabilities.
Contribute to the development of internal developer platforms and standardized tooling that simplify infrastructure and application delivery.
Drive improvements in developer experience by reducing friction in provisioning, deployment, and operational workflows.
Promote the use of tools and frameworks such as Backstage, Crossplane, and GitOps-based models where appropriate.
Cost Optimization and Efficiency
Partner with Cloud and Finance stakeholders to promote cost-aware engineering practices and cloud optimization.
Identify opportunities to improve resource utilization, standardization, and automation to reduce unnecessary spend.
Support governance processes that align engineering velocity with operational and financial discipline.
Cross-Functional Partnership
Work closely with Engineering, Product, Security, Infrastructure, SRE, and leadership teams to align priorities and execution.
Communicate plans, progress, risks, and dependencies clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Serve as a trusted partner in driving enterprise-wide DevSecOps and platform engineering initiatives.