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Job Description for a Senior DevSecOps or DevOps Engineer / Security Tester Must-Have Skills
Min 5 -8yrs years experience in DevSecOps or DevOps along with Application Security, or Security Engineering Expert-level CI/CD pipeline engineering — building, configuring, and optimising end-to-end security-integrated pipelines (any major CI/CD platform; GitLab CI/CD preferred) SAST — hands-on experience implementing and tuning static analysis tools ( Semgrep preferred) DAST — proficiency with dynamic application security testing tools ( Burp Suite and OWASP ZAP preferred) SCA & SBOM — experience with software composition analysis and SBOM generation/tracking ( Dependency-Track , CycloneDX/CDXGen preferred) Secrets scanning — experience with secrets detection tools integrated into CI pipelines ( Detect-Secrets preferred) Container & image scanning — experience with container security scanning tools ( Trivy preferred) Vulnerability management platforms — operating centralised vulnerability aggregation and tracking platforms, managing triage, deduplication, false positive handling, and severity-based SLAs ( DefectDojo preferred) Secrets management — experience with vault-based secrets management, rotation policies, and least-privilege enforcement ( HashiCorp Vault preferred) Observability & security monitoring — experience with observability platforms for security log monitoring, ing, and dashboarding ( Datadog preferred) Sensitive data detection — hands-on experience with PII detection and redaction in application logs across production and non-production environments ( Datadog Sensitive Data Scanner / SDS preferred) Client-side security — experience with client-side web script monitoring and protection tools ( SourceDefense preferred) Automated dependency management — experience with automated dependency update tools, including MR review and pipeline failure triage ( Dependabot or Renovate preferred) Infrastructure scanning — experience with infrastructure vulnerability scanning tools ( Qualys preferred) Code quality — experience with code quality and static analysis platforms ( SonarQube preferred) Infrastructure as Code — experience managing security configurations through IaC tools ( Terraform preferred) Container & cloud security — strong knowledge of Docker , Kubernetes , and securing containerised workloads Security standards expertise — deep understanding of OWASP Top 10, CVSS scoring, CWE classification, ASVS, and secure SDLC practices Governance & process design — proven ability to define security policies, release criteria, RBAC models, and audit-ready documentation Leadership & communication — ability to influence engineering teams, present security risk assessments to stakeholders, and mentor junior security engineers
Key Responsibilities
Security Pipeline Architecture — Design and maintain automated security scanning stages (SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets detection, container scanning) within CI/CD pipelines, defining quality gates and failure criteria Vulnerability Lifecycle Management — Own end-to-end vulnerability management — detection, triage, severity classification, remediation tracking, SLA enforcement, and closure Release Security Governance — Conduct release security reviews, validate security posture before production deployments, define release blocking criteria, and participate in Go/No-Go decisions Secrets & Access Management — Oversee secrets management, credential rotation compliance, API key audits, and RBAC governance across security tooling and infrastructure Security Monitoring & Incident Response — Configure sensitive data detection and PII scanning in application logs, monitor security events, and lead triage of security incidents including zero-day response Service Onboarding & Standards — Onboard new services into security coverage, define security requirements based on industry standards (OWASP, ASVS), and maintain security runbooks and documentation Stakeholder Leadership — Collaborate with development leads, architects, QA, DevOps, and information security teams; escalate risks with evidence-based recommendations; drive security program maturity
Good to Have
Experience securing e-commerce platforms (payments, PII handling, order management) Familiarity with Fluent Commerce or similar OMS platforms Experience with CommerceTools or similar e-commerce platform API client security — credential auditing, scope reviews, and least-privilege enforcement Familiarity with ReportPortal or similar test reporting platforms Experience generating and consuming scan reports in SARIF, JSON, or XML formats Penetration testing experience or coordination with external pen-test vendors
Penetration Testing (Web & API) Web Application Security API Security Testing Vulnerability Assessment & Management security testing,devsecops,devops,cicd pipeline,
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