Senior DevSecOps Engineer - Hybrid

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Job Description:

Our client requires the services of a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to act as consultant with the client Solutions Management group. Role Summary Hands-on security automation for AWS delivery Build secure-by-default CDK constructs and CloudFormation templates, wire them into CI/CD, and enforce compliance checks that map to CJIS and NIST Azure support is a future consideration, not a core day-one duty Scope Boundaries Does not own enterprise AWS Organizations or SCP operations Designs and builds reference guardrails and enforcement patterns that can be deployed by enterprise teams Focuses on preventive controls and compliance automation, not incident response What You Will Deliver First 90 Days Pipeline security templates in GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps with SAST, SCA, IaC, container, and secret scanning gates Compliance as code in reference accounts: AWS Config rules and Security Hub standards aligned to CJIS and NIST 800-53, with exceptions workflow documented IaC reference modules using AWS CDK and CloudFormation for IAM least privilege, KMS, Secrets Manager, logging, and network baselines; Terraform equivalents provided where teams require them Evidence exports tying checks to control IDs and producing auditor-ready artifacts Ongoing Harden CDK/CFT modules and pipeline templates as compliance needs evolve Coach pilot teams to adopt templates Raise gaps to enterprise teams for org-level enforcement Day-to-Day Responsibilities Author and maintain AWS CDK constructs and CloudFormation templates; provide Terraform versions as secondary Implement AWS Config conformance, Security Hub standards, and GuardDuty routing in reference accounts Wire scanning in CI/CD for app code, containers, and IaC Create reusable GitHub/Azure DevOps templates with enforcement gates and exception handling Generate posture and evidence reports mapped to CJIS and NIST controls Required Skills 5+ years AWS security automation and DevOps Strong with AWS CDK and CloudFormation; working proficiency in Terraform CI/CD authoring in GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps Proficient in Python and Bash, with PowerShell for Windows automation Able to read Java and C# to integrate and tune

SAST/SCA

Practical knowledge of CJIS and

NIST 800-53

control families and how to automate checks and evidence Nice to Have EKS/ECS/Lambda hardening patterns OPA/Conftest, Checkov, Trivy, Inspector, CodeQL or equivalent Basic Azure security automation for future phases Decision Rights Independent on design and build within standards; proposes guardrails and reference patterns; escalates enterprise-wide changes. Skills/Requirements Skill Required Years 5+ years AWS security automation and DevOps Required 5 Years Strong with AWS CDK and CloudFormation; working proficiency in Terraform Required CI/CD authoring in GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps Required Proficient in Python and Bash, with PowerShell for Windows automation Required Able to read Java and C# to integrate and tune

SAST/SCA

Required Practical knowledge of CJIS and

NIST 800-53

control families and how to automate checks and evidence Required EKS/ECS/Lambda hardening patterns OPA/Conftest, Checkov, Trivy, Inspector, CodeQL or equivalent Basic Azure security automation for future phases