Senior Engineering Leader - DevSecOps Engineering

Senior Engineering Leader DevSecOps Engineering

We are seeking a Senior Engineering Leader DevSecOps Engineering to lead, define, and implement best-in-class developer experience, engineering rigor, toolchain architecture, and environment strategy.

This role requires expertise in consulting, talent development, and solution architecture across DevSecOps, CI / CD, cloud infrastructure, release automation, and security-first engineering.

You will work closely with engineering, security, cloud, and platform teams to build highly automated, secure, and scalable development environments that enable frictionless software delivery across products, data platforms, and Salesforce ecosystems.

This role also focuses on integrating security at every stage while ensuring operational excellence through Infrastructure as Code (IaC), serverless, IaaS, PaaS, CaaS, and modern cloud infrastructure Responsibilities Leadership & Consulting :

• Define and execute DevSecOps strategies that drive speed, security, and developer efficiency.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to C-level executives, influencing technology roadmaps.
• Conduct DevSecOps maturity assessments and create blueprints for process improvements.
• Drive engineering rigor through automation, security integration, and self service platforms.
• Lead the adoption of best practices in software supply chain security and Experience & Engineering Rigor :
• Establish and optimize developer platforms, self-service CI / CD pipelines, and IDP (Internal Developer Platforms).
• Improve developer productivity by reducing friction in toolchain adoption and workflow orchestration.
• Standardize engineering excellence via well-defined development frameworks and security automation.
• Enhance observability, performance testing, and error tracking across development environments.
• Implement GitOps, ChatOps, and AIOps to streamline development-to deployment Architecture & Integration Patterns :
• Architect and optimize DevSecOps toolchains (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Spinnaker, Tekton).
• Define integration patterns for modern software delivery across microservices, APIs, and event-driven architectures.
• Automate security policies into CI / CD pipelines (SAST, DAST, IAST, RASP, SBOM).
• Ensure seamless integration of code scanning, vulnerability management, and dependency tracking tools.
• Develop a secure software factory model, embedding security across the Strategy & Implementation with IaC :
• Design scalable, self-healing, and secure cloud environments using.
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CDK, CloudFormation).
• Enable serverless, IaaS, PaaS, and CaaS models for product teams, data platforms, and Salesforce engineering.
• Drive adoption of ephemeral environments, enabling faster feedback loops and reducing cloud costs.
• Establish policy-as-code frameworks to enforce compliance and security across environments.
• Develop multi-cloud governance strategies for seamless deployments across AWS, Azure, and Infrastructure Services & Security :
• Define cloud infrastructure strategies, ensuring security, scalability, and resilience.
• Implement zero-trust security models, identity federation, and cloud-native security controls.
• Enable multi-tenancy models for product engineering teams with fine-grained access control.
• Optimize cloud cost management, leveraging FinOps best practices for infrastructure scaling.
• Drive adoption of Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE), Service Mesh (Istio, Linkerd), and API gateways.
• Continuous Integration & Deployment for Products, Data Platforms, and Salesforce
• Standardize CI / CD workflows across application engineering, data platforms, and Salesforce ecosystems.
• Optimize release automation strategies for containerized workloads, APIs, and data pipelines.
• Build secure and compliant deployment processes across serverless,.
• Kubernetes, and hybrid environments.
• Automate Salesforce DevOps (DX, Metadata API, Scratch Orgs) with CI / CD best practices.
• Enhance AI-driven release validation, progressive delivery, and blue green / canary Automation & Governance :
• Develop enterprise-wide release management frameworks, enabling automated change validation.
• Define progressive release strategies (feature flags, canary releases, blue green deployments).
• Automate risk-based approvals and compliance gates for high-velocity releases.
• Implement real-time rollback mechanisms to ensure minimal downtime in production.
• Drive AIOps-enabled release intelligence, leveraging predictive analytics to prevent Development & Thought Leadership :
• Mentor, coach, and develop high-performing DevSecOps teams across multiple domains.
• Define career progression frameworks for engineers, architects, and SRE teams.
• Lead training programs, hackathons, and knowledge-sharing sessions to build DevSecOps excellence.
• Engage in industry forums, conferences, and open-source contributions to stay ahead of Qualifications & Experience Expertise
• 15+ years of experience in DevSecOps, Cloud Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering.
• Expertise in CI / CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Spinnaker, Tekton, ArgoCD).
• Hands-on experience with IaC & configuration management (Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, Ansible).
• Deep knowledge of container orchestration & Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE, OpenShift).
• Strong understanding of API security, IAM, OAuth, OIDC, RBAC, ABAC, Secrets Management.
• Experience in Salesforce DevOps, release automation, and metadata-driven CI / CD workflows.
• Expertise in multi-cloud and hybrid cloud architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware Tanzu).
• Advanced knowledge of DevSecOps security tools (SAST, DAST, SBOM, IAST, RASP, CSPM).
• Strong experience with progressive delivery techniques (feature flags, canary releases, chaos engineering).
• Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures, service mesh, and API & Consulting Skills :
• Individual must have worked at product organization, leading DevSecOps transformations for large scale organizations.
• Proven experience leading large-scale DevSecOps transformations across multiple teams.
• Ability to influence senior executives and shape technology roadmaps.
• Experience mentoring and developing engineering talent at scale.
• Strong problem-solving mindset with data-driven decision-making.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and storytelling abilities.

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