Embed security into every stage of the software delivery lifecycle — from code commit through build, test, and deploy — without slowing teams down.
DevSecOps Engineers integrate security tooling and practices into the DevOps lifecycle. They own "shift-left security" — catching vulnerabilities before code reaches production.
DevSecOps Engineering emerged from the collision of rapid DevOps adoption and increasing regulatory and security requirements — especially in fintech, healthcare, and SaaS at scale.
Organizations with compliance requirements (SOC 2, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001) almost always have dedicated DevSecOps function or role.
Build from version control security through SAST/DAST tooling, container security, and infrastructure security.
Understand Git, branching, pull requests, and team workflows — security shifts left to the point where code is written and reviewed.
Understand container security: image scanning, non-root containers, read-only filesystems, distroless images, and container registry security policies.
Code scanning with CodeQL, secret scanning, Dependabot for supply chain security, security alert triage, and CI/CD security gates in GitHub Actions.
Enterprise application security testing: Veracode SAST, DAST, SCA, pipeline integration, vulnerability management, and compliance policy enforcement.
SAST with SonarQube: quality gates, vulnerability detection, code smell analysis, CI/CD integration, and security-focused quality profiles.
Kubernetes security: RBAC, network policies, Pod Security Standards, admission controllers, secrets management, and runtime security tooling.
Azure identity governance, PIM, Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, network security, compliance policies, and security posture management.
Design secure CI/CD pipelines: OIDC for keyless auth, least-privilege workflows, branch protection rules, and security-gate-enforced deployments.
Secure Terraform practices: Checkov/tfsec scanning, secrets in state, RBAC for remote backends, and policy-as-code for infrastructure compliance.
Security event monitoring: Splunk for SIEM-style log analysis and threat hunting, Dynatrace for runtime anomaly detection and security observability.
Build a GitHub Actions pipeline that runs GHAS code scanning, Veracode SAST, SonarQube quality gate, and container image scanning — blocking any merge that introduces a Critical vulnerability.
Implement Dependabot across 100 repositories, configure SBOM generation, enforce dependency license policies, and set up automated Dependabot PR merge workflows for patch updates.
Build a Splunk/Grafana dashboard showing open CVEs by severity per team, secret exposure incidents per sprint, and pipeline security gate pass rate — enabling weekly security reporting to leadership.