DevSecOps Engineer

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced DevSecOps with Observability Engineer to join our teamand drive the implementation of secure, scalable, and comprehensively observablecloud infrastructure. The successful candidate will be responsible for building andmaintaining CI/CD pipelines, implementing security controls throughout thedevelopment lifecycle, and establishing enterprise-grade observability practices thatprovide deep insights into system performance, security posture, and operationalhealth across our entire technology stack.

Key Responsibilities

• Infrastructure & Cloud Management Design, implement, and maintain cloudinfrastructure on AWS using Infrastructure as Code principles.
• Manage containerisedapplications using Amazon EKS and ensure optimal performance, security, and costefficiency.
• Collaborate with development teams to architect scalable solutions thatmeet both functional and non-functional requirements whilst embedding observabilityfrom the ground up.
• Security Controls Implementation Implement and maintain security controlsthroughout the development lifecycle, from code commit to production deployment.

• Integrate automated security testing, static and dynamic code analysis, andvulnerability scanning into CI/CD pipelines.
• Establish security gates and approvalprocesses that prevent vulnerable code from reaching production environments.
• Develop and enforce security policies for container images, infrastructureconfigurations, and application deployments with comprehensive securityobservability.

• Advanced Monitoring & Observability Design and implement enterprise-gradeobservability solutions using ELK Stack or Prometheus-Grafana to providecomprehensive insights into system performance, security events, and operationalhealth.

• Architect distributed tracing solutions using OpenTelemetry to monitorapplication performance across complex microservices architectures and troubleshootissues with precision.

• Create sophisticated dashboards, alerts, and reporting mechanisms that provide actionable insights to stakeholders whilst ensuring securityevents, performance anomalies, and operational issues are proactively identified andinvestigated.

• Implement observability-driven incident response and post-mortemprocesses.
• CI/CD Pipeline Management Build, maintain, and optimise CI/CD pipelines usingGitLab Runners to enable rapid, reliable, and secure software delivery.
• Embed securitycontrols and observability instrumentation at every stage of the pipeline including pre-commit hooks, automated security testing, compliance checks, and deploymentvalidation.
• Implement automated testing, security scanning, and deploymentprocesses that support continuous integration and deployment practices whilstmaintaining zero-trust security principles and comprehensive pipeline observability.
• Infrastructure as Code & Policy as Code Implementation Leverage Infrastructure asCode tools, particularly Terraform, to automate infrastructure provisioning andmanagement with built-in security controls, compliance checks, and observabilityinstrumentation.
• Implement Policy as Code frameworks to codify governance,compliance, and security policies that are automatically enforced across allinfrastructure deployments.
• Develop custom automation scripts and tools tostreamline operational processes whilst ensuring security standards and observabilityrequirements are maintained.
• Integrate and utilise GenAI-based coding agents toenhance development productivity and code quality, implementing appropriate securityguardrails and observability for AI-assisted development.
• Observability Strategy & Implementation Develop and execute comprehensiveobservability strategies that encompass metrics, logs, traces, and events across theentire application and infrastructure stack.
• Implement service level objectives (SLOs)and service level indicators (SLIs) to measure and improve system reliability.
• Design andmaintain observability platforms that support real-time monitoring, historical analysis,and predictive insights for both operational and security use cases.
• Essential Requirements Technical Skills

• Extensive experience with AWS cloud services and architecture patterns
• Strong proficiency in Terraform for Infrastructure as Code implementation,including advanced features such as modules, workspaces, and statemanagement
• Deep hands-on experience with ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) orGrafana for monitoring, visualisation, and observability
• Strong knowledge of Amazon EKS and container orchestration with observabilitybest practices
• Advanced experience implementing observability solutions and distributedtracing with OpenTelemetry across complex distributed systems
• Proficiency with GitLab or GitHub for version control and CI/CD pipelinemanagement
• Experience with GenAI-based coding agents and AI-assisted development tools