AI-Driven DevSecOps Governance Lead

Ncs Group Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

NCS Australia is seeking an experienced AI DevSecOps Governance SME for an initial 12-month contract in Sydney to pioneer and scale AI-driven security governance across our SDLC.

You will lead governance implementations, integrating AI and LLM-powered controls into CI/CD pipelines and enforcing policy checks, compliance standards, and secure coding practices across enterprise delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Deep hands-on experience establishing DevSecOps practices, CI/CD security controls, and application security standards in enterprise environments.
• Practical experience using AI/LLM tools to automate security governance, policy checking, or code review workflows.
• Governance and compliance know-how: translating complex regulatory and data privacy requirements into automated software controls.
• Proficiency with modern CI/CD platforms, scripting (Python, Bash), and APIs to integrate AI workflows into active pipelines.
• Excellent stakeholder management and ability to drive security cultural shifts and developer adoption.
• Exposure to secure AI deployment frameworks, model risk management, or AI safety standards (e.g., OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, NIST AI RMF).
• Experience with enterprise code scanning tools (SAST, SCA, DAST) and AI-driven triage mechanisms.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and enforce DevSecOps governance frameworks, security guardrails, and compliance standards utilizing AI capabilities and LLMs.
• Build and deploy AI-assisted controls for automated code review, policy validation, threat modeling workflows, and security compliance checks within CI/CD pipelines.
• Establish policy guidelines and security baselines for developer AI usage to manage data privacy, IP, and code vulnerability risks.
• Integrate intelligent security testing and automated remediation guidance into CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps).
• Partner with Security Architecture, Engineering Leads, and Product Teams to define AI governance roadmaps and drive developer adoption across squads.

Skills

DevSecOps Foundation

CI/CD security

Policy automation

Python scripting

Bash scripting

AI & LLM usage

Security governance

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

SAST

SCA

DAST

Job description

NCS Australia is seeking an experienced AI DevSecOps Governance SME for an initial 12-month contract in Sydney to pioneer and scale AI-driven security governance across our SDLC.

You will lead governance implementations, integrating AI and LLM-powered controls into CI/CD pipelines and enforcing policy checks, compliance standards, and secure coding practices across enterprise delivery teams.