Principal DevSecOps Engineer — AI-Driven Security Automation | Stock Options

Wwshemi; Canada; On-site; CAD 211,000 - 282,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock option plan

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Upgrade is seeking a highly technical Principal DevSecOps Developer to lead security automation and strengthen our SaaS security posture. You will design scalable solutions, review code, and implement risk-based security controls across cloud infrastructure.

In this autonomous role, you’ll collaborate with Security, Engineering, DevOps, and IT teams to automate processes and leverage AI to optimize workflows while maintaining a robust security stance.

Qualifications

• Expertise in programming, scripting, and automation.
• Hands-on AWS security experience, IAM permissions and least-privilege.
• Strong Terraform skills and modular development.
• Solid understanding of APIs, authentication, and secure integrations.
• Familiarity with AI tools and security automation concepts.
• Proactive vulnerability identification and risk-based thinking.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain security automation workflows to reduce manual work.
• Develop and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• Implement AWS security controls, including IAM policies and least-privilege access.
• Create secure integrations between systems using APIs and scripting.
• Identify and resolve security risks across cloud and internal systems.
• Leverage AI tools to enhance security workflows.

Skills

Programming

Scripting

Automation

AWS security

IAM permissions

Terraform

APIs

Security monitoring

AI tools

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

Terraform

APIs

Kubernetes

CrowdStrike

Okta

Job description

Upgrade is seeking a highly technical Principal DevSecOps Developer to lead security automation and strengthen our SaaS security posture. You will design scalable solutions, review code, and implement risk-based security controls across cloud infrastructure.

In this autonomous role, you’ll collaborate with Security, Engineering, DevOps, and IT teams to automate processes and leverage AI to optimize workflows while maintaining a robust security stance.