DevSecOps Engineer: Scaling Irish SaaS Company!

Archer Recruitment; Ireland; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A progressive Irish startup is seeking a passionate DevSecOps Engineer to build the secure foundation of their new team. You'll design and improve secure cloud systems on AWS, lead CI/CD improvements, and enforce cutting-edge security practices. The ideal candidate will have 5-10+ years of experience, deep AWS expertise, and a strong focus on automation and compliance. Join a fast-growing company that values impact, respect, and innovation.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Equity package potential

High autonomy

Supportive culture

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, Cloud Engineering or similar.
• Solid understanding of cloud security principles and compliance focus.

Responsibilities

• Design and improve secure systems on AWS.
• Lead GitLab CI/CD refinement and enforce security standards.
• Implement cloud-native security best practices.
• Drive observability roadmap and maintain uptime.
• Lead SOC2 audit preparation and ensure compliance.
• Collaborate with feature teams on secure design.
• Mentor and promote DevSecOps principles.

Skills

AWS expertise

DevOps experience

Terraform proficiency

Kubernetes knowledge

CI/CD automation

Cloud security principles

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Docker

Linux

Job description

DevSecOps Engineer: Scaling Irish SaaS Company!

Are you ready to own the platform that powers a fast-growing, cloud-native startup? They are a successful, well-funded Irish SaaS business who are creating a new DevSecOps team. They need a passionate DevSecOps engineering expert to build the secure, resilient foundation for their next stage of growth.

If you thrive on automation, love diving deep into cloud security, and want your work to have a direct, visible impact on product delivery and engineering culture, this is the role for you.

What You’ll Be Doing: The Mission

• Secure Cloud Architecture: Design, build, and continuously improve secure, highly available systems on AWS using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform).
• CI/CD Evolution: Lead the refinement of GitLab CI/CD pipelines, making deployments faster, more reliable, and automatically enforcing security standards (including scanning and testing).
• Cloud‑Native Security: Implement and enforce cutting‑edge security best practices across infrastructure, Kubernetes, containers, and secrets management.
• Reliability & Observability: Drive the observability roadmap, enhancing monitoring, alerting, and refining incident response playbooks to maintain exceptional uptime.
• Compliance Leadership: Lead and manage the full SOC2 audit preparation process, from maintaining controls and coordinating evidence to ensuring continuous compliance.
• Engineering Partnership: Collaborate with feature teams to ensure secure design, smooth releases, and build efficient, friction‑free developer workflows.
• Cultural Impact: Mentor and champion DevSecOps principles, operational excellence, and cloud security best practices across the entire engineering organization.

What You’ll Bring: The Expertise

We’re looking for an experienced platform builder with a security‑first mindset and a passion for automation.

Required Technical Prowess

• 5 – 10+ years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, Cloud Engineering, SRE, or similar roles.
• Deep AWS Expertise: Proficiency across core services, including VPC, IAM, ECS/EKS (Container orchestration is a must), RDS, networking, and security services.
• IaaC & Automation: Strong experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, and advanced usage of GitLab CI/CD.
• Security Foundation: Solid understanding of cloud security principles, identity and access management, secrets management, and least‑privilege design.
• Compliance Focus: Experience and familiarity with SOC2.

Why Join the Company? The Perks & Culture

• First DevSecOps hire in a new team – high impact, highly autonomous role.
• Fast‑growing, well‑funded start‑up. Your growth and progression will be accelerated.
• They are a team of passionate, determined people who believe in doing the right thing, being respectful, and having fun while solving hard problems.
• Competitive Compensation: Competitive salary with the potential for an equity package.

For more information please contact [e-mail]

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