DevSecOps Engineer - Edge Platforms

Quarterhill Inc.; Frisco (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid days off

Health and Dental plans

Retirement plans

Employee Assistance Program (EFAP)

Employee referral program

Job summary

A leading technology firm is looking for a DevOps / DevSecOps Engineer to streamline, automate, and enhance application and infrastructure deployment. Key responsibilities include managing CI/CD tools, collaborating across teams, and maintaining Linux-based device deliverables. Candidates should possess experience in software engineering, CI/CD processes, and security practices. The company offers generous benefits including health plans and paid time off to support employee wellness.

Qualifications

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills are crucial.
• Basic knowledge in coding and scripting for various languages is preferred.
• Experience with DevOps tools and processes is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to improve software life-cycle systems.
• Maintain and upgrade the DevOps toolchain effectively.
• Develop code and tools to enhance software and infrastructure delivery.

Skills

Problem-solving skills

Collaboration skills

Analytical skills

Education

Basic knowledge of coding languages (C/C++, Java, Python, Go)

Linux System Administration

Tools

Maven

GitLab

Jenkins

Docker

Terraform

Job description

Overview

The DevOps / DevSecOps Engineer is responsible for integrating software development and IT operations to streamline, automate, and enhance the creation, testing, and deployment of applications and infrastructure. This role focuses on managing the processes and tools required for Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) operations covering both software and infrastructure. Additionally, the engineer oversees embedded Linux and device software delivery workflows, including the management of OS images, patch generation, packaging, deployment, and update verification within device or edge environments.

The role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining tools and processes to facilitate continuous integration, delivery, and deployment. Collaboration is essential, as the engineer works closely with development, quality assurance, system administration, and infrastructure teams to ensure that the software development life cycle is efficient, secure, and reliable. Key responsibilities include automating repetitive tasks, reducing manual intervention, and ensuring consistent, repeatable, and secure builds and deployments. The engineer is also tasked with improving overall software product quality and reliability, ensuring compliance with relevant processes and procedures, and maintaining the security of the software supply chain.

Specific duties include automated software security scanning and testing (such as SAST, DAST, and SCA), supporting and maintaining tools to enable these tasks, and building and maintaining device-side Linux deliverables (images, patches, updates). The engineer must ensure that updates are repeatable, auditable, and secure, and provide support for patch generation and installation processes for the Linux OS, including validating and planning for potential rollbacks.

This position requires a foundational understanding of disciplines including software engineering, system administration, infrastructure management, network engineering, cloud computing, database administration, process automation, software testing, quality assurance, source code management, continuous delivery, and security. Familiarity with agile methodologies is also important.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to evaluate current software life-cycle systems and processes and identify areas for improvement.
• Maintain and upgrade the DevOps toolchain, including tools such as Maven, GitLab, Jenkins, and Nexus.
• Analyze and prioritize opportunities for process improvement.
• Design, estimate, develop, and document process automation solutions.
• Stay up to date with, select, and manage a diverse range of tools and technologies to optimize the DevOps toolchain.
• Develop code, scripts, and tools to enhance software and infrastructure design, development, and delivery.
• Secure the software and infrastructure toolchains by identifying and reporting security issues.
• Ensure compliance with software life-cycle processes and requirements.
• Monitor and collaborate with product and project teams daily to address software/infrastructure builds and DevOps-related issues.

Embedded Linux / Device Scope

• Build, package, and maintain Linux-based device deliverables, including images, patches, and update bundles.
• Design and maintain update pipelines for edge devices, ensuring secure delivery and verification using checksums, signatures, and integrity checks.
• Provide support for Linux troubleshooting on devices, including services, logs, performance, and networking, and collaborate with engineering teams for root cause analysis.
• Partner with embedded and software teams on workflows adjacent to C/C++, such as build integration, toolchains, packaging, and debugging.

This list of responsibilities might not cover everything you'll end up doing.

Qualifications

Excellent problem‑solving and analytical skills.

• Basic knowledge in the following areas:
• Coding and Scripting: C or C++ (basic working knowledge preferred), Java, Python, Go, Oracle PL/SQL, Bash, Groovy, JSON, XML.
• Software Build and Deployment Tools: Maven, Gradle, PyPi, NPM, Make, Git/GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus, Ansible, Terraform.
• Artifact/Package Management and Versioning: Weblogic, Redgate.
• Infrastructure and Deployment Environments: Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Docker/Podman.
• Linux System Administration (strong), Network Administration, Kubernetes, Virtual Machines, Oracle Database Administration.
• Embedded/Edge Linux Environments (preferred), including service management, networking, and OS-level troubleshooting.
• Security / DevSecOps: Ability to perform security risk assessments, implement security by design in CI/CD (SAST/DAST/SCA, dependency controls, secrets management, policy enforcement), and practice secure software supply chain management (provenance, integrity verification, signing, traceability).

Soft Skills

• Strong interpersonal skills for effective collaboration across disciplines.
• Ability to foster consensus among diverse teams.
• Analytical skills for identifying and prioritizing process optimizations.

Benefits

We offer a Total Rewards plan designed with you and your family’s health and wellness in mind that includes:

• Paid days off (i.e., vacation, sick days, bereavement leave)
• Health and Dental plans
• Retirement plans
• Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
• Employee referral program

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability or any other protected characteristics in accordance with applicable federal, state/provincial, and local laws. We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.

We appreciate all responses and will acknowledge only those being considered for an interview.

We respectfully request no calls or unsolicited resumes from agencies.