DevSecOps Engineer

Hospital for Special Surgery; Richmond (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Hospital for Special Surgery seeks an experienced DevSecOps professional to embed security into our software development lifecycle across cloud and on-premises environments. You will integrate security into CI/CD, manage SAST/SCA, and collaborate with engineering, security, and compliance teams to reduce risk.

Responsibilities include threat modeling, secure code reviews, remediation tracking, and building automation for security testing and reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in computing or IT security.
• 7+ years in IT with at least 5 years in DevSecOps, app security, or related roles.
• Knowledge of secure SDLC, cloud security, CI/CD security, and vulnerability mgmt.
• Experience with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or similar cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with SAST, SCA, secrets scanning, container scanning, IaC scanning.
• Proficient in scripting languages and development workflows.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to embed secure-by-design principles.
• Design, implement, and maintain security controls in CI/CD pipelines.
• Manage application security capabilities (SAST, SCA, secrets, deps).
• Review designs, data flows, APIs, cloud workloads for security risks.
• Support threat modeling, secure code reviews, and design reviews.
• Track remediation of vulnerabilities across apps, cloud, and infra.
• Review IaC templates and container deployments against policies.
• Develop scripts, dashboards, and automated workflows for security testing.
• Create documentation and runbooks communicating security posture and trends.
• Support audits, compliance activities, and control validation requests.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Secure SDLC

CI/CD security

Cloud security

Scripting & automation

Communication

Risk assessment

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field

Tools

Snyk

Wiz

Sysdig

Tenable

GitHub Advanced Security

GitHub Dependabot

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Job description

How you move is why we’re here.
Now more than ever.

Get back to what you need and love to do.
The possibilities are endless...
Now more than ever, our guiding principles are helping us in our search for exceptional talent - candidates who align with our unique workplace culture and who want to maximize the abundant opportunities for growth and success.
If this describes you then let’s talk!
HSS is consistently among the top-ranked hospitals for orthopedics and rheumatology by U.S. News & World Report. As a recipient of the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, HSS was the first hospital in New York City to receive the distinguished designation. Whether you are early in your career or an expert in your field, you will find HSS an innovative, supportive and inclusive environment.

Working with colleagues who love what they do and are deeply committed to our Mission, you too can be part of our transformation across the enterprise.

Emp Status

Regular Full time

Work Shift

Compensation Range

What you will be doing

Position Activities

• Partner with application development, data and analytics, infrastructure, cloud, architecture, and cybersecurity teams to embed secure-by-design principles into applications, services, pipelines, platforms, and infrastructure.
• Design, implement, and maintain security controls within CI/CD pipelines, including automated testing, security gates, build and deployment checks, and risk-based exception workflows.
• Manage and support application security capabilities such as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Software Composition Analysis (SCA), secrets detection, dependency review, and code security scanning using tools such as Snyk, Wiz, and GitHub.
• Review application designs, architecture patterns, data flows, APIs, cloud workloads, and integration points to identify security risks and recommend practical remediation or compensating controls.
• Support threat modeling, secure code review, and security design reviews throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Validate, prioritize, and track remediation of application, cloud, container, infrastructure, and development environment vulnerabilities using platforms such as Snyk, Wiz, Sysdig, Tenable, GitHub, and related tools.
• Review cloud resources, Infrastructure as Code templates, container images, and deployment configurations against organizational policies, secure configuration baselines, and industry best practices.
• Develop scripts, integrations, dashboards, and automated workflows that improve security testing, vulnerability management, reporting, evidence collection, and developer self-service.
• Create metrics, reports, diagrams, runbooks, standards, and technical documentation that communicate application security posture, pipeline security effectiveness, vulnerability trends, and remediation status to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Support audits, assessments, compliance activities, and control validation requests related to application security, cloud security, software supply chain security, and secure development practices.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, cybersecurity, software engineering, data engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Seven or more years of professional IT experience with five or more years in DevSecOps, application security, cloud security, software engineering, infrastructure engineering, security engineering, or a related technical role.
• Working knowledge of secure software development lifecycle practices, application security principles, cloud security concepts, CI/CD security, and vulnerability management.
• Experience with CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar tools.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or similar environments.
• Familiarity with application security and software supply chain security capabilities such as SAST, SCA, secrets scanning, dependency analysis, container scanning, and Infrastructure as Code scanning.
• Experience with scripting, automation, source control, code review processes, and development workflows using tools and languages such as Git, Python, PowerShell, Bash, JavaScript, or similar.
• Ability to assess technical environments, identify security gaps, evaluate risk, and recommend practical remediation activities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical security concepts to developers, engineers, security teams, and non-technical stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, troubleshooting, organizational, and prioritization skills.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with tools such as Snyk, Wiz, Sysdig, Tenable, GitHub Advanced Security, GitHub Dependabot, or similar security platforms.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and policy-as-code technologies such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, Open Policy Agent, YAML, JSON, or similar.
• Experience securing containers, Kubernetes, container registries, cloud-native workloads, APIs, secrets, and microservices architectures.
• Experience building security automation, integrations, dashboards, reporting, and developer self-service capabilities.
• Experience working with data and analytics platforms, data pipelines, APIs, reporting platforms, or related engineering teams.
• Experience supporting audit readiness, compliance activities, control testing, or automated evidence collection in a regulated environment.
• Familiarity with security frameworks and standards such as NIST Cybersecurity Framework, CIS Controls, OWASP Top 10, MITRE ATT&CK, HIPAA, HITRUST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, or similar.
• Security, cloud, or software security certifications such as Security+, CSSLP, GWEB, GCSA, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, CCSP, CISSP, or similar.
• Experience in healthcare or another highly regulated environment.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to connect security requirements to practical software development, cloud deployment, and engineering outcomes.
• Ability to automate, standardize, and improve repeatable application security, cloud security, and DevSecOps processes.
• Ability to evaluate technical findings through a risk-based lens and prioritize remediation appropriately.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with application development, data and analytics, infrastructure, cloud, architecture, cybersecurity, compliance, and business stakeholders.
• Ability to produce professional-level documentation, reports, diagrams, runbooks, standards, and technical guidance.
• Ability to think critically, make independent decisions, and recommend practical solutions.
• Ability to balance security requirements with delivery timelines and operational realities in a complex healthcare environment.
• Ability to communicate application security risks, control gaps, remediation needs, and technical recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to support a positive cybersecurity culture by promoting secure development practices, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Non-Discrimination Policy

Hospital for Special Surgery is committed to providing high quality care and skilled, compassionate, reliable service to our community in a safe and healing environment. Consistent with this commitment, Hospital for Special Surgery provides care, admits, and treats patients and provides all services without regard to age, race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, national origin, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, veteran or military status, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law or by accreditation standards.