DevSecOps Engineer - Secure Cloud & CI/CD Architect

SimpliSafe; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free SimpliSafe system and monitoring

ERGs and total rewards

Inclusive, values-driven culture

Job summary

SimpliSafe, a high-tech home security company, is seeking a Staff DevSecOps Engineer to advance security across the product lifecycle, spanning backend services and AWS cloud platforms. This role drives security-by-design principles, automated security testing, infrastructure security controls, and cloud governance within engineering workflows.

Collaborating with Security, Engineering, and IT, you will design secure CI/CD pipelines and resilient architectures that enable scalable, compliant

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or related roles, with architecture-level experience.
• Strong hands-on experience implementing DevSecOps practices and security controls across enterprise environments.
• Expertise in CI/CD pipeline architecture, automation, and secure software delivery.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, container orchestration, and container security.
• Strong understanding of IAM, RBAC, secrets management, encryption, certificates, and network security.
• Knowledge of security frameworks and compliance standards such as NIST, CIS Benchmarks, and OWASP.
• Experience with scripting and automation languages.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement DevSecOps practices and security controls across enterprise environments.
• Architect and maintain CI/CD pipelines for secure software delivery.
• Utilize cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform to optimize infrastructure.
• Work with Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration for secure deployment.
• Automate tasks using scripting languages like Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar tools.
• Lead vulnerability management initiatives by identifying, prioritizing, and remediating cloud, application, container, and infrastructure vulnerabilities through scalable automation.
• Develop detection engineering capabilities, including security monitoring, alerting, threat detection, and incident response workflows across cloud environments.
• Implement cloud security posture management (CSPM), continuous control monitoring, and automated remediation strategies.
• Partner with engineering teams to perform architecture reviews, and security design assessments for new products and services.
• Drive adoption of security best practices through technical leadership and organization-wide enablement programs.

Skills

DevSecOps principles

Security by design

CI/CD architecture

Cloud security concepts

Scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell)

Troubleshooting / communication

Tools

AWS

Google Cloud Platform

Docker

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

SimpliSafe, a high-tech home security company, is seeking a Staff DevSecOps Engineer to advance security across the product lifecycle, spanning backend services and AWS cloud platforms. This role drives security-by-design principles, automated security testing, infrastructure security controls, and cloud governance within engineering workflows.

Collaborating with Security, Engineering, and IT, you will design secure CI/CD pipelines and resilient architectures that enable scalable, compliant