DevSecOps Security Advisor

Stefanini North America and APAC; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Stefanini Group is seeking a DevSecOps Security Advisor to advance secure-by-design pipelines, automate evidence gathering, and deliver risk insights to leadership. This remote role partners with engineering teams to embed security into CI/CD and cloud platforms.

You will design AI agents for evidence triage, map controls to NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 and FedRAMP, and drive automation across SAST/DAST, IaC checks, and vulnerability scanning while mentoring peers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 5-7 years of experience in information security, risk management, audit, or cyber operations.
• Advanced knowledge of security principles, assessment methodologies, and cloud environments (AWS/Azure).
• Hands-on experience with automation platforms, continuous monitoring tools, and analytics technologies.
• Strong analytical, communication, facilitation, and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Embed secure-by-design practices across DevSecOps pipelines.
• Assess automation opportunities, build and integrate security automation, and deliver risk insights.

Skills

DevSecOps

Security assessment

Automation enablement

Communication

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

SAST/DAST

CI/CD tooling

Automation platforms

OSCAL

GRC ingestion

Job description

Stefanini Group is hiring!

DevSecOps Security Advisor-Remote

As a DevSecOps Assessment Information Security Advisor, where you'll drive the evolution of continuous assurance and modern security practices. This blended role combines advanced security assessment, DevSecOps enablement, and strategic advisory to shape secure-by-design pipelines and platforms. You'll partner with engineering teams, automate evidence and reporting workflows, and deliver actionable risk insights to leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead activities to embed secure-by-design practices across DevSecOps pipelines.
• Assess automation opportunities, build and integrate security automation, and deliver data-driven risk insights.
• Design, build, and operationalize AI agents for evidence triage, control mapping, and developer support.
• Enforce secure prompt and skill management, role-based access controls, and audit trails.
• Integrate agents with enterprise systems (ticketing, CI/CD, knowledge bases) via secure APIs.
• Map automated controls and agent workflows to priority NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 and FedRAMP requirements.
• Deliver FedRAMP-ready artifacts and processes, including continuous monitoring and compliance dashboards.
• Partner with engineering to implement SAST/DAST, infrastructure-as-code checks, and vulnerability scanning within CI/CD.
• Develop APIs to orchestrate security scanning workflows and automate evidence capture.
• Manage private certificate authorities and automate code signing for secure build and release processes.
• Translate technical findings into decision-ready insights for leadership and risk committees.
• Co-design automated, analytics-driven processes to reduce manual effort and enhance transparency.
• Mentor peers, promote reusable code libraries, and propagate best practices across the DevSecOps community.

Job Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 5-7 years of experience in information security, risk management, audit, or cyber operations.
• Advanced knowledge of security principles, assessment methodologies, and cloud environments (AWS/Azure).
• Hands-on experience with automation platforms, continuous monitoring tools, and analytics technologies.
• Strong analytical, communication, facilitation, and negotiation skills.

Preferred

• Professional certifications (CISSP, CISA, CRISC).
• Demonstrated success enabling DevSecOps at scale, including security testing automation and policy development.
• Experience administering code repositories and build systems across CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience building and deploying AI agents (RAG, orchestration, tool/function calling) in regulated environments.
• Direct experience with NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 and FedRAMP, including OSCAL artifact management and GRC ingestion.

Technical Proficiencies

• AWS and Azure cloud platforms.
• Source control and developer platforms.
• Vulnerability, compliance, and quality scanning tools.
• SAST/DAST and infrastructure-as-code tooling.

Performance Indicators

• Achieve at least a 30% reduction in manual evidence preparation through automation and AI assistants.
• Decrease assessment cycle time by 25% while maintaining audit quality.
• Deploy production-ready AI agents with 90% accuracy on scoped tasks and measurable deflection of routine queries.
• Operationalize FedRAMP 20X OSCAL ingestion with auditable traceability to GRC dashboards.

Stefanini takes pride in hiring top talent and developing relationships with our future employees. Our talent acquisition teams will never make an offer of employment without having a phone conversation with you. Those face-to-face conversations will involve a description of the job for which you have applied. We also speak with you about the process including interviews and job offers.

About Stefanini Group

The Stefanini Group is a global provider of offshore, onshore and near shore outsourcing, IT digital consulting, systems integration, application, and strategic staffing services to Fortune 1000 enterprises around the world. Our presence is in countries like the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and more than four hundred clients across a broad spectrum of markets, including financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, chemical services, technology, public sector, and utilities. Stefanini is a CMM level 5, IT consulting company with a global presence. We are CMM Level 5 company.

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