Remote Lead Architect – Secure DevSecOps Applications

Humana; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 142,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus incentive plan

Job summary

Humana is seeking a Lead, DevSecOps Architecture to define security-focused architecture strategy for enterprise platforms. The role emphasizes secure software engineering, developer experience, and CI/CD security orchestration across cloud-native microservice stacks.

You will collaborate with Enterprise Information Protection and engineering teams to embed security controls, influence architecture decisions, and guide modernization with Terraform, Kubernetes, and API gateway patterns.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of technical experience or equivalent.
• 4+ years of project leadership, architecture leadership, or technical leadership experience.
• Strong software engineering background with hands-on experience in application development.
• Advanced proficiency with .NET / C# application development.
• Proficiency with Python for automation, scripting, or backend development.
• Experience designing and leading microservices-based architectures.
• Deep understanding of Microsoft Azure application services, including Azure App Services, Functions, Service Bus, storage and data services.
• Experience with API architecture, REST API design, and API gateway patterns, preferably including Apigee.
• Experience integrating security, quality, or compliance controls into CI/CD pipelines.
• On-call rotation expectation
• Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, preferably Terraform.
• Strong knowledge of containerization and orchestration concepts, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, preferably PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
• Understanding of application security principles, secure coding practices, and software supply chain security.
• Ability to lead architecture discussions, document technical decisions, and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently under minimal supervision and make decisions on complex technical issues.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction, architecture strategy, and roadmap for enterprise DevSecOps application platforms.
• Embed security controls into current and future architectures and define security requirements.
• Partner with stakeholders across Enterprise Information Protection, architecture, engineering, and development teams.
• Lead architecture discussions, document decisions, and influence cross-functional teams.
• Guide secure software engineering, CI/CD security orchestration, and developer experience initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership while working in a remote-enabled environment.

Skills

C# development

Python scripting

Microservices architecture

Azure cloud

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes

Docker

Security architecture

On-call readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Apigee

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Splunk

Dynatrace

HashiCorp Vault

Job description

Humana is seeking a Lead, DevSecOps Architecture to define security-focused architecture strategy for enterprise platforms. The role emphasizes secure software engineering, developer experience, and CI/CD security orchestration across cloud-native microservice stacks.

You will collaborate with Enterprise Information Protection and engineering teams to embed security controls, influence architecture decisions, and guide modernization with Terraform, Kubernetes, and API gateway patterns.