DevSecOps Engineer, Consultant at Blue Shield of California

Your Role

As a DevSecOps Engineer in IT Quality Engineering Organization, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the security and quality of software products. Your primary responsibility will be to establish the best practices and standards for DevSecOps methodologies, ensuring a secure and seamless transition to the cloud environment. You will lead the implementation of DevSecOps best practices, specifically tailored for Azure, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure security is integrated throughout the software development lifecycle. You will also organize training and provide mentoring to help others get up to speed on DevSecOps best practices. A strong focus on cloud solutions and design will be essential to support the seamless integration of applications on Azure.

Your Work

In this role, you will:

• Evaluate and analyze the existing IT infrastructure, identifying areas for improvement and security enhancement.
• Design and implement secure, scalable, and automated cloud-based solutions on Microsoft Azure to support application deployment and management.
• Advocate for DevSecOps principles and practices within the organization.
• Lead the implementation of DevSecOps practices, including continuous integration, continuous delivery, continuous testing (CI-CD-CT), and automated testing, tailored for the Azure cloud environment.
• Collaborate with software development teams to integrate security controls and best practices into the application development process and to create robust testing strategies that covers functional, security, and performance aspects.
• Develop and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts to validate software functionality and security.
• Encourage collaboration between development, operations, and security teams.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation related to testing processes, security findings, and remediation efforts.
• Generate reports on testing results, security assessments, and risk assessments.
• Create automated test suites and pipelines.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure the security and availability of cloud-based infrastructure.
• Integrate SonarQube with CI/CD pipelines and Azure Devops.
• Manage the configuration and infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar, with a strong emphasis on security.
• Conduct security assessments, vulnerability testing, and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Work closely with stakeholders to define and enforce security policies and access controls in the Azure environment.
• Develop and maintain documentation for security processes, procedures, and configuration management.
• Continuously improving testing methodologies and security processes.

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience. Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology preferred.
• Requires minimum 7 years of prior relevant experience in IT development and quality engineering.
• Prefers 2 years of experience in DevSecOps field.
• Prefers 1 year of hands-on experience with cloud platforms and Infrastructure as code.
• Proven hands-on experience in cloud solutions and design for secure and compliant integration of applications on Microsoft Azure.
• Prefers healthcare background, specifically with pharmacy 
• Solid understanding of DevSecOps principles.
• Knowledge of healthcare industry standards including HIPAA and CMS regulations.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools like Jenkins, Ansible, Jira, GitLab CI, JFrog Artifactory, BitBucket, or Azure DevOps, with a focus on security integration and automated testing at all stages.
• Strong knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell, Bash, Python) for automation tasks, with an emphasis on security-related automation.
• Experience in implementing and managing containerized applications using Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes, with security considerations in mind.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code (IaC) concepts and tools such as Terraform or Ansible, with a focus on security best practices.
• Expertise in cloud security best practices and their implementation within Azure environment.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot security-related issues.
• Preferred experience in leading digital transformation projects and cloud migration efforts with a strong focus on security.
• Understanding of and experience with AIOps concepts and tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack, and platforms like OpsRamp or DynaTrace, would be strongly preferred.
• Experience with performance optimization as applied to cloud infrastructure and cloud application architectures.

Pay Range 

The pay range for this role is: $ 118800.00 to $ 178200.00 for California.

Note 

Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, location (California, Bay area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.

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