DevSecOps Engineer | Career Path

Learn about the DevSecOps Engineer career path in cybersecurity. Discover key responsibilities, required skills, average salary expectations, and relevant certifications for this role.

Overview

Integrates security practices and automated security testing seamlessly into the DevOps software development and deployment pipeline, fostering collaboration between development, security, and operations teams.

Responsibilities

  • Integrate security practices into the DevOps pipeline
  • automate security testing (SAST, DAST, IAST) in CI/CD
  • secure container environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • manage secrets securely
  • implement infrastructure as code (IaC) security
  • bridge development
  • operations
  • and security teams

Required Skills

  • CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps)
  • IaC (Terraform, Ansible)
  • containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • cloud platforms
  • scripting (Python, Bash, Groovy)
  • SAST/DAST integration
  • security principles
  • strong collaboration skills

Salary Expectations

$110,000 - $180,000+ USD

Relevant Certifications

No specific certifications listed for this role yet.

Common Career Pathway

Evolves from DevOps Engineer, Software Developer, or Security Engineer roles with strong automation and cloud skills. Requires understanding of both development and security.

Learning Roadmap

DevOps Fundamentals -> CI/CD Tools -> Cloud Platform -> IaC -> Container Security -> Scripting -> Integrate Security Testing -> CKS/Cloud DevOps Certs.

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