Manager of DevSecOps

Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire

Location: Denver

WorkModel: Hybrid (1 day onsite)

Salary: $128k - $170K plus 10%

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Manager of DevSecOps to lead and scale a high-impact team supporting secure, reliable, and automated software delivery. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who thrives at the intersection of platform engineering, cloud security, CI/CD, and developer experience.

You will partner closely with Engineering, Security, Infrastructure, SRE, and Product teams to embed security and operational excellence directly into how software is built, shipped, and operated. If you enjoy coaching technical teams, setting platform strategy, and driving modern DevSecOps practices, this role offers visibility, influence, and room to make a real impact.

What You'll Do

Lead and Develop a DevSecOps Team

• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of DevSecOps engineers
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Support hiring, onboarding, coaching, and performance management
• Set clear priorities and ensure high-quality execution

Own DevSecOps Strategy and CI/CD Maturity

• Design, standardize, and evolve secure CI/CD pipelines and release automation
• Champion shift-left security by embedding controls early in the SDLC
• Establish best practices for infrastructure as code, automation, and delivery standards
• Balance speed, security, and reliability across engineering teams

Cloud Security, Governance, and Compliance

• Partner with Security and Cloud teams on guardrails, policy enforcement, and compliance
• Oversee remediation of security findings across CI/CD, containers, and cloud infrastructure
• Promote secure engineering practices and security awareness organization-wide

Platform Engineering and Developer Experience

• Help build and mature internal developer platforms and self-service tooling
• Reduce friction in provisioning, deployment, and day-to-day operations
• Support GitOps, standardized tooling, and modern platform patterns
• Improve developer productivity without sacrificing security or reliability

Reliability and Operational Excellence

• Collaborate with SRE and Infrastructure on observability, monitoring, and alerting
• Support incident preparedness, reliability goals, and operational maturity
• Leverage metrics, logs, and traces to improve service visibility

Cost Optimization and Efficiency

• Advocate for cost-aware engineering and cloud optimization
• Identify opportunities to reduce waste through automation and standardization
• Partner with stakeholders to balance delivery velocity with financial discipline

What You Bring

Required Experience

• 10+ years in DevOps, DevSecOps, Cloud Engineering, SRE, or related roles
• 3+ years leading technical teams in DevOps, DevSecOps, or Platform Engineering
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS and cloud-native services
• Deep knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and delivery frameworks
• Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform or CloudFormation
• Experience with containers and orchestration platforms like Docker and Kubernetes
• Solid understanding of application and cloud security practices including SAST, SCA, secrets management, container and pipeline security
• Strong communication and stakeholder leadership skills

Nice to Have

• Experience in regulated or enterprise environments
• Exposure to platform engineering and internal developer platforms
• Familiarity with tools such as GitHub Actions,

  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance.