Senior DevSecOps Architect - North Central (Remote)

GuidePoint Security provides trusted cybersecurity expertise, solutions and services that help organizations make better decisions and minimize risk. By taking a three-tiered, holistic approach for evaluating security posture and ecosystems, GuidePoint enables some of the nation’s top organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, to identify threats, optimize resources and integrate best-fit solutions that mitigate risk.

Required Experience: 

• This position requires a strong knowledge of application security and software development, with a focus on automation, integrating security within the CI/CD pipeline, and DevOps toolchain.
• Understanding of Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Pipeline tools and processes (e.g. Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Bamboo, etc.)
• Strong working knowledge of Secure Software Development
  • Understanding of automated security testing approaches and tools
  • Experience in building and operating security within CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience with proactive integration of security into the development process
• Strong working knowledge of security fundamentals including OWASP Top10
• Experience with public cloud infrastructure (AWS or Azure) and cloud security fundamentals including container-based technologies, infrastructure as code, Git-based source control repositories, pipelines, and common open source toolsets
• Experience in software engineering and software development, including Web applications and technologies
• Experience with automation templates to build security-as-code using terraform, ansible, salt, chef, etc. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Experience: 

• Knowledge of secure coding practices and the ability to conduct security assessments and analysis 
• Experience with application security scanning and testing tools (Checkmarx, Contrast, Veracode, Netsparker, and similar)
• Knowledge of threat modeling and risk assessment techniques

Educational & Professional Credentials:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience
• 3-5 years of security engineering or software development experience

Why GuidePoint?

GuidePoint Security is a rapidly growing, profitable, privately-held value added reseller that focuses exclusively on Information Security. Since its inception in 2011, GuidePoint has grown to over 700 employees, established strategic partnerships with leading security vendors, and serves as a trusted advisor to more than 3,000 Enterprise-Level customers.

Firmly-defined core values drive all aspects of the business, which have been paramount to the company’s success and establishment of an enjoyable workplace atmosphere. At GuidePoint, your colleagues are knowledgeable, skilled, and experienced and will seek to collaborate and provide mentorship and guidance at every opportunity.  

This is a unique and rare opportunity to grow your career along with one of the fastest growing companies in the nation.

Some added perks….

• Remote workforce primarily (U.S. based only, some travel may be required for certain positions, working on-site may be required for Federal positions)
• 100% employer-paid medical and dental premiums with generous employer family contributions
• 11 corporate holidays in 2022 (12 in 2023) and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program
• Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance
• Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment
• Pet Care plan