DevSecOps Architect

About Gro:

Gro Intelligence is tackling two of the biggest problems facing the world today: food security and climate change. We understand and quantify the complex interplay between food, weather, trade, agriculture, and macroeconomic conditions in a world upended by climate change, a growing population, and more. The team at Gro has built a platform that allows businesses, non-profits, and governments to better plan for and adapt to these changes. With offices in Nairobi, New York, and Singapore Gro has the financial backing of prominent investors such as TPG Growth, Intel Capital, Data Collective, and GGV. Gro is a diverse, intellectually curious team of technologists, scientists, and business professionals united by a shared commitment to build AI that addresses agriculture, food, and our climate on the most fundamental level.

The Information Security team is responsible for managing all aspects of the Company’s cyber risk.  The successful candidate will be joining a growing team dedicated to building innovative security solutions and adopting the latest best practices.

What You'll Do:

• Embed with agile development teams to design, implement, and automate security guardrails across all phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Evaluate and deploy security technologies, including but not limited to application security testing (SAST), dynamic application security testing (DAST), and software composition analysis (SCA) tools, to integrate security guardrails into the continuous integration/continuous development (CI/CD) pipeline. 
• Manage DevSecOps roadmap and maintain relevancy with industry-leading standards for processes and architectures
• Evangelize and advocate on behalf of security SDLC best practices with a goal of elevating code security awareness and compliance among engineers without introducing friction into DevOps processes

What We're Looking For:

• A highly motivated, self-starting individual with keen interest in enabling security development practices
• 5+ years of experience in a similar role, including previous experience implementing and/or managing SDLC security tools (e.g., SCA,, DAST, etc.) and practical knowledge of application security best practices (e.g., OWASP Top 10)
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and the ability to translate both technical and business needs into security requirements
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in computer science or a related technical field

Nice to Have:

• Master’s degree in a field related field (e.g., Computer Science, Information Systems)
• Accredited IT (including cloud) and/or information security certifications

Gro was founded in 2014 and currently has offices in Nairobi, New York, and Singapore. The company was built on diversity and the knowledge that artificial intelligence is only as good as the human intelligence behind it. Gro’s team represents the world it is modeling. At the company, we speak more than 27 languages and we comprise a wide range of experts, from agronomists and crop scientists, to mathematicians, engineers, data scientists, market research analysts, designers, historians, and philosophers. Our culture fosters collaboration between people of extremely different backgrounds that allows us to accomplish things that would otherwise seem impossible. 

Gro Intelligence is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants regardless of color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, actual or presumed belonging to an ethnic group, or any other legally protected status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.