Sr Security Engineer

Job Description

Company: Eliassen Group

Location: Cary, US

• * Direct Hire Opportunity **

Target Salary Range: $122,000 – $145,000 + bonus eligibility

Summary:

Seeking a senior-level DevSecOps / Application Security Engineer to embed security into modern development environments, focusing on code repository governance, CI/CD pipeline security, and AI-driven application risk. This role drives secure-by-default engineering practices, policy automation, and developer enablement across the organization.

Key Responsibilities
• Embed security controls into CI/CD pipelines, code repositories, and developer workflows
• Implement policy-as-code, code integrity, and supply chain security controls
• Secure code repositories (GitHub/GitLab/Azure DevOps) including access controls and commit validation
• Drive secure development practices and prevent data/code leakage (GitHub misuse, DLP risks)
• Evaluate and mitigate AI-related risks in development; support secure AI application design
• Build security automation, monitoring, and risk detection across pipelines
• Ensure encryption, secrets management, and secure data handling
• Partner cross-functionally with engineering, infrastructure, and GRC teams to enforce governance

Core Requirements
• 7+ years in DevSecOps / Application Security / Security Engineering
• Strong experience with CI/CD security (SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets scanning)
• Expertise in code repository security & governance
• Experience with policy-as-code (OPA, Azure Policy, AWS Config, etc.)
• Knowledge of software supply chain security & SBOM
• Hands-on scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell)

Highly Preferred
• Identity & Access Management (IAM)
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• Cloud & containers (AWS/Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform)
• Experience securing AI/ML or GenAI applications

Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (noreply@eliassen.com, 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

Please be advised- If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please confirm that they have an Eliassen.com email address and never provide personal or financial information to anyone who is not clearly associated with Eliassen Group. If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact InfoSec@eliassen.com.

Source: LinkedIn