Senior DevSecOps

Summary

Senior DevSecOps engineer leading GitLab CI/CD pipelines, GCP cloud infrastructure with Terraform IaC, cloud security/IAM, and lakehouse data platform (Starburst/Trino, BigQuery, Iceberg) for a Bengaluru-based company.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the architecture, implementation, and optimization of DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD.
  • Establish GitLab branching, Merge Request (MR), code-review, approval, deployment, rollback, and release-management standards.
  • Build and maintain automated deployment pipelines across development, test, staging, and production environments.
  • Design and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, including reusable modules, state management, and automated infrastructure provisioning.
  • Lead GCP cloud engineering initiatives focused on scalability, reliability, security, and operational efficiency.
  • Design and implement cloud networking including VPCs, VPC Service Controls, security perimeters, firewalls, load balancers, DNS, private connectivity, and TLS/SSL certificates.
  • Implement enterprise IAM strategies, including role-based access, least privilege, service-account provisioning, workload identity, and access governance.
  • Partner with SecOps teams to integrate vulnerability management, security scanning, monitoring, incident response, and security controls into the software delivery lifecycle.
  • Lead infrastructure and platform engineering for lakehouse and data-engineering environments.
  • Support GCS, BigQuery, Apache Iceberg, lakehouse runtimes, data catalogs, and database integrations.
  • Architect and support Starburst Enterprise Platform (SEP) / Starburst Galaxy, including Trino query engines, Unified Access Tier, data virtualization, and federated data access.
  • Integrate Starburst/Trino with Iceberg, BigQuery, GCS, databases, and enterprise data sources.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentoring, architecture guidance, code reviews, and production support across DevOps, Security, Cloud, and Data Engineering teams.
  • Drive automation, standardization, platform reliability, security posture, and continuous improvement.

Required Technical Skills

DevSecOps / CI/CD

  • GitLab, GitLab CI/CD, Git, Merge Requests
  • CI/CD pipeline architecture and deployment automation
  • Security scanning and DevSecOps practices

Cloud / Infrastructure

  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
  • IAM, service accounts, workload identity
  • VPC, VPC Service Controls, security perimeters
  • Firewalls, load balancers, DNS, private connectivity
  • TLS/SSL certificates and certificate lifecycle management

Security

  • Cloud security architecture
  • SecOps and vulnerability management
  • Least-privilege access and security controls
  • Security automation and compliance practices

Data / Lakehouse

  • GCS and BigQuery
  • Apache Iceberg
  • Lakehouse architecture and runtimes
  • Data catalogs
  • Database integration and connectivity
  • Starburst Enterprise / Starburst Galaxy
  • Trino
  • Query engines and distributed data processing
  • Unified Access Tier
  • Data virtualization and federated data access

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, SRE, Infrastructure, or related engineering disciplines.
  • 3+ years in a senior/lead DevSecOps, Cloud Engineering, or Platform Engineering capacity.
  • Strong hands-on experience designing and implementing enterprise GCP environments.
  • Proven experience leading cloud infrastructure automation using Terraform.
  • Strong understanding of cloud security, networking, IAM, and enterprise architecture.
  • Experience working across Security, DevOps, Data Engineering, Application Development, and Architecture teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives while remaining hands-on with engineering and troubleshooting.
  • GCP, Terraform, Kubernetes, Security, or DevSecOps certifications are a plus.


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