Senior DevSecOps Engineer
Remote Mexico Full-time Senior Application & Product Security
At a glance
Senior Application & Product Security role at Helpware. Remote, Mexico · full-time.
Pay not stated Application & Product Security salary
RoleApplication & Product Security
SenioritySenior
LocationMexico
WorkplaceRemote
EmploymentFull-time
PostedAug 19, 2026 · 2mo ago
Role brief
remoteroles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Build security into cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines and developer self-service workflows
- Set secure patterns for identity, secrets, networking, infrastructure code, deployments and workload protection
- Create automated, risk-based policy checks for source code, container builds, infrastructure updates and releases
- Work with engineers to prioritize and fix security weaknesses across cloud, Kubernetes and delivery systems
- Help investigate and recover from security incidents, then improve controls, runbooks and engineering guidance
What you bring
- At least five years in DevSecOps, cloud security, platform engineering or a related area, with security automation ownership
- Hands-on AWS or Google Cloud security experience, including identity, networking, encryption and logging
- Strong experience securing Kubernetes workloads and using Terraform to build and govern infrastructure
- Practical CI/CD security, scripting and automated scanning experience, including software supply-chain protections
- English proficiency at B2 level or higher
Who this fits
This suits a hands-on senior engineer who can balance security controls with reliable delivery and developer usability. The role is remote from Mexico, with working hours aligned to EST business hours. The project is planned to run for twelve months or more.
From the employer
We are looking for a hands-on Senior DevSecOps Engineer to help build secure, scalable, and reliable cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, and CI/CD pipelines. You will work closely with engineering and platform teams to integrate security into the software delivery lifecycle and make secure-by-default practices easy to adopt.
The role combines DevSecOps, cloud security, infrastructure automation, Kubernetes security, and software supply-chain security, with a strong focus on practical engineering and automation.
Project Details
- Start: ASAP
- Project duration: 12 months+
- Locations: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico
- Working hours: EST business hours
- English: B2+
Responsibilities
- Integrate security into cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and developer self-service workflows.
- Design and implement secure-by-default patterns for IAM, workload identity, secrets management, network security, infrastructure as code, application deployment, and workload protection.
- Assess the current security landscape, identify gaps and risks, and establish scalable security practices within DevOps and platform teams.
- Build automated, risk-based security guardrails across source control, container builds, infrastructure changes, and application deployments using policy-as-code.
- Strengthen Kubernetes, container, and software supply-chain security, including cluster configuration, workload isolation, ingress, admission controls, runtime protection, dependency management, SBOMs, artifact signing, and build provenance.
- Partner with engineering teams to identify, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities and security misconfigurations across cloud, Kubernetes, and CI/CD environments.
- Support security incident response across infrastructure and delivery systems, including investigation, containment, recovery, and post-incident improvements.
- Translate security, regulatory, and audit requirements into practical and maintainable engineering controls.
- Create automation, documentation, runbooks, and security standards, while mentoring engineers on DevSecOps best practices.
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in DevSecOps, DevOps, Cloud Security, Platform Engineering, or a related role, with significant responsibility for security engineering and automation.
- Strong hands-on experience securing AWS or Google Cloud, including IAM, workload identity, networking, encryption, logging, and cloud-native security controls.
- Deep experience operating and securing Kubernetes and containerized workloads, including managed platforms such as Amazon EKS or Google Kubernetes Engine.
- Strong hands-on experience with Terraform, including reusable modules, dependency management, policy enforcement, and safe change management.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD and release engineering, including artifact security, deployment controls, approval gates, trusted builds, and rollback strategies.
- Experience implementing automated security controls such as vulnerability and dependency scanning, container image scanning, secrets detection, policy-as-code, infrastructure scanning, cloud configuration assessment, and software supply-chain security.
- Strong scripting or programming skills for automation, integrations, tooling, and operational problem-solving.
- Experience working in regulated or audited environments and translating frameworks such as HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI DSS, HITRUST, or SOX into engineering controls.
- Strong communication and technical leadership skills, with the ability to balance security, reliability, developer experience, maintainability, and delivery speed.
- English: B2+ or higher.
Nice to have
- Experience with Terraform Cloud, including workspace management, policy controls, remote execution, and state governance.
- Experience with GitOps and delivery platforms such as Argo CD, Harness, or Codefresh.
- Experience with observability and incident-management platforms such as Datadog, Groundcover, or PagerDuty.
- Experience with cloud security posture management, vulnerability management, workload/runtime protection, and endpoint security platforms such as Qualys, CrowdStrike, Prisma Cloud, Lacework, Wiz, or comparable tools.