Senior DevSecOps Engineer / Coach

job summary:

Randstad is seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer / Coach for a high-impact contract-to-hire opportunity. In this hands-on enablement role, you will champion secure software delivery across the enterprise by partnering closely with engineering, architecture, operations, and governance teams. The ideal candidate pairs deep technical depth with strong coaching ability, specifically driving GitLab adoption, pipeline security, and shift-left testing methodologies. Rather than serving as a compliance roadblock, you will focus on empowering teams to integrate automated testing and eliminate friction in modern CI/CD workflows. Exceptional communication and cross-functional collaboration skills are essential to mentoring teams, building alignment, and scaling audit-ready delivery practices enterprise-wide.

Contract-to-Hire (W2 only; no sponsorship available)

Open to remote candidates willing to travel to Bloomington quarterly

location: Bloomington, Illinois job type: Contract to Perm salary: $55 - 65 per hour work hours: 8am to 5pm education: Bachelors

responsibilities:

• Drive adoption of DevSecOps practices across engineering teams.
• Partner with development teams to improve secure software delivery processes.
• Help teams integrate automated security and quality controls into software delivery pipelines.
• Provide guidance on Git, GitLab, GitHub, CI/CD, pipeline templates, security scanning, merge request practices, and deployment controls.
• Promote reusable patterns, documentation, reference examples, and enablement materials.
• Partner with security, architecture, operations, compliance, and audit teams to align delivery practices with enterprise controls.
• Support Agile and SAFe delivery practices, including translating DevSecOps improvements into actionable work items and measurable outcomes.
• Influence teams without direct authority by building trusted relationships and providing practical technical guidance.
• Analyze security findings and help teams determine appropriate remediation actions, especially for Critical and High vulnerabilities. Nice to have
• Help teams distinguish actionable security findings from potential false positives. Nice to have
• Support secure application delivery across Microsoft Azure and on-premises environments. Nice to have
• Coach teams on CI/CD pipeline design, secure coding practices, peer review, vulnerability remediation, and shift-left security. - Nice to have

qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, platform engineering, cloud engineering, software engineering, infrastructure engineering, site reliability engineering, or a related field.
• Strong hands-on experience with GitLab, GitHub and CI/CD.
• Strong understanding of Git, modern source control practices, merge requests, branching strategies, approvals, and protected branches.
• Experience designing, implementing, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps principles, including secure SDLC, shift-left security, security automation, continuous compliance, separation of duties, and software supply chain security.
• Experience incorporating automated security and quality controls into pipelines.
• Experience analyzing security scanning results and guiding remediation.
• Experience supporting applications deployed in both cloud and on-premises environments.
• Working knowledge of containerization, Docker, artifact management, and secure container practices.
• Experience with enterprise governance, change management, compliance, audit evidence, and control implementation.
• Strong communication, coaching, facilitation, and documentation skills.
• Ability to explain complex technical and security topics to engineers, architects, managers, auditors, and business stakeholders.
• Experience with Azure Container Registry, Artifactory, Docker, Kubernetes, or similar platforms.
• Experience with SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets detection, container scanning, dependency scanning, or infrastructure-as-code scanning.
• Experience with Rally, ServiceNow, Splunk, Dynatrace, or similar enterprise delivery and monitoring tools.
• Familiarity with GitHub workflows and GitHub Advanced Security concepts.
• Ability to Coach on DevSecOps theories and help team implement or change practices based on findings

Preferred Experience

• Experience mentoring engineers, leading technical enablement, or supporting communities of practice.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Bicep, ARM templates, or Ansible.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and responsible use of AI in software delivery.
• Strong Microsoft Azure knowledge, including cloud-based application delivery and secure deployment patterns.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.