DevSecOps Engineer

About the role

The DevSecOps Engineer is responsible for the design and creation of DevSecOps solutions and products in response to requirements from customers, partners, and internal resources. The role will involve both frontend and backend development opportunities, focusing on building frameworks to create consistent, repeatable, and automated deployment and management of applications.

Furthermore, the DevSecOps Engineer will be instrumental in setting the strategy for opportunity creation as well as ensuring all solutions are created to a high and secure standard.

The DevSecOps Engineer will demonstrate an active interest in staying current with industry trends and tooling, working to continually assess the best approach for Jigsaw24

Home-based working normal core hours. Some out-of-hours work will be required to meet business demands. Travelling to and from other Jigsaw24 office locations and customer offices will be required both in and outside of working hours. Occasional overnight stays will be required. 

Key duties and responsibilities are:

Perform a leading role in identifying, analysing, and defining suitable tooling in conjunction with relevant stakeholders

Analyse the current technology stack used within Jigsaw 24 and define steps and processes to improve and expand upon them.

Actively promote the prevalence of DevSecOps by identifying and quantifying the business benefits

Look to build a culture where it is safe to fail, fail fast, learn and improve

Embrace DevSecOps ways for working such as Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)

Adhering to the Jigsaw24 SDLC and ensuring all testing and support is provided where required

Maintain and update the Jigsaw24 DevSecOps SDLC management tool

Maintain a relationship with application and development tool vendors, both commercial and open source, to leverage the knowledge and enhance your own skills

Keep up to date with changes in the market in relation to scripting, development, automation solutions, and application creation.

Work closely with the DevSecOps Manager to identify opportunities for automation and app development discussing and documenting the merits on each occasion

Play an active part in designing, developing, and supporting the automation of solutions that facilitate highly scalable and secure architectures

Furthermore, the solutions should look to offer ease of deployment and simplified operational take-on

Play an active part in designing, developing, and supporting the application creation for solutions that facilitate highly scalable and secure architectures

Furthermore, the solutions should look to offer ease of deployment and simplified operational take-on

Play an active part in providing handover briefings to all relevant parties as and when projects are marked as complete and ready for transition to live.

Provide documentation on automation processes, addressing both Engineering and Operations

Being responsible for managing the support and supportability of developed products

Maintain a secure code repository

Ensuring that all code and automation go through security hardening pre-release

The continuous monitoring of existing products and regular reviews focusing on enhancement, bug fixes, defects, and vulnerabilities

Deliver communication and remediation where required

Release code and automation products in line with the agreed release management process.

Provide regular status reports on application creation and development progress

Education, Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

Experience and proven track record of DevSecOps work and application development

Ability to understand complex requirements and articulate those from the customer’s perspective

Good understanding of market trends and industry best practices for DevSecOps  

Proven experience in creating similar DevSecOps-based solutions and applications

Strong analytical and conceptual skills  

Willingness to demonstrate flexibility with working hours where required to meet deadlines 

Strong problem-solving skills

Good attention to detail

Excellent organisational and time management skills, and the ability to work on multiple projects at any one time

Strong understanding of DevOps and Agile principles

Strong understanding of application design principles

The successful candidate must have proven experience using one of the following technologies;

NdeJS

VueJS

PHP

Swift

The successful candidate should have proven experience using one of the following technologies;

Bash

Swift

MongoDB

Who are Jigsaw24

We put people first in a culture that’s reflected throughout our whole business. By respecting each person as an individual, we create an inclusive, supportive atmosphere that feels like a family and inspires everyone to follow their own path. All while delivering great customer service, celebrating our diversity, and doing more to minimise our impact on the environment.

We truly believe our commitment to people, sustainability, and excellence is the driving force behind our success. To find out more about what we do and our passion for the environment, social responsibility, inclusion, and well-being please see 

From our office decor to the range of benefits we have to offer, we try to foster an inspiring, collaborative environment that makes everybody feel welcome. And as we continue to grow, we’re determined to hold true to our values and ever since we started trading, our culture has been based on delivering great customer service and providing solutions based on technical excellence