Senior DevSecOps Engineer (CI-CD pipelines) for NATO

<p><strong>Would you like to join the leading international intergovernmental organization?</strong><br><br>We are looking for a Senior DevSecOps contractor to support the modernization of the application deployment and delivery landscape. This is a highly hands-on role: the selected contractors must have extensive practical experience and be able to contribute from day 1 with minimal ramp-up.</p><p>The main focus will be designing and implementing secure and modular CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitLab CI/CD or Jenkins for building the images and deploying the service on multiple target deployments.</p><p>This is a delivery-focused role. We are looking for engineers who can assess the current setup quickly, propose pragmatic improvements, and implement them directly.</p><p>Important: we will only consider candidates whose primary professional experience is as a DevSecOps Engineer. Profiles coming mainly from software development, infrastructure, system administration, or security roles with only partial DevSecOps exposure will not be considered.</p><p><strong>Key responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Migrate containerized applications from Docker Compose to Kubernetes (k3s).</p></li><li><p>Design, build, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps and GitLab CI/CD or Jenkins.</p></li><li><p>Integrate security controls into the delivery process, including static code analysis, dependency scanning, container image scanning, secrets detection, image signing, vulnerability management, and release gates.</p></li><li><p>Support deployment automation, environment promotion, rollback, traceability, and release reliability.</p></li><li><p>Work closely with development, infrastructure, and security teams to improve automation, resilience, and secure delivery practices.</p></li><li><p>Troubleshoot and resolve build, deployment, and runtime issues across CI/CD and Kubernetes </p></li><li><p>environments.</p></li><li><p>Document implemented solutions and contribute to good DevSecOps practices across the team.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Essential Qualifications & Experience:</strong></p><ul><li><p>6+ years of professional experience in DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, or closely related roles, with DevSecOps as the main professional focus.</p></li><li><p>Strong hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes; experience with k3s is highly desirable.</p></li><li><p>Proven experience transitioning workloads from Docker Compose to Kubernetes.</p></li><li><p>Strong practical experience implementing CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, plus GitLab CI/CD or Jenkins.</p></li><li><p>Strong hands-on experience with DevSecOps and software supply chain security practices, including SAST, dependency scanning, container/image scanning, secrets handling, and image signing.</p></li><li><p>Good understanding of cloud or hybrid infrastructure, Linux environments, and automation/scripting.</p></li><li><p>Experience with Git-based workflows, Agile/Scrum delivery, and collaboration tools such as Azure DevOps, GitLab, and Jira.</p></li><li><p>Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.</p></li><li><p>Good spoken and written English.</p></li></ul><p>If you've read the description and feel this role is a great match, we'd love to hear from you! Click "Apply for this job" to be directed to a brief questionnaire. It should only take a few moments to complete, and we'll be in touch promptly if your experience aligns with our needs.</p>