What does a DevSecOps ENGINEER do?

These days companies try to roll out software as fast as possible. In order to to meet Cyber Security standards, there is a concept called DevSecOps. In this methodology, DevSecOps Engineers are trying to discover software vulnerabilities during the software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

A DevSecOps Engineer has the following responsibilities:

• Automating Security Tests.
• Performing Security Audits
• And supporting developers by defining Secure Coding Guidelines

Skills needed

If you want to become a DevSecOps Engineer, then you should have the following Skills:

• You should have programming knowledge as well as experience in Software Development
• You should know common Security flaws in Software
• You should know Risk assessment and threat modelling
• And you should have communication skills and be team player

Career

The average DevSecOps Engineer salary in the United States is 140.000$ per year.

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