DevSecOps Engineer

Alpaca

full-time

Posted on: 1/7/2026

Location Type: Remote

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About the role

Own the intersection of security, reliability, and DevOps
Design and implement resiliency across our cloud platform and CI/CD pipelines
Embed “security as code”
Help lead incident response for high-severity outages
Partner with engineering teams to enable safe, fast delivery at scale
Automate remediation, harden deployments, own observability, and drive measurable reductions in security/infra related incident impact
Report to the CISO and work closely with DevOps, Product, and Engineering leadership
Embed security throughout our infrastructure and software development lifecycle
Drive a strong security culture

Excited about Alpaca’s mission and what we’re building
5+ years of experience across DevSecOps, security engineering, or cloud security in a modern cloud-native environment
Strong hands-on experience with CSPs, Kubernetes, Terraform, and container security
Deep understanding of secure CI/CD, including IaC security, dependency/SCA, secrets scanning, and policy-as-code
Solid background in identity & access security
Experience automating vulnerability management and patching workflows across cloud and container ecosystems
Strong familiarity with detection engineering, logging/telemetry, and partnering in incident response
Proficient in a scripting/programming language (Python, Go, or similar) for automation and security tooling
Comfortable working cross-functionally with DevOps and Engineering teams, explaining risk in practical terms, and influencing secure design
Comfortable participating in on-call rotations

Benefits

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DevSecOpssecurity engineeringcloud securityKubernetesTerraformCI/CDIaC securityvulnerability managementscriptingautomation

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