DevSecOps Engineer (BQA / NATO) Long-Term Contract, Remote (Europe)
Kats RecruitmentFinland5 days ago
Full-timeRemote FriendlyEngineering, Information Technology
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Role Overview
You will serve as the bridge between development, operations, and security, building, deploying, and maintaining infrastructure & pipelines that comply with NATO / BQA security standards. You will lead security automation, enforce compliance, and partner with architects and engineers to embed security deeply in all systems.
Key Responsibilities
You will serve as the bridge between development, operations, and security, building, deploying, and maintaining infrastructure & pipelines that comply with NATO / BQA security standards. You will lead security automation, enforce compliance, and partner with architects and engineers to embed security deeply in all systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure
- Integrate security controls, scans, and audits into build and deployment workflows
- Automate compliance checks, vulnerability scanning, and remediation workflows
- Develop IaC (Infrastructure as Code) templates and modules with secure defaults
- Harden systems, environments, and services to meet strict security standards
- Monitor, respond to, and analyze security incidents in production
- Conduct threat modeling, security reviews, and risk assessments
- Document security architecture, processes, and incident analyses
- Interact with external auditors, compliance teams, and stakeholders
- Domain / Security Experience
- Minimum 5+ years working in DevSecOps, infrastructure security, or cloud security in regulated, defense, or government environments
- Prior exposure to NATO / defense / BQA / similar high-security domain
- Cloud & Infrastructure Expertise
- Proven hands-on experience with one or more major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Deep knowledge of VPCs, networking, IAM, security groups, and zero-trust fundamentals
- Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes), serverless, and microservices
- CI/CD, Automation & Tooling
- Mastery of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, etc.)
- Skilled in building secure pipelines with automation, testing, rollback, and artifact control
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, etc.)
- Security, Threat Modeling & Hardening
- Expertise in secure design patterns, encryption, identity & access management, key management
- Experience with vulnerability scanning (SAST, DAST), code scanning tools, security orchestration
- Ability to perform threat modeling, risk assessments, and penetration test integration
- Incident Response & Monitoring
- Experience establishing and running security monitoring, SIEMs, log management, alerting
- Incident response, forensics, root cause analysis
- Process Rigor & Compliance
- Familiarity with compliance standards (e.g. ISO 27001, NIST, DoD, etc.)
- Ability to work under strict change control, audit, and documentation regimes
- Strong discipline in versioning, approvals, rollback procedures, backups
- Soft Skills & Communication
- Excellent English (VERBAL + WRITTEN)
- Ability to explain complex security issues to non-technical stakeholders
- High attention to detail, accountability, reliability
- Logistics & Eligibility
- Based in Europe, able to engage under contract legally
- Willing to undergo security / background checks as required by defense clients
- Direct experience with NATO / BQA security projects
- Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, AWS / Azure Security, etc.
- Hands-on experience with real-time systems, classified environments
- Experience with hardware, embedded systems, or network-level security
- Competitive contract (remote, European)
- Long-term stable engagement
- Work at the forefront of secure systems, infrastructure, and defense
- High standards, professional environment, opportunities for impact
- Your CV / resume, clearly highlighting DevSecOps, security, and defense/regulatory experience
- Cover letter addressing how you meet each mandatory requirement
- Details or links for past projects in secure / regulated infrastructure contexts
- References or contacts able to speak to your performance in security / regulated roles
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