DevSecOps Team Lead

Sofia Stars Sofia Stars is a fast-growing global service provider that guides high-growth businesses to success. Our range of tailored solutions includes R&D, Customer Support, Sales, KYC, Risk, and Anti-Fraud services. We make every connection shine with fresh tech and cultural understanding. We are seeking a DevSecOps Team Lead to join our team. Office presence is required. Role Mission: Lead and scale the DevSecOps function by embedding security into CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, and Kubernetes environments — enabling engineering teams to deliver secure, compliant, and high-velocity releases. Key Responsibilities: - Define the DevSecOps strategy, roadmap, and operating model across the organization. - Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing DevSecOps team. - Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines (SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC scanning, secrets scanning). - Own security for Kubernetes (EKS), Istio, and Service Mesh environments. - Implement and maintain policy-as-code using OPA and admission controllers. - Secure infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and related tooling. - Drive cloud security across AWS and GCP environments. - Partner with DevOps teams to provide secure platform architectures, training, and operational support. - Implement and maintain SIEM, logging, and security monitoring (ELK, Splunk). - Oversee secrets management, Vault, and privileged access controls. - Lead automation of security workflows, access control, and compliance processes. - Ensure alignment with SSDLC (OWASP SAMM v2) and security governance standards.