DevSecOps Engineer

About Fusemachines:

Fusemachines is a leading AI strategy, talent, and education services provider. Founded by Sameer Maskey Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University, Fusemachines has a core mission of democratizing AI. With a presence in 4 countries (Nepal, the United States, Canada, and the Dominican Republic and more than 450 full-time employees) Fusemachines seeks to bring its global expertise in AI to transform companies around the world.

About the Role:

We are seeking an Azure DevSecOps engineer with hands-on Azure experience and proven abilities to support “secure from start” software activities in an Agile software development lifecycle. We are seeking a well-rounded DevSecOps engineer for a cloud based big data application using a variety of technologies. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical, analytical, and interpersonal skills. In addition, the candidate will collaborate with developers on the team to achieve secured architecture and design objectives as agreed with stakeholders.

This is a remote contract based role for one year with possibility of extension.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Meet with stakeholders to understand the security policies and guidelines.
• Create, develop, and implement solutions to address infrastructure and security requirements.
• Identify the needs for build automation, designing, and implementing CICD solutions.
• Design action plans to address CICD platform/tools/solutions’ shortcomings and difficulties
• Actively participate in calls with team members and contractors/vendors to prevent or quickly address security related problems
• Troubleshoot, identify, and fix problems in the DevSecOps domain
• Collaborate with developers on the team to ensure security standards are adopted from start during product deliverables.
• Familiarity with various encryption solutions and related technologies in Cloud.
• Must have experience handling PII data.
• Work independently and collaboratively on a multi-disciplined project team in an Agile development environment.
• Learn and integrate with a variety of systems, APIs, and platforms.
• Interact with a multi-disciplined team to clarify, analyze, and assess requirements.
• Be actively involved in the design, development, and testing activities in big data applications.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited university
• Familiarity with Azure zones, security keys and containers.
• Technical expertise in a variety of DevSecOps toolkits, including Ansible, Jenkins, Artifactory, Jira, Blackduck, Terraform, Git/Version Control Software, or comparable technologies.
• Familiarity with information security frameworks and standards
• Knowledge of DevOps Automation (TerraFrom, GitHub, GitHub Actions)
• Knowledge of Wiz or similar services3
• Familiarity with API Security, Container Security, AWS/Azure Cloud Security
• Knowledge of any of the following - PCI-DSS, HIPPA, SOX, GDPR, and CCPA Standards and Policies and audit processes
• Familiarity with Databricks. Azure Databricks is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with a code versioning tool such as GitHub,Bitbucket, etc.
• Familiarity with cloud policy, configuration, and security management tools
• Experience with security automation and machine learning.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated and ability to work well in a team.

Any mix of the following skills is also valuable:

• Experience with DEVOPS CI/CD tools and automation processes (e.g., Azure DevOPS, GitHub, BitBucket).
• Azure or AWS Cloud certification preferred.
• CISM, CISSP or other Security Certifications preferred.

Fusemachines is an Equal Opportunities Employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.