Sr. DevSecOps Engineer

Location:

White Plains, US

Summary

The DevSecOps Engineer will work in the Application Development group, within NYPA’s Product Development & Data Management department.

The Engineer will:

• Design and implement secure, scalable, and efficient CI/CD pipelines.

• Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to integrate security practices into the software development lifecycle.

• Conduct security assessments and audits to identify vulnerabilities and implement solutions.

• Automate security testing and monitoring processes.

• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior engineers on best practices in DevSecOps.

• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and emerging technologies in DevSecOps.

Responsibilities

• Define, develop, test, analyze, and maintain software products to help the business unit improve reliability and drive innovation.

• Contribute to all technology aspects of application development/ programming and support including reports, interfaces, database design, patching, upgrades, and enhancements.

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across business and technical disciplines, with a strong bias for action. Liaises with network administrators, systems analysts, database administrators, external vendors, and application developers to assist in resolving problems with software products/systems.

• Use best practices in software development methodologies while collaborating with other areas to understand requirements and drive continuous improvement.

• Responsible for supporting cloud solution resources, both IaaS and PaaS. Architecting and designing large scale enterprise infrastructure and integration patterns for cloud environments.

• Provides guidance and mentoring to less- experienced staff members.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Advanced knowledge in application development lifecycle and support including large scale software systems implementations.

• Software engineering experience.

• Experience in implementation and support of Enterprise Applications/systems.

• Knowledge application security configurations.

• Must demonstrate the ability to view tasks logically, break them down into essential requirements, and generate a solution applying accepted standards.

• Experience with configuration, change management, DevSecOps, and testing activities.

• Perform troubleshooting, root cause analysis and resolutions for production issues.

• Ability to deploy solutions to the operational production environment with standard practices established by the organization.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to simplify complex concepts for technical and non-technical audiences.

Education, Experience and Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree

• Minimum 5 years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Requirements

Overnight travel to the various NYPA locations within New York State.

The New York Power Authority is committed to providing fair, competitive, and market-informed compensation. The estimated salary range for this position is: $108,060.00 - $148,570.00. The salary offered will be determined based on the successful candidates’ relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

The New York Power Authority and Canal Corporation believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents and veterans to apply. As an equal opportunity employer, NYPA/Canals is committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect communities across New York and enthusiastically serve them. We proudly celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race/color, creed/religion, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, age, disability, military status, gender/sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy and related conditions, familial/marital status, domestic violence victim status, predisposing genetic characteristics, arrest/criminal conviction record or any other category protected by law.

NYPA/Canals will also provide reasonable accommodations during the hiring process related to candidates’ disabilities, pregnancy-related conditions, religious observances/practices and/or domestic violence concerns. To request an accommodation, please email  accessibility@nypa.gov .

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