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DevSecOps Engineer
Embed security into every stage of the software delivery lifecycle.
Levels
4
Entry Salary
$75k-$100k
Senior+ Salary
$190k-$260k+
Total Skills
24
Junior
0-2 years
Mid-Level
2-5 years
Senior
5-8 years
Staff / Principal
8+ years
Career Progression
1
Required Skills
- OWASP Top 10 awareness
- Basic vulnerability scanning
- Secrets management fundamentals
- Container image scanning
- Dependency auditing
- Security-focused code review basics
Tools to Master
- Trivy
- Snyk
- GitHub Dependabot
- SonarQube
- HashiCorp Vault (basic)
- OWASP ZAP
Responsibilities
- Run and triage vulnerability scan results
- Ensure secrets are not committed to repos
- Maintain dependency update pipelines
- Document security processes for dev teams
- Assist with security incident investigation
Recommended Certifications
- CompTIA Security+
- AWS Cloud Practitioner (security focus)
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Expert / Distinguished
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