Senior DevSecOps Consultant (Azure / Secrets Management)

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior DevSecOps Consultant (Azure / Secrets Management) based in the United States.

This opportunity offers the chance to lead a high-impact consulting engagement focused on strengthening cloud security, application protection, and DevSecOps maturity within a modern Azure environment. Working closely with engineering and architecture teams, you will design secure, scalable solutions that establish long-term security standards and operational best practices. The role combines hands-on technical implementation with strategic advisory responsibilities, allowing you to influence both current-state improvements and future-state architecture. You will help create reusable frameworks, enhance software delivery security, and guide organizations toward more resilient development practices. Ideal for a senior consultant with deep cloud security expertise, this position provides significant autonomy, technical ownership, and the opportunity to drive meaningful transformation across multiple teams.

• Assess existing application security, secrets management, and DevSecOps practices to identify risks, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for improvement.
• Design and implement scalable secrets management frameworks that can be consistently adopted across multiple applications and engineering teams.
• Develop secure integration patterns utilizing Azure-native services, including Azure Key Vault, Managed Identities, and cloud security controls.
• Create and implement reusable Python-based frameworks and security wrappers that standardize secrets handling and secure application development practices.
• Provide architectural guidance for secure application integrations across Python, .NET, SQL Server, and future technology platforms.
• Establish and document DevSecOps standards covering pipeline security, secret scanning, deployment controls, approval workflows, and secure software delivery processes.
• Evaluate software development lifecycle practices and recommend improvements to strengthen governance, security, compliance, and operational consistency.
• Troubleshoot complex deployment, networking, authentication, and cloud security issues that affect application performance and solution adoption.
• Collaborate with engineering leadership and senior stakeholders to define implementation roadmaps, security strategies, and future-state architecture models.
• Produce architecture documentation, technical standards, implementation guides, and reusable playbooks that support long-term organizational adoption.
• Deliver technical demonstrations, coaching, and knowledge transfer sessions to accelerate team capability and self-sufficiency.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in DevSecOps, Cloud Architecture, Application Security, Platform Engineering, or closely related disciplines.
• Strong expertise designing and implementing enterprise-grade secrets management solutions.
• Hands-on experience with Azure Key Vault, Managed Identities, and Azure-native security services.
• Deep understanding of Azure cloud architecture, secure application integration patterns, and cloud security best practices.
• Proven experience designing secure application development, deployment, and operational frameworks.
• Strong Python development skills with experience building reusable security frameworks and automation solutions.
• Working knowledge of .NET application architectures and secure integration methodologies.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps controls across CI/CD pipelines, software delivery workflows, and cloud-native environments.
• Proficiency with Azure DevOps, source control systems, deployment automation, and infrastructure security practices.
• Experience implementing secret scanning, security validation, vulnerability management, and secure deployment controls.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud infrastructure, authentication systems, networking, application security, and deployment environments.
• Ability to assess complex technical environments, identify gaps, and develop practical remediation and improvement plans.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence technical leaders, architects, and senior stakeholders.
• Experience with GitHub-based workflows, security-sensitive environments, secure coding practices, or enterprise security transformation initiatives is highly desirable.
• Experience creating technical standards, architecture frameworks, and reusable implementation patterns is preferred.

Benefits:

• Fully remote consulting engagement available anywhere within the United States.
• Flexible work schedule that supports work-life balance and independent project execution.
• Opportunity to lead a high-visibility security and cloud transformation initiative.
• Exposure to modern Azure technologies, DevSecOps practices, and enterprise security architecture.
• Significant autonomy and ownership over technical design and implementation decisions.
• Collaborative environment with experienced engineering and leadership teams.
• Sponsored and supported professional learning and development opportunities.
• Opportunity for engagement extension based on project needs and performance.
• Work on complex, enterprise-scale cloud security challenges with meaningful business impact.
• Access to a strong remote-first culture that values continuous learning, collaboration, and professional growth.