Head of DevSecOps

Talent Hunter is an IT and Telecom Recruitment Company ensuring the best professional opportunities for talents in the high-tech industry and providing quick and cost-effective solutions to client companies seeking the best talent for their business. We believe that each one of us is designing our lives through the everyday choices we make.

Head of DevSecOps

Talent Hunter is supporting a fast-growing international technology company in the search for a Head of EU Infrastructure Compliance & DevSecOps to join its newly established engineering organization in Sofia.

This is a founding leadership role within the company’s EU engineering function, with responsibility for building the technical infrastructure, security controls and compliance capabilities required to operate a data-intensive platform across the European Union.

The role combines hands-on engineering, DevSecOps, infrastructure security, data protection and compliance leadership. The successful candidate will be expected to translate regulatory and security requirements into scalable technical controls, automation and measurable evidence.

The Role:
As Head of EU Infrastructure Compliance & DevSecOps, you will own the company’s EU data boundary and DevSecOps framework across engineering.

You will report to the Director DevSecOps leadership and will have the opportunity to build and grow a small engineering team in Sofia over time.

You should have:
– 5+ years of hands-on DevSecOps, Platform Engineering or Infrastructure Engineering experience at scale.
– Strong practical experience with Terraform and Kubernetes.
– Proven ability to design and implement secure, scalable AWS cloud infrastructure.
– Strong understanding of DevSecOps and security throughout the SDLC.
– Experience implementing CI/CD pipeline security, secrets management, IaC (Terraform) security, vulnerability management and related controls.
– Experience using AI tools to improve compliance evidence, security operations or engineering workflows.
– Professional fluency in English.

Would Be a Strong Advantage:
– Experience leading SOC 2 Type II and/or ISO 27001 programs, including ownership of at least one complete audit cycle.
– Experience owning a compliance program within a regulated or security-sensitive environment, including responsibility for evidence collection and audit readiness.
– Engineering-level knowledge of GDPR, with practical experience implementing data subject rights, data retention, deletion/erasure or data residency controls in production systems.Experience working for a company where data and privacy are central to the product.
– Experience designing and implementing EU data residency, sovereignty or data-boundary architecture.
– Experience with highly regulated or privacy-sensitive environments.

Certifications such as will be beneficial:
CISSP, CISM, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer / Lead Auditor, CKS, CIPP/E

We offer:
– Attractive compensation package;
– Career and Development – worldwide career opportunities, access to a high-tech Engineering Lab;
– Work That Fits Your Life- possibility to work from home, transition support through life events.
– Wellness and Health Programs;
– Additional Health Insurance with Dentist (Luxury package);
– Certification and Training Programs;
– Performers Bonus Scheme;
– Food Stamps (extra money to the salary for food);
– Extra Days Paid Leave;
– Secured Parking Space;
– Exciting Workplace Experience;

Please send your recent CV stating the position title in the subject line and we will contact you if you have the required skill set!

Licensed by MLSP, license N 2651, valid from 29.10.2018

Talent Hunter Ltd. informs you that part of the data you provide by sending your application is personal data and falls under the special treatment and protection of the Data Protection Law and the 2016/679 Regulation. The provided personal data will be processed for legally acknowledged purposes, related to the present job ad, as well as to the realization of the legal interest of the personal data administrator. Talent Hunter Ltd. processes, stores, and uses the voluntarily provided personal data in legally determined timeframes, guaranteeing their security and confidentiality. Please be informed that hereby you agree that Talent Hunter Ltd. might provide your personal data to governmental bodies and institutions, or third parties when there is such obligation by law, or it is required for the realization of your rights and legal interests as a participant in a recruitment process with the purpose of concluding a future labor contract. As per the internal rules of Talent Hunter Ltd. you have the right to access and edit your personal data, the right to be deleted, and the right to object to processing, presenting, or revealing of your personal data for purposes different from the ones, stated above.