Temporary Development, Security, and Operations Engineer

Fenwick & West is seeking a temporary Development, Security, and Operations Engineer to support and scale the organization’s citizen development initiatives. This role involves working closely with non-traditional developers to transition experimental applications into secure, production-ready solutions and enforce software development lifecycle best practices.

Responsibilities:

• Partner directly with citizen developers to refactor, harden, and productionize applications built with Python, JavaScript, and low-code/automation platforms
• Guide developers on repository structure, branching strategies, pull requests, and versioning
• Translate loosely defined or experimental solutions into maintainable, supportable codebases
• Establish, document, and enforce SDLC best practices including source control standards, CI/CD pipelines for build, test, and deployment, and environment separation (development, UAT, production)
• Create and maintain reusable DevSecOps “golden paths” including standardized pipeline templates, deployment frameworks, and secure configuration and secrets management patterns
• Perform code reviews with emphasis on security vulnerabilities, error handling, resilience, and maintainability
• Integrate and operate automated security tooling: SAST, dependency/vulnerability scanning, and secrets detection
• Work closely with security teams to ensure applications meet enterprise requirements without unnecessary friction
• Support deployments through controlled CI/CD pipelines, eliminating manual or ad-hoc release processes
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures, deployment issues, configuration problems, and environment-specific bugs
• Assist with incident response for citizen-developed applications running in production
• Help remediate security findings and technical debt discovered post-deployment
• Document patterns, standards, and common fixes to reduce repeated friction
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, or related engineering roles
• Advanced proficiency with Git-based source control and collaborative workflows
• Advanced hands-on experience with Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines, Boards)
• Intermediate familiarity with Microsoft Azure services (App Services, Functions, Container Apps, or similar)
• Intermediate knowledge of application security fundamentals: secrets management, dependency risk, and secure configuration
• Intermediate ability to review and reason about Python and/or JavaScript code
• Advanced analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills
• Structured thinking; comfortable bringing order to unstructured or rapidly developed codebases
• Enablement mindset with a bias toward pragmatic solutions; meets developers where they are
• Demonstrated experience implementing and operating CI/CD pipelines
• Experience supporting citizen development or low-code platforms
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Bicep, or similar)
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker)
• Exposure to security tooling such as Microsoft Defender, Snyk, or equivalent
• A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field