Fatima had been quietly studying the tech job market for the last few years. Currently working as a DevOps Engineer, she was becoming tired of the daily grind of being a generalist in IT and the mid-sized logistics company she worked for wasn’t interested in improving employee engagement. She knew her degree and past 5 years of professional tech experience would make her a marketable candidate if she was looking to find more meaningful employment with better employee benefits.
Fatima recalls an internship she did in her final year at college at a cybersecurity firm. She enjoyed the work and decided to focus her current job market research on opportunities in cybersecurity.
What Fatima came across in her search was something called the DevSecOps discipline. According to IT research firm, Gartner, DevSecOps involves the “integration of security into emerging agile IT and DevOps development as seamlessly and as transparently as possible. Ideally, this is done without reducing the agility or speed of developers or requiring them to leave their development toolchain environment.”
This sparked Fatima’s interest in job prospects within the DevSecOps sector. She began to dive in and explore more about the field, find out what skills and certifications might be needed, as well as how to best prepare for any potential interviews she might get.
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Exploring DevSecOps
As Fatima uncovered during her research, DevSecOps involves the integration of cybersecurity practices into the development cycle from the beginning. As more companies rely on cloud-based solutions for fast growth and allow WFH employees remote access to data, files, and servers, organizations need to be able to quickly deploy new applications while still ensuring their work is secured against cyber-attacks.
Unfortunately, prioritizing cybersecurity can slow the development and growth processes of many companies. The DevSecOps nickname is derived from companies’ renewed focus on incorporating development, security, and operations into one process. When cybersecurity is implemented directly into the process, it can be much less expensive to address. DevSecOps is also becoming a widely sought-after approach for companies looking to improve communication within their tech teams and responsiveness to challenges when they arise.
The good news for job seekers like Fatima is that th