Description and Requirements
Role Value Proposition
MetLife is offering an exciting opportunity to contribute to our digital and AI transformation journey. We are seeking an experienced technology leader to drive the transformation that will enable business results.
The DevSecOps Lead has the responsibility of leading and driving the DevSecOps practices to enable the delivery of high quality software in an Agile environment. This includes help define and implement the best practices in the process of development using CI/CD, putting right tollgates of quality, security and production deployments. The role will also be responsible for monitoring the compliance to Enterprise DevSecOps standards and continuous measurement of status and progress of each application in this area.
Key Responsibilities:
- People Management - Managing DevSecOps resources located in Inda, upskilling/reskilling, hiring and retention, including adoption of engineering culture
- Stakeholder Management - Working with key technology stakeholders to deliver DevSecOps strategies and capabilities to support the digital transformation agenda.
- Ways of Working - Adoption of the Agile ways of working in the software delivery lifecycle.
- E2E DevSecOps Lifecycle Management
- Develop pipelines for build, deployment and delivery (CI/CD)
- Help define DevSecOps Design at the Solution level.
- Build new features/best practices in DevSecOps process to enhance CI/CD process and innovate on existing processes.
- Responsibility for security, ensuring it is fully integrated into every stage of the development journey, continually delivering security throughout the software development and delivery process.
- Lead the planning and documentation of complex CI/CD strategies based on customer needs.
- Maintain DevSecOps pipelines and CI/CD configurations and perform reviews of the same.
- Analyze and repair broken pipelines and failures.
- Investigate, diagnose, and repair complex pipelines, testing bugs, and manage CI/CD reports.
- Understand business processes at the Solution level to integrate industry best practices into DevSecOps process.
- Tracks usage of DevSecOps practices across business units.
Candidate Qualifications - Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:
Education:
- Bachelor in Computer Science or equivalent
Experience
- 8+ years in leading DevSecOps teams to help drive the digital transformation in financial services or technology domain.
- Developing and implementing DevSecOps practices using modern technology stack and patterns.
- Familiarity with various CI/CD methodologies and their corresponding tools.
- Proficiency in DevSecOps including CI/CD, automation, security best practices built into the process, continuous monitoring and Agile ways of working.
- Strong experience in driving DevSecOps transformation
- Proven track record in partnering with the business to support DevSecOps of mission critical transformation via Agile approach.
Skills and Competencies:
- Competencies
- Hands-on in DevSecOps
- Proficient in defining CI/CD pipelines, security best practices, deployment best practices in cloud using Azure or equivalent public cloud.
- DevSecOps Strategy: Align the Strategy with Agile Development Model and use relevant techniques such as blue green deployments, canary release, continuous security scanning etc. to implement scalable DevSecOps practices
- Communication: Ability to influence and help communicate the organization's direction and ensure results are achieved
- Collaboration: Proven track record of building collaborative partnerships and ability to operate effectively in a global environment
- People Management: Inspiring, motivating and leading diverse and distributed teams
- Diverse environment: Can-do attitude and ability to work in a high paced environment
Tech Stack
Development & Delivery Methods:
Agile (Scaled Agile Framework)
Languages and Scripting:
Java, Python, YAML, Groovy, Shell, awk, Ansible, Terraform
DevSecOps:
Azure DevOps, Jenkins, JFrog or Nexus, GitHub, Maven/Ant/Gradle
Security:
SonarQube, Veracode, Fortify
Container and Orchestration Platform s
Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS), Docker, Spring boot
Release and Monitoring Tools and Methodologies:
Blue Green Deployment, Canary release, Splunk, AppDynamics
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2024 "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™ for 2024, MetLife , through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services.
At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
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What We Do
We're honored to be No. 10 on Great Place to Work's World's Best Workplaces and recognized in the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list in 2025. At MetLife, we're leading the global transformation of an industry we’ve defined for over 157 years.
At MetLife, every innovation and line of code is a lifeline for our customers and their families—from victims of natural disasters to people living with disabilities and beyond. With operations in more than 40 markets and leading positions across the globe, MetLife fosters an inclusive culture where our people are energized and inspired to deliver for our customers and communities.
Join our remarkable journey—one in which you help write the next century of innovation in financial services—because with MetLife, making the world a better place is All Together Possible.
Why Work With Us
At MetLife, you’ll be working for a company whose purpose is to help customers throughout their life’s journey, and often in their most critical time of need. You’ll be a part of developing leading-edge platforms that will have a lasting impact on the lives and well-being of tens of millions of customers.
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