Security Research DevOps Engineer

At Semperis, our mission is to be a Force for Good. Starting with being a great place to work. We believe that when people feel valued, supported, and empowered, they do their best work. That’s why we focus on creating an employee experience rooted in purpose, growth, and balance. Semperis has been recognized as one of America’s Fastest-Growing Cybersecurity Companies by the Inc. 5000, a DUNS 100 Top Startup to Work For, and a multi-year Inc. Best Workplace awardee.

Position Summary

We are seeking a Security Research DevOps Engineer to join our Security Research team. This role is critical in operationalizing the delivery of security indicators that detect vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in Active Directory and Entra ID environments. The engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust CI/CD pipelines that ensure the secure, reliable, and scalable release of these indicators to our customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain automated pipelines for building, testing, signing, and releasing security indicators.
• Collaborate with security researchers to integrate new indicators into the release process.
• Ensure compliance with internal security and quality standards for all content released.
• Develop monitoring and alerting mechanisms for pipeline health and release anomalies.
• Manage versioning, rollback, and packaging strategies for indicators (e.g., offline ZIPs, CosmosDB, integration packages).
• Support the deployment of indicators across multiple environments (e.g., DSP, Entra ID, AD).
• Contribute documentation and tooling that improves the developer experience for researchers.
  
  

Required Skills

• Proven experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).
• Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Python, Bash).
• Familiarity with packaging and deployment of PowerShell modules and scripts.
• Understanding of secure software development practices and DevSecOps principles.
• Experience working with version control systems (Git) and artifact repositories.
• Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, or security indicator frameworks.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years in DevOps, Release Engineering, or related roles.
• Exposure to security research or threat detection pipelines.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and cloud-native tooling.
  
  

Why Join Semperis?

You’ll be part of a global team on the front lines of cybersecurity innovation. At Semperis, we celebrate curiosity, integrity, and people who take initiative. If you’re someone who sees the glass as half full, embraces challenges as growth opportunities, and values a healthy balance between work and life—we’d love to meet you.

• Semperis maintains office locations in several cities across the globe. Candidates who reside within 45 miles of one of our offices—or where the job description specifies a required location—will follow our hybrid work model. This includes working onsite three days per week and remotely the remaining days.
  
  

Semperis is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, citizenship, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. The information collected by the Semperis application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity, and maintain employment statistics.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or other applicable state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Semperis. Please inform Semperis representative Anna Taylor, Director of Global Recruiting, if you need assistance completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process.