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You will be at the forefront of securing our enterprise software supply chain. You won't just be maintaining legacy code; you will be actively architecting the future of our deployment gating process, reducing developer friction, and significantly lowering our technical debt footprint to accelerate secure software delivery.
Role is remote however candidate is required to be in one of the following metro areas:
Louisville KY, DC Metro, Dallas metro, Fort Lauderdale/Tampa, NYC, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta or Nashville.

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer\Developer to join our core engineering team responsible for enterprise security orchestration. You will be a key contributor to Run and Release, the centralized platform that serves as the organizational source of truth for application security posture.

Our team is currently in an exciting transitional phase. You will be joining as we actively modernize our architecture into a streamlined "Run and Release" framework. If you enjoy solving complex architectural challenges, reducing technical debt, and building high-performance CI/CD pipeline integrations, this is the role for you. The role is a full stack software developer role for Humana's software security platform Run and Release. Run and Release is used by the developer community for full application security posture including cloud platform, infrastructure and software. You will provide excellent developer experience partnering with developers.

What You Will Do

• Microservices Development: Build, optimize, and maintain scalable backend services using .NET (C#) within an Azure 2.0 environment (Azure App Services, Azure Functions, and Azure Service Bus).
• Pipeline Orchestration & Gating: Develop and maintain the orchestration logic that integrates with GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps (ADO) pipelines. You will ensure our APIs accurately calculate "Release Grades" based on Humana's strict risk and compliance rubrics to gate deployments via our GLAPI enforcer.
• Infrastructure as Code & Automation: Deploy and manage scalable Azure cloud infrastructure utilizing Terraform, and write custom automation scripts using Python to streamline operational tasks.
• On call rotation.
• Strategic Modernization & Tech Debt Reduction: Play a lead role in our roadmap by helping deprecate legacy SaaS worker functions, optimizing our grading engine, and reducing API bloat to improve pipeline performance.
• Data Engineering & Analytics: Work alongside data engineers to support asynchronous "Run Grade" calculations. You will manage and query MongoDB (NoSQL) and PostgreSQL (Relational), ensuring clean data flows to our Databricks (Nabu) and ADLS Gen2 enterprise data lakes.
• Security & Configuration Management: Enforce strict supply chain security using JFrog Artifactory for package/container management, HashiCorp Vault for dynamic secrets, and LaunchDarkly for feature toggling.
• Health Monitoring: Lead the implementation of Splunk across our microservices cluster to consolidate logging, improve error handling, and build real-time health dashboards.

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Required Qualifications

• Experience: 4+ years of professional experience in software engineering, DevOps, or DevSecOps roles.
• Backend Development: Strong proficiency in .NET framework and C# development.
• Cloud Architecture & IaC: Deep understanding of Microsoft Azure (Azure Functions, App Services, Service Bus) and proven experience provisioning infrastructure using Terraform.
• Database Experience: Hands-on working knowledge of both relational databases (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB).
• CI/CD Expertise: Experience building and integrating security tasks into GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps (ADO) pipelines.
• Automation & Scripting: Proficiency in writing automation scripts using Python.
• Containerization & API Design: Experience using Docker Desktop for local development and proficiency in building and testing REST APIs using tools like Postman.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience dealing with Application Security testing tools (SAST, DAST, SCA) such as Checkmarx, AppScan, or Cycode.
• Familiarity with enterprise configuration and secrets management tools (HashiCorp Vault, LaunchDarkly).
• Experience with enterprise data engineering workflows (Databricks, Azure Data Lake Gen2).

Remote/WAH requirements:

• WAH requirements: Must have the ability to provide a high speed DSL or cable modem for a home office. Associates or contractors who live and work from home in the state of California will be provided payment for their internet expense.
• A minimum standard speed for optimal performance of 25x10 (25mpbs download x 10mpbs upload) is required.
• Satellite and Wireless Internet service is NOT allowed for this role.
• A dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information

Work at Home Requirements: To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees' ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria: At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested. In certain roles, the minimum recommended internet speed required by Humana may not be sufficient for business needs. Humana reserves the right to require associates to upgrade their internet service if necessary. Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

$117,600 - $161,700 per year

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description of Benefits

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, "Humana") offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.
About us
About Humana: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health - delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. Learn more about what we offer atHumana.comand atCenterWell.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.