Lead Cybersecurity DevSecOps Engineer - Burlington Stores, Inc. - Aurora, IL
Burlington Stores, Inc.
Position Overview
The DevSecOps Engineer IV serves as the organization's senior-most technical authority within the DevSecOps and secure software delivery domain. This role is responsible for setting technical direction, architecting enterprise-scale DevSecOps capabilities, and driving long-term maturity of secure software development and application security practices across the organization.
The ideal candidate is a deeply experienced DevSecOps and application security practitioner with authoritative expertise in secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC), application security engineering, automation, platform security, and software delivery architecture. This role leads the design of resilient, scalable, and security-focused engineering solutions that align with organizational risk and operational priorities.
The DevSecOps Engineer IV partners closely with application development, platform engineering, cybersecurity engineering, cloud, infrastructure, and enterprise architecture teams to influence technology decisions, reduce systemic risk, and ensure security is embedded throughout software delivery and engineering workflows. While not a people manager, this role functions as a principal technical leader responsible for setting engineering standards, mentoring senior engineers, and shaping how secure software delivery is engineered across the enterprise.
A Day in the Life
Enterprise DevSecOps Architecture & Technical Strategy
Define and drive the organization's DevSecOps architecture and long-term technical strategy.Architect enterprise-scale secure software delivery and application security capabilities aligned with business, operational, and risk priorities.Establish DevSecOps engineering standards, secure design patterns, and reference architectures across development and platform environments.Lead design and implementation of scalable security controls within software delivery pipelines and engineering workflows.Influence major technology and platfor