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DevSecOps Engineer Training Course

Become the engineer who builds and operates secure delivery — automated security testing, container and Kubernetes hardening, IaC security, and incident response automation.

72
Training hours
10+
Curriculum modules
20+
Tools in labs
4.8/5
Average rating

About This Course

The DevSecOps Engineer Training Course focuses on continuous integration of security from planning through deployment and monitoring. You will implement automated security tooling so vulnerabilities are caught early in the development cycle, and cover threat modeling, secure coding, risk management, and compliance along the way.

The course is built around doing: you construct secure pipelines, harden containers and Kubernetes, scan infrastructure as code, and automate incident response in simulated production environments. You leave able to manage and maintain secure DevOps pipelines that help organizations deliver high-quality software faster.

Why This Course Matters

Demand for DevSecOps engineers keeps growing because they solve a hard problem: keeping delivery fast while making it secure. This training builds the exact skill set organizations hire for — automated security testing that catches issues before production, seamless pipeline integration that doesn’t slow releases, shared security culture across teams, and compliance with standards like GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS built into the workflow itself.

OUTCOMES / VERIFIED

What You Walk Away With

  • Engineer secure CI/CD pipelines with automated SAST, DAST, and container scanning
  • Implement IaC security with Terraform and CloudFormation tooling
  • Harden Docker images and Kubernetes clusters for production
  • Integrate SonarQube, OWASP ZAP, Trivy, and Aqua into delivery workflows
  • Set up continuous monitoring and automated compliance policies
  • Build incident detection, alerting, and automated response mechanisms

MODULES / SEQUENCED

Training Agenda

  • DevSecOps definition, principles, and goals
  • DevOps vs DevSecOps — benefits of integrated security
  • The DevSecOps engineer's role and scope
  • Gaps in traditional security approaches

  • Phases of secure software development
  • Threat modeling early in development
  • OWASP Top 10 and secure coding
  • SAST, DAST, and SCA in the pipeline

  • CI/CD security principles and automation
  • Security gates at every pipeline stage
  • Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps integration

  • Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible security practices
  • Automated compliance checks for infrastructure
  • Scanning with Checkov and tfsec
  • Cloud security across AWS, Azure, GCP

  • Docker hardening and image scanning
  • Kubernetes security configuration
  • Runtime security and registry management

  • Vault-based secret injection
  • RBAC and least-privilege access design

  • Continuous monitoring and policy automation
  • Incident detection, alerting, and automated response
  • Compliance alignment — GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS

LAB-ENV / ACTIVE

Hands-on Labs and Projects

  • LAB-01 Build a complete secure pipeline with staged security gates that block critical findings
  • LAB-02 Eliminate hardcoded secrets from a sample service using Vault injection
  • LAB-03 Harden a Kubernetes cluster and validate with kube-bench and Falco
  • LAB-04 Implement IaC scanning and auto-remediation workflow for Terraform
  • LAB-05 Create an automated incident alerting and response runbook

TOOL-GRID

Tools and Technologies Covered

  • Jenkins
  • GitLab CI
  • GitHub Actions
  • SonarQube
  • OWASP ZAP
  • Snyk
  • Trivy
  • Aqua
  • Semgrep
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • kube-bench
  • Falco
  • Vault
  • OPA
  • Terraform
  • Checkov
  • tfsec

TARGET / OPERATORS

Who This Is For

  • DevOps engineers extending into security
  • Security engineers integrating with delivery pipelines
  • Cloud architects and engineers
  • Developers who own CI/CD workflows
  • QA engineers adding security testing
  • IT managers overseeing DevSecOps initiatives

PRE-FLIGHT / CHECK

Prerequisites

  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines
  • Linux and shell scripting proficiency
  • Basic cloud and application security awareness

FAQ / DECRYPTED

Frequently Asked Questions

This is the most hands-on track — most of your time is spent in labs building pipelines, hardening clusters, scanning IaC, and automating responses, guided by instructors who run these systems in production.

The Professional course builds broad practitioner capability. The Engineer course goes deeper into building and operating the automation itself — architecture, Kubernetes, IaC, and incident response engineering.

The Certified DevSecOps Engineer credential — the course includes exam-readiness assessments alongside the labs.

DevSecOps Engineer, Security Automation Engineer, CI/CD Security Specialist, Cloud Security Engineer, Platform Security Engineer, and Security SRE.

INITIATE / CONTACT

Ready to Build Security Into Your Delivery?

Talk to a DevSecOps advisor about certifications, team training, consulting, automation, or hiring vetted experts.

contact@devsecopsschool.com +1 (469) 756-6329