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DevSecOps Roadmap

You make the secure path the easy path - security automated into CI/CD instead of bolted on at the end. Indicative 2026 salaries
$95-120k US
; a second role layered on DevOps or security experience, and one of the scarcer skill sets in the market.

By Carl Mills
- Last updated 10 July 2026
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Stage 1 - The Base 3 item(s)
- Application security: OWASP Top 10 with real examples you can explain Critical
- DevOps foundation: CI/CD, Docker, one cloud, Terraform Critical This roadmap layers on the DevOps/Cloud one - do that first if new.
- Threat modelling lite: what can go wrong, who would attack, what matters most

Stage 2 - Securing the Pipeline 4 item(s)
- Container & IaC scanning (Trivy/tfsec) wired into the pipeline Critical
- SAST + SCA in CI with sane failure policies (block criticals, not everything) Critical
- Secrets: detection (gitleaks), vaults, short-lived credentials,



rotation Critical
- Supply chain: dependency pinning, artifact signing, SBOMs

Stage 3 - Platform & Culture 4 item(s)
- Cloud security posture: least privilege, network segmentation, audit logs Critical
- Developer experience: fast feedback, low false positives - or devs route around you Critical
- Policy as code: guardrails developers cannot silently bypass
- Your incident role: containment steps, forensics-safe habits

Stage 4 - Job-Ready Proof 3 item(s)
- CV/LinkedIn target "DevSecOps" naming pipeline + scanning stack Critical
- Passed a mock interview including "secure this pipeline" design Critical
- Public repo: pipeline with secrets scanning, SAST, SCA, container scan + write-up Critical

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