Kayra Otaner
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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SeniorKayra Otaner is a seasoned DevSecOps leader based in New York with 11+ years guiding global teams through secure, scalable cloud-native transformations. Currently Director of DevSecOps at Roche, she previously built and led ADP's global DevSecOps program, driving shift-left practices, SBOM implementation, and policy-as-code, significantly increasing SAST and SCA coverage from about 15% to over 95%. A trusted advisor on governance, risk, and compliance with NIST 800-53, CSF, SSDF, and OWASP SAMM v2, she is a two-time RSA speaker (2023 and 2025). Earlier roles include DevOps leadership at Voice and adMarketplace, and leadership in SecOps at DataSkala, delivering cost optimization and Kubernetes-centric infrastructures. She holds a BA in Mathematics from Boğaziçi University and serves on the Middlesex County College Business and Computer Science Advisory Board.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (21)
kubectl9
tenancy8
k3s8
graph7
neo4j7
kubernetes-deployment7
k8s7
k3d7
namespaces7
cloud-native6
helm6
vcluster6
kubernetes6
visualization6
dashboard5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
bulutsal/networkanalysis
Apr 2014 - Apr 2014
Contributions:3 commits, 1 push, 1 comment in 1 day
kotaner/neodash
Jan 2022 - Jan 2022
NeoDash - Neo4j Dashboard Builder
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 3 days
dashboardneo4jbuilder
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