DevSecOps Engineer (Secret Clearance)

DevSecOps Engineer, #989

Clearance: U.S. Citizenship is required. DHS Secret Clearance required. Candidates with dual citizenship cannot be considered per government requirements.

We are seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to design, implement, and maintain secure, automated infrastructure solutions that enable rapid delivery of mission-critical applications. This role will focus on integrating security best practices into every stage of the software development lifecycle while driving innovation through automation and modern cloud-native technologies.

What You'll Be Doing

• Innovate and Automate: Develop cutting-edge solutions using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and DevSecOps tools to streamline CI/CD, code quality, security, and monitoring processes.
• Ensure Compliance and Performance: Validate that infrastructure, services, and applications meet security, monitoring, performance, and SLA standards.
• Release and Scale: Demonstrate experience in releasing production code and building PaaS/SaaS solutions.
• Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with development and operations teams to design, implement, and maintain secure, automated infrastructure.
• Embed Security in SDLC: Implement security best practices, including code scanning, vulnerability assessments, and threat modeling throughout the development lifecycle.
• Build CI/CD Pipelines: Develop and maintain pipelines for continuous integration, delivery, and deployment.
• Containerization and Microservices: Design and manage containerized environments and microservices architectures.
• Integrate Security Controls: Incorporate automated vulnerability scanning, static/dynamic analysis, and security testing into CI/CD workflows.
• Compliance and Regulatory Alignment: Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure adherence to security standards and regulatory requirements.
• Automate Security Processes: Orchestrate incident response and threat detection using tools like Splunk, Chef Automate, and similar technologies.
• Stay Ahead of Trends: Monitor emerging DevSecOps practices and recommend new technologies for adoption.
• Mentor and Guide: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers in DevSecOps principles and techniques.

Required Education, Experience, and Skills:

• Active Secret clearance required.
• U.S. Citizenship required (dual citizens not eligible due to federal contract requirements).
• Experience with federal government contracts, with a preference for contracts under Homeland Security.
• 8+ years as a DevSecOps Engineer or in a related technical field.
• Hands-on expertise with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools.
• Experience with Docker Enterprise, Splunk, Chef, Chef Automate, Chef (Ruby), Puppet, Ansible, Kubernetes, and OpenShift.
• Strong hands-on experience in:
  • Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
  • Jenkins (including Groovy scripting)
  • Python for automation and scripting
• Candidates must reside within a commutable distance for daily onsite work and meet recall/on-call requirements in a 24x7x365 environment.