About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled DevSecOps Engineer to own secure code integration across our software delivery lifecycle. The DevSecOps Engineer will require a Security Clearance and will work directly with developers to ensure software is securely built, tested, packaged, and deployed into Government and customer environments, including classified and air-gapped systems. This engineer moves our pipeline from scanning to enforcement: defining promotion gates, severity thresholds, and a documented exception path, and doing it without stalling delivery. Partners with the ISSM and Cyber Security Engineer to translate NIST, DISA, and DoD security requirements into automated engineering controls and repeatable deployment workflows.

At Applied Intuition, you will:

• Own secure code integration from source through build, test, release, and deployment
• Directly support developers integrating and deploying software onto Government and customer systems
• Build and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines, reusable pipeline templates, and hardened build environments
• Integrate and tune SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets scanning, container scanning, and infrastructure-as-code scanning, and consolidate overlapping toolchains into a single supported stack
• Define and enforce promotion gates: which findings block, which are advisory, and the severity thresholds applied. Where a finding cannot be remediated before release, record the exception with a justification, an accountable owner, and a remediation date
• Serve as the primary technical resource for developers by troubleshooting findings, pairing on remediation, and removing delivery blockers
• Automate system hardening, security validation, and compliance evidence collection using infrastructure-as-code and policy-as-code (OPA/Rego, cfn-guard, Cedar, or equivalent), producing machine-readable evidence that holds up in front of a third-party assessor
• Build preventive and detective controls in AWS GovCloud, including Service Control Policies and Resource Control Policies across multi-account Organizations, Config, Security Hub, IAM, KMS, CloudTrail, and EventBridge, with automated remediation workflows
• Implement software supply chain protections including SBOM generation, artifact signing, and secure dependency management, and admission control that rejects unsigned or unscanned images at deploy time
• Support software promotion into classified and air-gapped environments, including offline dependencies and controlled transfer workflows, and offline package mirrors for language and native dependency managers
• Lead threat modeling and security design reviews for new services and pipeline changes, and propose compensating controls where direct remediation is not possible
• Partner with the ISSM and Cyber Security Engineer to map technical controls to NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, DISA STIGs, and CMMC Level 2, and support evidence production during assessments and ATO activity
• Establish secure development guidance, technical documentation, and repeatable engineering patterns for product teams
• Serve as a documented backup on build, artifact, and pipeline systems, and participate in the security on-call rotation

We're looking for someone who has:

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cyber Security, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience
• A minimum of 5 years of experience across software engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, or security engineering
• DoD 8140/8570 IAT level II (Security+ Certification, condition of employment)
• Hands-on scripting or software development experience using Python, Bash, Go, or similar languages
• Experience with CI/CD platforms such as GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent tooling
• Production experience with containers and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code or configuration management technologies such as Terraform or Ansible, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation
• Hands-on AWS experience, including working knowledge of Config, Security Hub, IAM, KMS, CloudTrail, and CloudWatch/EventBridge
• Experience writing and deploying policy-as-code (OPA Rego, cfn-guard, Cedar, or equivalent)
• Working knowledge of NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, DISA STIGs, and RMF, and of DFARS [redacted] and CMMC Level 2 obligations
• Experience producing audit-ready evidence and working directly with third-party assessors
• Experience introducing blocking security gates into a delivery pipeline that did not previously have them, and sustaining them under delivery pressure
• Demonstrated ability to integrate security tooling into developer workflows and make findings actionable
• Proven ability to work directly with developers to troubleshoot issues, teach secure practices, and unblock delivery

Travel Requirements:

• Willing to travel for company business as company/customer requires. (~10%)

Security Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must have or be able to obtain an active DoD security clearance (minimum Secret, prefer Top Secret)

For more information about U.S. security clearances: click here.

Nice to have:

• CISSP, CSSLP, or CKS certification, or AWS Security Specialty
• Experience with DoD software factories such as Platform One, Iron Bank, or Big Bang
• Experience with hardware-isolated container runtimes such as Kata Containers or gVisor
• Experience delivering software into classified or air-gapped environments
• Familiarity with software supply chain frameworks such as SLSA, SSDF, CycloneDX, or SPDX, and with machine-readable compliance formats such as OSCAL
• Experience supporting a FedRAMP or DoD Impact Level 4/5 authorization
• Experience securing AI/ML workloads or machine-generated code and container artifacts
• Prior software development experience on a product engineering team

Compensation at Applied Intuition for eligible roles includes base salary, equity, and benefits. Base salary is a single component of the total compensation package, which may also include equity in the form of options and/or restricted stock units, comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage, 401k retirement benefits with employer match, learning and wellness stipends, and paid time off. Note that benefits are subject to change and may vary based on jurisdiction of employment.

Applied Intuition pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum intended target base salary for new hire salaries for the position. The actual base salary offered to a successful candidate will additionally be influenced by a variety of factors including experience, credentials & certifications, educational attainment, skill level requirements, interview performance, and the level and scope of the position.

Don't meet every single requirement? If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.