SAIC

DevSecOps Engineer

SAIC$95K — $115K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 2 years of relevant experience or 6 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree
  • Active Interim Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a Secret clearance
  • Experience supporting the software development lifecycle
  • Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and application deployment
  • Experience with CI/CD pipeline creation and maintenance
  • Proficiency in Azure DevOps and Terraform
  • Skilled in automation and scripting, specifically with Python and another scripting language

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement secure DevOps and DevSecOps solutions for software development
  • Deploy and maintain secure cloud-based products and services
  • Create and enhance automated build and deployment pipelines
  • Administer Microsoft Azure DevOps for various development activities
  • Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and related tools
  • Evaluate AI tools to enhance software development and operational efficiency
  • Manage software releases and configuration changes across environments
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure secure development capabilities
  • Document and implement DevOps policies and best practices
  • Identify areas for continuous improvement in the development pipeline

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a cutting-edge Precision Fires program
  • Engagement in an Agile development environment
  • Chance to collaborate with cross-functional experts in the field
  • Involvement in continuous improvement and automation initiatives
  • Support for gaining advanced technical skills and certifications
Full Job Description
Job Description

SAIC is seeking a Precision Fires DevOps Engineer to join our team in Huntsville, AL.

We are seeking a technically versatile and automation-focused DevOps Engineer to support the Precision Fires program. In this role, you will design, deploy, operate, and maintain secure development infrastructure and cloud-based services that enable software teams to deliver mission-critical capabilities efficiently and reliably. You will work within an Agile development environment to improve continuous integration, continuous delivery, infrastructure automation, developer tooling, and operational performance.
Key Responsibilities
  • DevOps Engineering & Automation: Design, implement, operate, and continuously improve secure DevOps and DevSecOps solutions supporting the complete software development lifecycle.
  • Cloud Infrastructure: Deploy and maintain secure products, services, and development environments in cloud-based platforms, with a focus on reliability, scalability, repeatability, and efficient resource utilization.
  • CI/CD Pipeline Development: Create, maintain, and enhance automated build, integration, test, deployment, and release pipelines across multiple development environments.
  • Azure DevOps Administration: Use Microsoft Azure DevOps (ADO) to support source control, build and release pipelines, work tracking, artifact management, documentation, and development-team collaboration.
  • Infrastructure as Code: Develop and maintain reusable Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and related configuration-management or provisioning tools.
  • AI Enablement: Evaluate and integrate artificial intelligence tools and capabilities that improve software development, automation, troubleshooting, documentation, testing, and operational efficiency while complying with program security requirements.
  • Release & Environment Management: Support the controlled movement of software and configuration changes through Development, Test, Staging, and Production environments.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with software developers, systems engineers, test teams, cybersecurity personnel, production support, and program leadership to deliver secure and dependable development capabilities.
  • Standards & Governance: Help define, document, and implement DevOps policies, technical standards, operating procedures, governance, and development best practices.
  • Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to reduce manual effort, improve system performance, strengthen security, increase pipeline reliability, and shorten software delivery timelines.
  • Technical Documentation: Create and maintain architecture documentation, operating procedures, configuration guidance, troubleshooting instructions, and other technical artifacts.


Qualifications

Education Requirements
  • Must possess a Bachelor's degree and two (2) years of relevant experience. Six (6) years of additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Clearance Requirements
  • Must possess an active Interim Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a Secret clearance to be considered. U.S. citizenship is required.
Required Qualifications
  • DevOps Lifecycle Experience: Experience supporting software development, integration, testing, deployment, or operations across the software development lifecycle.
  • Cloud Experience: Hands-on experience deploying or supporting infrastructure, applications, or development services in a cloud environment.
  • CI/CD Experience: Experience creating, maintaining, or troubleshooting automated build, test, integration, or deployment pipelines.
  • Azure DevOps: Experience using Microsoft Azure DevOps for source control, pipelines, artifacts, work tracking, or related development activities.
  • Infrastructure as Code: Experience using Terraform or a similar Infrastructure as Code technology.
  • Automation & Scripting: Proficiency with Python and at least one additional scripting language, such as Bash or PowerShell.
  • Troubleshooting: Ability to analyze and resolve technical issues involving pipelines, operating systems, development tools, networks, permissions, dependencies, or deployment environments.
  • Communication: Ability to collaborate effectively with technical and nontechnical stakeholders and clearly document technical designs, procedures, and decisions.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience supporting Army programs or working within the Army Acquisition Life Cycle.
  • Experience with container technologies such as Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, or Red Hat OpenShift.
  • Experience implementing automated software testing, security scanning, code-quality analysis, artifact management, or software supply-chain controls.
  • Experience with observability technologies, including centralized logging, metrics, dashboards, alerting, and performance monitoring.
  • Familiarity with artificial intelligence, machine learning, large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, or AI-assisted software engineering tools.
  • Understanding of cybersecurity controls, secure configuration practices, identity and access management, secrets management, and vulnerability remediation.
  • Experience supporting embedded software, mission systems, or other complex system-of-systems environments.


About SAIC

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is a technology integrator in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC has approximately 26,000 employees and operates in more than 70 countries. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. SAIC provides services to the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, and civilian agencies. The company also serves commercial customers in the healthcare, energy, and financial services sectors.
Learn more about SAIC
Size
26,000 employees
Market Cap
$6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$206 million
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
+10.7%
Revenue
$6.8 billion
NASDAQ

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