SAIC

DevSecOps Engineer

SAIC$90K — $120K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 5 years experience or 9 years experience without a degree.
  • Active Secret security clearance with potential for Top Secret / SCI clearance.
  • Strong experience in deploying and managing Kubernetes environments.
  • Proficient in CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.
  • Familiarity with Helm for Kubernetes deployment management.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain the internal developer platform including CI/CD, Kubernetes, and automation solutions.
  • Implement trunk-based GitLab workflows with integrated testing and security scans.
  • Ensure secure movement of artifacts in air-gapped environments.
  • Develop and improve documentation practices using MkDocs and ADRs.
  • Manage secret hygiene and vulnerability scanning within CI.

Benefits

  • Work from multiple SAIC locations (San Diego, Charleston, or Panama City).
  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge DevSecOps technologies.
  • Engage in projects that emphasize security and automation best practices.
  • Collaborative team environment focused on continuous improvement.
  • Ongoing training and professional development opportunities.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Description

SAIC is seeking DevSecOps Engineer to join our team. The DevSecOps Engineer can work at one of the following SAIC locations: San Diego, CA, Charleston, SC, or Panama City, FL.

Role Overview:
  • Role: Platform Engineer building and running our internal developer platform (CI/CD, Kubernetes, pipelines and automation) for both connected and air-gapped environments.
  • Core Tooling: GitLab for source control and pipelines; Ansible as the primary automation language; Python for helpers/tests; Helm for Kubernetes deployments; MkDocs/ADRs for documentation.
  • Platform Stack: RKE2/Kubernetes on VMware/vSphere/NSX-T, with Rancher, Cilium networking, MetalLB/Traefik ingress, cert-manager, and BIND/DNS; Harbor as the container registry.
  • Delivery Expectations: trunk-based GitLab workflows, deterministic pipelines with built-in testing and security scans, evidence (JUnit/SBOM/scan) attached to every change, no manual "click-ops."
  • Supply Chain and Air-Gap Hygiene: checksum/signature/SBOM-driven movement of artifacts, RPM/PyPI mirroring via reposync and Pulp, offline scanning and promotion for high-side environments.
  • Security and Identity: secret hygiene by default, Keycloak/SSO integration familiarity, and comfort with vulnerability/misconfig scanning in CI (SAST, IaC, secret detection, Semgrep/KICS, Trivy/pip-audit).

Qualifications

Education Requirements:
  • Bachelors degree and five (5) years experience; Additional four (4) years' experience can be considered in lieu of degree.
Clearance Requirements:
  • Must possess an active Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain a Top Secret / SCI clearance; US Citizenship required.
Required Skills:
  • Strong background deploying and managing Kubernetes.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience utilizing Helm for managing Kubernetes deployments.
  • Familiarity with Keycloak and SSO itegration.
Desired Skills:
  • Load balancer/VIP experience (Keepalived, VyOS or Palo Alto), RHEL/WSUS patching familiarity, and strong documentation habits for handoffs and audits.

Overview

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

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
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