We have an immediate need for a highly skilled Senior-level DevSecOps Engineer to support federal programs hosted on AWS GovCloud. This role requires expertise in DevSecOps best practices, cloud automation, security compliance, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) to enhance the security, scalability, and efficiency of mission-critical applications.
Core Responsibilities- Technical Leadership & Team Management: Lead, mentor, and manage a team of approximately five DevSecOps engineers, providing technical direction, prioritizing work, conducting code and architecture reviews, and fostering a collaborative, high-performing "one team" culture while remaining an active hands-on contributor.
- Hands-On Engineering: Serve as the technical lead for complex infrastructure, automation, and deployment efforts by designing solutions, troubleshooting production issues, developing infrastructure and pipeline code, and supporting implementation across the DevSecOps toolchain.
- Operational Support & On-Call: Provide operational leadership during production incidents, outages, and high-priority events. Participate in an on-call rotation as required, ensuring timely incident response, root cause analysis, and restoration of services while driving continuous improvements to system reliability and operational maturity.
- AWS GovCloud Architecture & Management: Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and compliant AWS GovCloud environments for DoD and Civilian agency applications.
- DevSecOps Pipeline Development: Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, AWS Code Pipeline, and Terraform to automate deployments and security compliance.
- Security & Compliance: Ensure adherence to Federal cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, RMF, FedRAMP, Zero Trust). Implement STIGs, security baselines, and automated security scanning (SAST/DAST).
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible.
- Containerization & Orchestration: Deploy and manage Docker containers and Kubernetes clusters in AWS GovCloud, leveraging services like Amazon EKS, ECS, and Fargate.
- Monitoring & Incident Response: Implement AWS CloudWatch, AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, Splunk, or ELK for proactive monitoring, logging, and compliance reporting.
- Automation & Scripting: Develop automation scripts using Python, Bash, or PowerShell to improve deployment efficiency and security enforcement.
- Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing: Work closely with software developers, cybersecurity teams, and cloud engineers to integrate security and automation into the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
Requirements- US citizenship with the ability to obtain a successful DoD Secret security clearance required
- Security+, AWS Certified Security
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in DevSecOps, Cloud Engineering, or Infrastructure Automation roles.
- Strong expertise in AWS GovCloud services, security configurations, and compliance frameworks.
- Experience with CI/CD tools (GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, AWS Code Pipeline, or similar).
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible.
- Proficiency in containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, Fargate).
- Strong understanding of AWS security services (AWS IAM, GuardDuty, Security Hub,AWS KMS, AWS WAF, AWS Config, AWS Secrets Manager).
- Knowledge of federal cybersecurity frameworks (RMF, NIST 800-171/53, STIGs, ZeroTrust).
- Experience implementing automated security testing (SAST, DAST, vulnerability scanning, SBOM management).
- Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell) for automation and security enforcement.
Salary Range: $150,000 - $180,000 annually. Actual compensation will be determined based on the selected candidate's experience, education, certifications, skills, and overall qualifications.
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