DevSec Ops Engineer

Job Duties

• Implement DSOP Chief’s technical direction for CI/CD automation (GitLab/Jenkins/Argo CD), build orchestration, and deployment pipelines.
• Author and maintain IaC/CaC (Terraform, Ansible, Helm) for environment provisioning, configuration baselines, and drift control.
• Integrate and operate security gates (SAST/DAST/SCA, SBOM generation, STIG/ACAS checks) within pipelines; remediate findings with developers.
• Support environment promotion by validating build status, automated test results, rollback plans, and readiness artifacts.
• Engineer containerized workloads (Kubernetes, Docker/Podman), registries, image signing/validation, and GitOps workflows.
• Cookordination with Release Manager to package deployables, confirm SIP/CCB entrance criteria, and maintain traceability to baselines.
• Troubleshoot deployment failures and pipeline issues across cloud, network, and platform layers; drive root‑cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Develop observability and monitoring (logs/metrics/alerts) and reliability improvements for DSOP operations.
• Support cross‑domain transfer workflows by preparing and validating artifacts per authorized processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more of related experience; OR Masters and twelve (12) years or more of related experience; OR PhD or JD and nine (9) years or more of related experience.
• TS/SCI clearance and US citizenship.
• DoD 8140/8570 baseline certification (e.g., Security +, CISSP, or equivalent).
• 10–14+ years in systems integration/DevSecOps/platform engineering within complex or classified programs.
• Hands on expertise with CI/CD (GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Argo CD) and source control (Git/Bitbucket).
• Experience with Kubernetes, containers (Docker/Podman), and Helm-based deployments.
• Proficiency in Terraform/Ansible (IaC/CaC), environment provisioning, configuration baselines, and automation.
• Practical knowledge of secure software delivery SAST/DAST/SCA, SBOM, STIG hardening, vulnerability remediation, RMF/cATO alignment.
• Experience operating across multiple environments/enclaves; comfort with rollback, blue/green, and canary strategies.
• Familiarity with Agile practices (Scrum/SAFe) and Atlassian tools (Jira/Confluence) for planning, tracking, and documentation.
• Strong troubleshooting, scripting (Python/Bash/YAML), and cross-team communication skills.

Desired Qualifications

• Prior support to CMCC, CBC2, AOC Falconer, DI, JFN, or other DAF C3BM modernization programs.
• Experience with AWS GovCloud/Platform One/SC2S and secure cloud networking patterns.
• Exposure to UCI schema, externals/API integrations, and EICD governance.
• Experience building observability stacks (Prometheus/Grafana/Elastic) and reliability engineering practices.
• AWS Solutions Architect / AWS DevOps Engineer, CKA/CKAD (Kubernetes).
• SAFe Agilist or Scrum certification; ITIL a plus.
• Demonstrated technical writing, briefing, and SOP/playbook development.

Benefits

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