DevSecOps Engineer

Location: Alexandria, VA · Full-time · TS/SCI with CI Poly required · U.S. citizenship required · Travel up to 10% · Requisition EM43-042

About the role

E&M Technologies, Inc. is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. E&M provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success.

We are seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to join our team in Alexandria, VA in support of the Defense Resources and Infrastructure Office (DRI). DRI's mission is to catalog and analyze military and civilian infrastructure and defense-related resources that underpin a nation's or group's military capabilities—including transportation, logistics, defense economics, energy systems, arms trade, physical vulnerability to weapon effects, defense industries, and the operational environment—to support U.S. and allied planners, targeteers, warfighters, policymakers, partners, and acquisition officials.

Responsibilities

• Bridge database engineering, API development, DevSecOps automation, and secure platform architecture.
• Take an initial concept, build an MVP, work directly with platform teams, and turn the solution into reusable templates and implementation patterns for multiple database technologies.
• Design, tune, and maintain relational and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora, Oracle, MongoDB, and AWS RDS-based services.
• Support database migration, backup, replication, disaster recovery, and point-in-time recovery activities.
• Support secure software delivery in accordance with DoD, IC, RMF, ICD-503, NIST SP 800-53, STIG, and continuous monitoring requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field and 8+ years of experience in DevSecOps, DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or platform automation roles, or 12+ years of equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI or GitHub Actions.
• Experience deploying cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP using IaC such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK.
• Experience containerizing and orchestrating workloads using Docker or similar containerization and Kubernetes.
• Experience integrating automated security checks into CI/CD pipelines, such as SAST, SCA, or image scanning.
• Experience in Linux administration and proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Go.
• Experience with Git-based branching, tagging, and release workflows.
• Experience with networking fundamentals such as DNS, routing, load balancing, or TLS.
• Cloud or DevOps certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, CKA, CKAD.
• Security+ Certification.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and capable of maintaining a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) clearance at the appropriate level.

Qualifications

• Experience with GitOps tooling such as Flux, Argo CD, or Helmfile.
• Experience optimizing CI/CD pipelines such as caching, artifacts, or parallelization.
• Experience implementing Zero Trust patterns, hardened container images, or compliance-focused deployments such as STIG or CIS Benchmarks.
• Experience with AWS security services such as GuardDuty, Macie, Inspector, or equivalent Azure or GCP tools.
• Experience with observability platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or CloudWatch.
• Experience with configuration management systems such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
• Experience with AI augmented development workflows or agentic tools.
• Master’s degree in Physics, Computer Science, or a STEM field.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• Flexible work schedules
• Parental leave
• Paid time off and holidays

Pay

Up to $150K USD