DevSecOps Engineer

Duties And Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Bitbucket, and related tools for automated build, test, security, and deployment workflows.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Packer for repeatable AWS environment provisioning and configuration.
• Deploy, configure, and support containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Integrate code, dependency, container, Infrastructure as Code, and configuration security checks into delivery pipelines.
• Implement secure secrets management, IAM policies, encryption, access controls, and configuration practices using Vault and AWS-native capabilities.
• Implement and maintain logging, monitoring, alerting, and dashboards using Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Kibana, and comparable tools.
• Support Kafka/MSK infrastructure through automation, deployment tooling, monitoring, operational controls, and routine troubleshooting.
• Automate environment provisioning, configuration management, release orchestration, rollback, and routine operational tasks.
• Support deployment and scaling of distributed services and real-time streaming components, including WebSocket-enabled applications.
• Analyze pipeline, infrastructure, and platform issues and contribute to incident response, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Collaborate with software and cloud engineers to embed DevSecOps practices into development workflows and application designs.
• Maintain pipeline documentation, configuration standards, runbooks, and evidence needed for reliable and auditable operations.

Knowledge And Skills Required

• 2–4 years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, cloud engineering, systems engineering, or a related technical role.
• Working knowledge of AWS fundamentals, cloud deployments, networking concepts, IAM, and secure configuration practices.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and Git-based workflows using Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, or comparable platforms.
• Experience or practical exposure to Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and machine-image automation tools such as Packer.
• Familiarity with Docker and foundational knowledge of Kubernetes or another container orchestration platform.
• Experience or exposure to application and infrastructure monitoring, centralized logging, alerting, and operational dashboards.
• Understanding of DevSecOps principles, automated security scanning, secrets management, vulnerability remediation, and least privilege.
• Foundational scripting or automation skills using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or a similar language.
• Familiarity with distributed systems, messaging platforms, or event-driven architectures; Kafka or AWS MSK exposure is valued.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and collaboration skills with the ability to work across development, security, platform, and operations teams.

Knowledge And Skills Desired

• Experience working in the Department of Veterans Affairs, another Federal agency, or a regulated enterprise environment.
• Experience supporting Kafka, AWS MSK, or another event-driven messaging platform.
• Experience with Vault, Consul, Nexus, or similar enterprise platform and artifact-management tooling.
• Experience supporting real-time streaming, WebSocket-based applications, or other distributed cloud services.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Clearance

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

WORK LOCATION

Remote