Mid-level DevSecOps Engineer

About the role

Credence is seeking DevSecOps professionals to join its growing organization. The position is on‑site at Credence Corporate HQ in Tysons, VA at least three days per week. The team delivers AI, cloud, cyber, and modernization solutions that save agencies time, safeguard national security, and support health and humanitarian missions worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Configure and maintain DevOps tools such as GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus, and SonarQube.
• Implement and support platforms for containerized applications using AWS managed services, including Amazon EKS.
• Develop, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Provide technology recommendations that align with business vision.
• Apply advanced technical knowledge for software engineering across projects, following modern best practices.
• Design, deploy, and support automation and scripting solutions to increase capability, visibility, and efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to gather business requirements and deliver solutions leveraging deep AWS expertise.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship with the possibility to obtain a federal government clearance.
• 4+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong foundation with Kubernetes and experience supporting containerized workloads in AWS.
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices and the full software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Basic understanding of networking setup.
• Experience with debugging, troubleshooting, and log analysis.
• Understanding of metrics, monitoring, alarming, and dashboarding concepts.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and/or distributed systems.
• Associate or Professional‑level AWS certifications.
• CompTIA Security+ certification.
• Experience working with U.S. Federal or Department of Defense (DoD) customers.

Pay

$120,000 – $150,000 annually. Actual compensation will be determined based on the selected candidate's experience, education, certifications, skills, and overall qualifications.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short‑Term & Long‑Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Wellness Resources