Sr. DevSecOps Engineer

Why AIS?

When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.

Core Knowledge & Skills

• Masters CI/CD best practices and toolchains
• Multiple scripting languages
• Cloud platforms
• Kubernetes
• Integrates security into pipelines (DevSecOps)

Quality & Independence

• Sets a high bar for availability and performance
• Develops comprehensive test suites
• Makes significant technical decisions with minimal oversight

Teamwork & Communication

• Leads collaborative efforts
• Mentors juniors
• Facilitates decisions
• Communicates complex issues to stakeholders

Consulting & Engagement

• Led optimization initiatives
• Provides expert guidance on tools and practices
• Contributes to strategic projects

Project Summary

The Senior DevSecOps Engineer will lead the development and automation of secure CI/CD pipelines supporting mission-focused law enforcement systems. This role is responsible for integrating security, scalability, and reliability into the software delivery lifecycle while collaborating closely with development, security, and operations teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to automate builds and releases over 2–4 week sprints
• Design, build, and maintain secure, flexible, and high-performance CI/CD pipelines
• Support deployment automation across multiple environments
• Diagnose and resolve complex DevSecOps and deployment issues
• Implement deployment strategies and automated testing
• Work closely with developers, security professionals, and stakeholders
• Monitor and support deployments, demonstrating flexibility in work hours as needed
• Communicate effectively with technical teams and customers

Required For This Opportunity

• U.S. Citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain a DHS 6C Public Trust clearance
• Bachelor’s degree (Computer Science preferred, or equivalent professional experience)
• 7+ years of experience supporting DevSecOps in an Agile environment
• Proven experience building automated, secure CI/CD pipelines
• Strong experience with:
• CloudBees Jenkins
• Ansible Tower
• Git and GitHub
• Maven
• Containerization technologies (Amazon ECS, Kubernetes, or OpenShift)
• HashiCorp Vault
• Linux (RHEL preferred) and shell scripting
• Deployment strategies and automated deployment tooling
• Ability to work onsite in Crystal City, VA approximately 2-4 days per month

Nice To Have Skills

• Experience supporting government or high-security environments
• Strong collaboration skills with security and compliance teams
• Experience supporting production deployments in regulated environments

Pay

We are committed to offering competitive and fair compensation that reflects the skills, experience, and contributions of each team member. The targeted base salary range for this role is $94,000-$142,000 per year. Please note that this range is provided as a guideline and the final offer will be based on several factors, including but not limited to, skillset and competencies, level of experience, education, certifications, and location.