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DevSecOps Engineer (Cloud & Platform Engineering)
Con*** · Reston, VA, United States
Reston, VA, United StatesFull timeExp: 6+ yrs130,000-150,000 USD/yearlyRemote
Remuneration
Health, dental, vision, and life insurance; 401(k) plan with matching and immediate vesting
Location
Reston, VA, United States
Visa sponsorship
Sponsors visa
Job summary
Build, secure, and maintain cloud infrastructure and automated deployment pipelines for a mission-critical federal application modernization program, supporting a unified platform while keeping existing production applications operational. The role uses Kubernetes on AWS GovCloud, infrastructure as code with OpenTofu or Terraform and Helm, and GitLab CI pipelines with security scanning, policy enforcement, testing, and deployment automation. It also supports container hardening, an integration gateway, and platform observability.
Benefits
Health insuranceDental insuranceVision insuranceLife insurance401(k) matching with immediate vesting
Qualifications
- At least 6 years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, or platform engineering.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerized application environments.
- Experience with Terraform or OpenTofu for infrastructure as code.
- Experience deploying and managing Kubernetes applications with Helm.
- Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI.
- Knowledge of container hardening and secure deployment practices.
- Experience with AWS GovCloud.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.
- Preferred: Experience with Envoy for gateway or proxy functionality.
- Preferred: Familiarity with OpenTelemetry for application and infrastructure observability.
- Preferred: Experience with Iron Bank container images.
- Preferred: Active Secret clearance.
- Ability to meet Tier 5 eligibility requirements if privileged administration is required.
Responsibilities
- Build, configure, and maintain infrastructure as code using OpenTofu and Helm in Kubernetes environments on AWS GovCloud.
- Support a secure, scalable, and reliable application platform.
- Promote the same code through established deployment processes to maintain consistency across environments.
- Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitLab.
- Integrate automated builds, security scanning, policy enforcement, testing, evidence collection, and deployment into delivery pipelines.
- Apply container security and hardening practices.
- Operate and maintain the integration gateway and observability stack.
- Support platform operations while maintaining the stability of existing production applications.
- Collaborate with technical teams on secure, repeatable application onboarding and deployment.
Skills
AWSEnvoyGitLabGitLab CIHelmKubernetesOpenTelemetryOpenTofuTerraform
Work schedule
40 hours per week, Monday through FridayCore hours from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. EasternTwo-week sprints with a customer demonstration each sprint
Travel
0–10% travel within the Washington, DC metropolitan area
Industry
Federal governmentDefenseNational security
Security clearance
Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearanceActive Secret clearance preferredTier 5 eligibility may be required for privileged administration
Relocation
No