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DevSecOps Engineer - JobID-0331
Innovative Defense Technologies · Fall River, MA, United States
Fall River, MA, United StatesExp: 5-7 yrs114,000-231,000 USD/yearlyOnsite
Remuneration
$114,000 - $184,000 or $135,000 - $231,000; benefits include PTO, paid holidays, 401(k) matching, tuition assistance, and professional development resources
Location
Fall River, MA, United States
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Job summary
This mid-level DevSecOps Engineer designs and maintains a secure software factory that enables engineering teams to build, test, and deliver compliant software with minimal platform-team intervention. The role develops Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, reusable Ansible and OpenTofu infrastructure modules, and containerized environments, while automating security controls and compliance with DISA STIGs, NIST 800-171, and RMF requirements. It also hardens air-gapped deployments and improves developer experience through troubleshooting, telemetry, and cross-functional collaboration.
Benefits
Competitive paid time offPaid holidays401(k) with immediate vesting and matchingOptional 9/80 scheduleTuition assistanceProfessional development resourcesPre-tax commuter benefits
Qualifications
- 5–7 years of post-graduation experience in DevSecOps, DevOps, platform or systems engineering, or software engineering
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- U.S. citizenship
- Experience building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins or another orchestrator
- Experience with containerized workloads using Podman, Docker, or Kubernetes
- Experience developing modular Infrastructure as Code with Ansible, OpenTofu, or comparable automation tools
- Intermediate Python programming and strong Linux or Unix Bash scripting skills
- Strong Git version-control skills
- Systems-level troubleshooting skills
- Knowledge of secure SDLC practices
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
Responsibilities
- Design and optimize Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, reusable templates, and shared components
- Integrate security controls including SAST, SCA, container scanning, SBOM generation, and secrets detection
- Configure, scale, and secure the software factory platform using GitLab, JFrog Artifactory, and SonarQube
- Develop reusable Infrastructure as Code blueprints with Ansible and OpenTofu
- Orchestrate and secure containerized clusters using Podman
- Deploy and harden the platform in secure, air-gapped environments
- Automate compliance validation for DISA STIGs, NIST 800-171, and RMF controls
- Troubleshoot operating system, container, network, and CI/CD issues
- Use developer telemetry and build metrics to reduce pipeline friction
- Collaborate with software, security, and systems engineering teams on delivery practices
Skills
AnsibleArtifactoryBashDockerGitGitLabGrafanaJenkinsKubernetesLinuxOpenTofuPodmanPrometheusPythonSonarQubeElasticsearchKibana
Degrees
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
Work schedule
Optional 9/80 schedule, with the second and fourth Friday off each month
Travel
Up to 10%
Industry
DefenseU.S. government
Security clearance
Must be able to obtain and maintain an active Secret U.S. security clearance
Relocation
No