Jobs / SkyePoint Decisions
DevSecOps/Platform Engineer
SkyePoint Decisions · Washington, DC, United States
Washington, DC, United StatesExp: 10+ yrsRemote
Remuneration
Certification incentive program, paid time off, floating federal holidays, health, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, and 401(k) match.
Location
Washington, DC, United States
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Job summary
The DevSecOps/Platform Engineer builds and supports secure CI/CD workflows and cloud platform automation for Federal Student Aid. The role uses Atlassian Cloud, GitLab, and AWS to implement pipeline-as-code, automated testing and security controls, infrastructure-as-code, and release processes for portable applications, while supporting compliance with NIST SP 800-218, OMB/CISA guidance, STIGs, and CIS standards.
Benefits
Certification incentive programPaid time offFloating federal holidaysHealth insurance optionsHealth Savings AccountsFlexible Spending AccountsDental insuranceVision insuranceShort- and long-term disability insuranceLife insurance401(k) match
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and at least 10 years of experience.
- Senior industry professional certification such as CISSP or equivalent.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise CI/CD, cloud and platform automation, infrastructure as code, configuration management, and release automation.
- Experience with Git-based development, automated testing, security-tool integration, and AWS or a comparable cloud environment.
- Ability to develop and maintain technical procedures, reusable automation, and platform documentation.
- Ability to obtain a 6c Public Trust.
- Active Secret clearance highly preferred.
- U.S. citizenship required.
Responsibilities
- Engineer CI/CD workflows using Atlassian Cloud, GitLab, and AWS.
- Implement pipeline-as-code, reusable templates, automated quality gates, environment provisioning, configuration automation, and release controls.
- Integrate unit, integration, end-to-end, security, compliance, and infrastructure testing into delivery workflows.
- Implement infrastructure-as-code and cloud deployment patterns for portable and severable applications.
- Maintain pipeline tool inventories, code standards, reusable libraries, procedures, runbooks, and technical documentation.
- Support compliance with NIST SP 800-218, applicable OMB/CISA guidance, STIGs, and CIS standards.
- Troubleshoot platforms, improve performance, support access, and provide technical guidance to development and government stakeholders.
Skills
AWSCloudFormationConfluenceGitGitLabGitLab CIJiraSOPSTerraformDockerGitHub
Certifications
CISSP or equivalent senior industry professional certification
Degrees
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cloud Computing, In
Industry
CybersecurityFederal government
Security clearance
Ability to obtain a 6c Public TrustActive Secret clearance highly preferred
Relocation
No