DevSecOps Engineer – DoD

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DevSecOps Engineer designing and maintaining secure cloud-native infrastructure. Delivering hardened software systems in collaboration with government clientele for the Department of War.

Responsibilities:

  • Design and maintain Kubernetes-based infrastructure, including cluster provisioning, RBAC configuration, network policy, and workload management
  • Package and deploy applications using Helm charts; maintain chart repositories and manage release lifecycle across environments
  • Implement and enforce policy controls using Istio service mesh, OPA Gatekeeper, Kyverno, and related Kubernetes admission controllers
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent tooling; integrate automated security scanning and compliance gates
  • Deploy and operate workloads on AWS GovCloud and Azure Government; architect for high availability, disaster recovery, and cross-region compliance requirements
  • Manage and harden container images; integrate with Iron Bank, Platform One, and other DoW-approved registry sources
  • Configure and maintain observability stacks including Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog; develop alerting, dashboards, and SLO frameworks
  • Participate in ATO processes, support STIG/CIS compliance scanning, and contribute to System Security Plans (SSPs) and documentation artifacts
  • Collaborate with development, security, and program teams to establish and refine DevSecOps practices across the software delivery lifecycle
  • Support air-gapped and classified environment deployments; design solutions for offline image transfer, registry mirroring, and artifact management
  • Coordinate with government platform teams and managed service providers to integrate and sustain vendor tooling within approved DoD software factories

Requirements:

  • 4+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments
  • Demonstrated experience deploying and managing applications via Helm in multi-environment configurations
  • Working knowledge of Istio, OPA Gatekeeper, Kyverno, or equivalent Kubernetes policy and service mesh tooling
  • Experience with at least one major CI/CD platform: GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent
  • Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms, including IAM, networking, storage, and managed Kubernetes services (EKS, AKS)
  • Experience with container image workflows: building, scanning, hardening, and distributing images via OCI registries
  • Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools including Prometheus, Grafana, and/or Datadog
  • Experience with Single Sign-On (SSO) and identity federation; familiarity with Keycloak or equivalent OIDC/SAML providers
  • Active DoW security clearance (Secret or higher)

Benefits:

  • Benefits + Equity: Where applicable