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# Application Deployment Engineer (DevSecOps / CI-CD)

- **Company:** Empower AI Inc.
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $137,000.0 - $200,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Ansible, Software Deployment, Containerization, Kubernetes, Terraform, Devsecops, Docker
- **Published:** August 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/use1e95061fa36bab38f8c7450561eacea/eaa

## About the Role

The following are the education and experience required for this position:

 * 6+ years
 * Bachelor's in IT or related field
 * AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
 * Secret Security Clearance

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

 * Comp TIA Sec+, ITIL 4 Foundation Certification(s)

## Description

Empower AI is proud to be recognized as a 2024 Military Friendly Employer by Viqtory, the publisher of G.I. Jobs. This designation reflects the company's commitment to hiring and supporting active-duty and veteran employees. Responsibilities:
We have an exciting opportunity at the Department of State! The Application Deployment Engineer (DevSecOps / CI-CD) provides installation and deployment of customer applications securely across the global enterprise. We utilize a Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) model and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) approach.
Responsibilities:

 * You will be required to perform pre-deployment testing, and Deployment Readiness Reviews (DRR) to validate that applications meet all operational and security standards prior to launch.
 * Upon approval you will execute deployments of applications using DevSecOps/CI/CD pipelines, containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), and automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform) to ensure efficient, consistent, and scalable installations.
 * You will also coordinate deployments with Government change management processes and collaborate with DoS specialists to optimize configuration parameters and minimize operational disruption.
 * Additionally, you will be required to Implement standardized rollback and recovery procedures to ensure rapid service restoration in the event of deployment failures.
 * The Application Deployment Engineer will maintain comprehensive deployment records, including as-built configurations and SOPs, and provide accurate status reporting on all installation and deployment activities.


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