DevSecOps Engineer Level 2

We are seeking an experienced DevSecOps Engineer to support secure, mission-critical development environments within the aerospace and defense industry. This role is responsible for maintaining development infrastructure, supporting system administration functions, and integrating cybersecurity practices throughout the software and infrastructure development lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, and/or containerization, along with a strong understanding of coding, scripting, automation, and cybersecurity. This individual will leverage automation to integrate security into CI/CD pipelines while supporting secure software, hardware, and infrastructure deployment environments., · Maintain development infrastructure in accordance with customer and program specifications.

· Perform system administration functions in support of software and development activities.

· Support technical planning, design, development, integration, testing, verification, and validation throughout the total system lifecycle.

· Develop and maintain secure software and hardware infrastructure supporting mission-critical applications.

· Utilize coding, scripting, and automation tools to improve infrastructure deployment, configuration, security, and system reliability.

· Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code utilizing technologies such as Ansible, Terraform, Packer, and AWS CloudFormation.

· Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Kubernetes and containerized environments.

· Integrate cybersecurity principles and controls throughout software and infrastructure development.

· Incorporate automated security processes and testing into CI/CD pipelines.

· Utilize tools such as Argo CD, Ansible, GitLab CI, Git, and related automation technologies.

· Support GitOps-based infrastructure and application deployment practices.

· Assess, prioritize, and manage cybersecurity risks in alignment with customer and program requirements.

· Support threat modeling, security risk assessments, and security testing activities.

· Ensure DevSecOps processes comply with applicable information security, regulatory, governance, and cybersecurity requirements.

· Translate customer and product requirements into complete software, hardware, and infrastructure solutions.

· Perform functional and timeline analysis, trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition.

· Develop, document, test, troubleshoot, and debug software supporting business and mission requirements.

· Support automated software and hardware deployment pipelines and development factories.

· Troubleshoot software, infrastructure, deployment, configuration, and system performance issues.

· Develop operating instructions and technical documentation related to software and infrastructure development.

· Collaborate with software engineering, systems engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and customer teams.

· Ensure applicable software development, cybersecurity, engineering standards, processes, and procedures are followed throughout the development lifecycle.

A Final Top Secret clearance is required prior to starting, along with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance., · Final Top Secret clearance required prior to start, with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance.

· Security+, CISSP, or other DoD 8140-compliant certification required.

· Must possess hands-on experience with one or more of the following:

Infrastructure as Code using Ansible, Terraform, Packer, and/or AWS CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Containerization

· Experience maintaining development infrastructure and/or performing system administration functions.

· Experience with coding, scripting, and automation tools.

· Understanding of cybersecurity principles, practices, and tools.

· Knowledge of cloud technologies, containers, and orchestration technologies.

· Ability to work effectively across software, systems, infrastructure, and cybersecurity disciplines.

Additional Qualifications

· Experience with Helm.

· Experience with GitLab and Git.

· Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.

· Experience with pipeline automation.

· Experience implementing GitOps practices.

· Experience with Argo CD.

· Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools including Ansible, Terraform, Packer, and AWS CloudFormation.

· Strong understanding of Kubernetes, containers, and container orchestration.

· Experience integrating automated security controls and security testing into CI/CD pipelines.

· Familiarity with threat modeling, risk assessment techniques, and security testing tools.

· Understanding of information security compliance, governance, and regulatory requirements.

· Experience supporting development infrastructure within secure, classified, aerospace, defense, or mission-critical environments.

· Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across software and infrastructure environments.

· Experience with software development lifecycle standards, processes, procedures, and documentation.

· Proficiency in AI prompting as it applies to DevSecOps engineering.