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# Senior Devops Engineer in Fairfax

- **Company:** Energy Jobline
- **Location:** Fairfax, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cyber Security, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Security Information and Event Management, Software Engineering, Google Cloud, Rollup, Multi-Cloud, Cloudformation, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Enterprise Integration, Cortex XSOAR Platform, Terraform, Splunk, Devsecops, Security Orchestration, Automation & Response
- **Published:** October 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.energyjobline.com/job/senior-devops-engineer-fairfax-31979763

## About the Role

Required

 * 3+ years building CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation
 * Experience with SOAR platforms (Cortex XSOAR, Singularity Hyper automation, Phantom, or similar)
 * Proficiency in Python for security automation scripting
 * Familiarity with evidence collection requirements for compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP or SOC 2
 * Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar)

 * Experience automating compliance evidence workflows in a FedRAMP-authorized environment
 * Familiarity with SIEM platforms (Splunk, Sentinel One) and detection rule lifecycle management
 * Background in DevSecOps practices and security pipeline integration
 * Experience with multi-cloud architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP)
 * Familiarity with AI/ML tooling applied to security automation use cases, * Commitment to personal and professional integrity and respect for others.
 * Roll-up-your-sleeves attitude and low-ego approach.
 * Commitment to teamwork and professional relationship development.
 * Passion for lifelong learning, growth, and development.
 * Flexible and nimble; comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change.
 * Strong communication and functional project management skills.
 * Desire to innovate, try new things, and creatively explore novel solutions to business challenges.
 * Professional and respectful approach to the of thought, action, , and attributes.

## Description

This role is a 6-12 month contract to hire opportunity open to US or Green Card Holders Only at this point.

We are looking for a Dev/Ops Engineer to design and implement the CI/CD and evidence automation infrastructure that underpins our security operations.

You will build the pipelines that transform manual compliance processes into automated, repeatable workflows - ensuring continuous audit readiness rather than point-in-time compliance.

This role is ideal for an engineer who wants to apply software engineering practices to security operations on a scale., * Design and implement automated evidence collection pipelines across compliance control families

 * Build CI/CD infrastructure for detection rule deployment, testing, and validation
 * Develop SOAR playbooks and workflow automation for incident response processes
 * Automate vulnerability disclosure, file integrity monitoring, and notification workflows
 * Create evidence validation tooling to support continuous audit readiness
 * Identify and implement opportunities for AI-assisted automation within security operations