DevSecOps Engineer - TS/SCI with Polygraph

Description

This DevSecOps Engineer role sits in the cyber and IT risk management job family and is based onsite in Herndon, Virginia.

The company is a global technology and professional services firm that supplies technology and mission services to US government, defense and intelligence agencies. Its roughly 26,000 staff work in more than 50 countries on AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

You will work on mission-critical government systems and help protect sensitive customer networks.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage or support enterprise software deployments across cloud and on-premises enclaves.
• Work alongside multidisciplinary specialists to design and build advanced, purpose-built systems.
• Lead infrastructure modernization on a fast-moving team.
• Use standard CI/CD tooling, commercial cloud services and system administration platforms to support the mission.
• Own the day-to-day operation of an enterprise fleet of bare metal and virtual Linux machines, including security patching and service and application management.
• Lead the move of on-premises solutions onto a commercial cloud platform.
• Lead a network-wide security hardening effort by reviewing existing connections and scrutinizing new ones.
• Work with security and accreditation experts to keep the network fully compliant.
• Own end-to-end deployment of a large SaaS and PaaS platform across multiple enclaves, including CI/CD pipelines and the required security controls.
• Deploy containers and other software artifacts into cloud resources such as EKS, AKS and ECR quickly as requests come in.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science, or an equivalent mix of education, technical certifications or training, and work experience.
• 8 years of related experience.
• Experience with AWS, CI/CD, containerization, Kubernetes and Linux.
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience managing logs on Linux machines, including forwarders such as Fluentd, rsyslog or Azure Monitor Agent, and sending them to an enterprise aggregator such as Splunk, ELK or Grafana Loki.
• A solid grasp of basic networking principles.
• Advanced systems administration experience on Linux systems and subsystems.
• Experience deploying software artifacts, such as containers or raw source code, into a working cloud environment with suitable hosting such as EKS, EC2, Lambda or an equivalent.
• You must currently hold a TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph, or be able to obtain one.
• US citizenship is required.
• No certifications are required.
• Desired: experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Tofu.
• Desired: experience managing an enterprise Windows domain.
• Desired: experience configuring CI/CD pipelines in tools such as Jenkins or GitLab.
• Desired: experience with automated machine management tools such as Ansible or Puppet.

Conditions

Onsite work in Herndon, Virginia, with no remote or hybrid option.

Scheduled for 40 hours per week, with no required travel.

This is a regular requisition.

The likely salary range is $182,750 to $247,250. This is not a guarantee. Pay depends on experience, location and possibly contract terms, and may fall outside this range.

Identity verification uses biometrics and AI to confirm who you are and prevent fraud. You must be on camera for virtual interviews, and the company may photograph you for verification. By proceeding, you authorize the collection and use of your biometric data for these purposes.

Equal opportunity employer, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Benefits

• For US-based employees: medical plans, some with Health Savings Accounts, plus dental and vision plans.
• 401(k) with pre- and post-tax contributions up to IRS limits and a company match.
• Full flex work weeks where possible, plus vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• Short and long-term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance, provided or available.
• An AI-powered career tool that identifies next career steps and learning opportunities.
• An internal mobility team to help you reach your career goals.
• A military-friendly workplace with an award-winning culture of innovation.