Chief DevSecOps Engineer: Secure Cloud & Kubernetes Leader

SAIC; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking an experienced DevSecOps Engineer Chief to secure, deploy, and manage cloud-based products and services. The role emphasizes Kubernetes, IaC, and FedRAMP/FISMA security control implementation with strong CI/CD engineering and security-first mindset.

Remote work is available within the United States, with a secret clearance required. Ideal candidates have extensive GovCloud experience, Terraform and IaC skills, and a proven track record in securing cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Cybersecurity with substantial DevOps/DevSecOps experience.
• U.S. Citizens with ability to obtain secret clearance.
• Expert Kubernetes with EKS and Helm experience.
• Hands-on AWS GovCloud experience and related services.
• CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD or GitHub Actions; GitOps experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, operate, and maintain secure, scalable cloud products and services.
• Automate development and operations to improve efficiency and security.
• Lead FedRAMP/FISMA compliance efforts and NIST 800-171/800-53 controls.
• Develop and maintain SSPs, POA&Ms, and security artifacts.
• Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines and perform SCA/SAST/DAST scanning.

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

FedRAMP

NIST 800-171

SAST/DAST

Python

Istio

Linkerd

AWS GovCloud

AWS Services

Security Tooling

SRE/Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Cybersecurity

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Helm

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Splunk

AWS Secrets Manager

Nessus

Tenable.io

OWASP ZAP

HashiCorp Vault

Orca Security

Prometheus

Grafana

Istio

Linkerd

Job description

SAIC is seeking an experienced DevSecOps Engineer Chief to secure, deploy, and manage cloud-based products and services. The role emphasizes Kubernetes, IaC, and FedRAMP/FISMA security control implementation with strong CI/CD engineering and security-first mindset.

Remote work is available within the United States, with a secret clearance required. Ideal candidates have extensive GovCloud experience, Terraform and IaC skills, and a proven track record in securing cloud environments.