Cloud DevSecOps Engineer

ECS Corporate Services; Arlington (VA); Remote; USD 130,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

ECS Corporate Services seeks a Senior Cloud DevSecOps Engineer to architect and manage cloud-native Kubernetes environments, including a highly available Keycloak broker federating with enterprise Okta using SAML 2.0 and OIDC. You will own automated CI/CD pipelines, security scanning, and IaC across production and non-production environments.

Responsibilities include provisioning secure Kubernetes clusters, implementing zero-downtime deployments with Helm, and ensuring robust IAM and secret

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant work experience in DevSecOps, cloud infra, and security.
• Proven track record implementing secure Kubernetes platforms with IAM integration.
• Expertise with Keycloak and Okta federation (OIDC/SAML).
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Bash, Python, Go).
• Experience building secure CI/CD pipelines and IaC with Terraform/Helm.

Responsibilities

• Architect, provision, and maintain production-grade Kubernetes clusters for containerized apps and identity services.
• Deploy and manage a highly available Keycloak broker federating to enterprise Okta (OIDC/SAML).
• Design, build, and maintain end-to-end CI/CD pipelines with security gates and scans.
• Implement platform security controls: ingress, TLS, network policies, and container image scanning.

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

Helm

Keycloak

Okta

Terraform

IaC

CI/CD

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Trivy

HashiCorp Vault

AWS Secrets Manager

Kubernetes External Secrets

PostgreSQL

Amazon S3

Prometheus

Grafana

Loki

EFK

Bash

Python

Go

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Helm

Keycloak

Okta

Terraform

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Trivy

Vault

AWS Secrets Manager

Kubernetes External Secrets

PostgreSQL

S3

Prometheus

Grafana

Loki

EFK

Job description

ECS is seeking a Cloud DevSecOps Engineer to work remotely. Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior DevSecOps Engineer with extensive experience in cloud-native infrastructure engineering, Kubernetes container orchestration, and enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM). Tools necessary for excelling in this role include Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Keycloak Identity Broker, Okta SSO/OIDC, Terraform/IaC, CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins), and security scanning tooling (Trivy). This role will serve as the infrastructure and security authority within a lean, agile modernization team rebuilding an enterprise Microsoft Power Apps system into a cloud-native platform. You will play a critical role in provisioning and securing Kubernetes cluster environments, engineering automated build and deployment pipelines, deploying and managing high-availability Keycloak identity broker services federated to enterprise Okta, and safeguarding all infrastructure, database, and storage assets across non-production and production environments.

About the Job

Architect, provision, configure, and maintain production-grade Kubernetes cluster environments hosting containerized front-end, backend, and identity services. Deploy, configure, and administer a highly available Keycloak Identity Broker instance running in Kubernetes, federating authentication to enterprise Okta via SAML 2.0 and OIDC. Configure identity brokering rules, realm roles, client scopes, and token exchange policies within Keycloak to power secure authentication for React and Spring Boot services. Design, build, and maintain end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for automated image builds, vulnerability scanning, automated testing gates, and zero-downtime rolling deployments via Helm. Implement robust platform security controls, including Kubernetes Ingress controllers (NGINX/Traefik), TLS certificate automation (cert-manager), network policies, and container image scanning (Trivy). Automate secrets management and configuration injection across environments using tools such as HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, or Kubernetes External Secrets Operator. Provision, monitor, and maintain supporting backing infrastructure including managed PostgreSQL instances and secure Amazon S3 storage buckets. Establish centralized logging, monitoring, and alerting frameworks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki or EFK stack) to ensure high system observability and reliability.

Salary Range

Salary Range: $130,000-$175,000

General Description of Benefits

• Must be a US Citizen with the ability to pass a Public Trust background check
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
• 10+ years of relevant work experience
• 6+ years of systems engineering, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure experience in enterprise Linux and cloud environments.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience provisioning, operating, and troubleshooting containerized workloads in production Kubernetes clusters.
• 3+ years of dedicated experience configuring and managing enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems, specifically Keycloak and Okta (OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SAML 2.0).
• Strong experience building and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins) integrating security scans and container image registries.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management using Terraform, Helm charts, and Kubernetes YAML manifests.
• Solid background in networking, DNS, TLS/SSL termination, reverse proxy routing, and cloud network access policies.
• Strong scripting skills in Bash, Python, or Go for automated infrastructure management and operational tooling.
• Proactive problem-solving capabilities with a security-first engineering mindset and clear technical communication skills.