Cloud & DevSecOps Engineer - CI/CD, Kubernetes

Bowhead; Dahlgren (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Bowhead invites a Software Engineer (Cloud & DevSecOps) to join our Dahlgren, VA team, assisting the full software lifecycle from planning to deployment. You will work across cloud environments (Azure/AWS), implement CI/CD with GitLab, and apply secure coding practices in collaboration with cybersecurity and DoD standards.

Expect leadership, mentoring, and cross‑disciplinary engagement to deliver secure, scalable software.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5–8 years of relevant professional experience in software engineering, full-stack development, cloud engineering, DevOps, or closely related technical disciplines.
• Strong working knowledge of JavaScript and modern software development principles.
• Hands‑on experience supporting applications or infrastructure within Microsoft Azure and/or AWS cloud environments.
• Demonstrated experience with GitLab, including version control, CI/CD pipeline development, configuration, optimization, and automation.
• Experience implementing automated software testing and validation processes.
• Working knowledge of containerized application deployment practices, including Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Experience with HashiCorp Vault or comparable secure secrets management technologies.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, application integration, and the software development lifecycle.
• Demonstrated ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues across software, infrastructure, and cloud environments.
• Understanding of secure coding principles, cybersecurity compliance requirements, and vulnerability remediation practices.
• Experience participating in technical design discussions and recommending improvements to application performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, manage competing technical priorities, and deliver solutions with limited supervision.
• Experience working directly with customers or technical stakeholders to assess requirements and resolve operational challenges.
• Strong analytical, organizational, written communication, and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and enhance secure, scalable, and high-performance web applications supporting mission-critical RDT&E operations.
• Contribute to software architecture and technical design decisions, emphasizing maintainability, reliability, performance, and long-term sustainability.
• Develop and maintain application functionality using modern programming languages and frameworks, including JavaScript and related full-stack technologies.
• Support the integration of applications with enterprise data sources, analytics platforms, reporting systems, and supporting infrastructure.
• Develop and execute comprehensive automated testing strategies, including unit, functional, integration, performance, and acceptance testing.
• Conduct code reviews, identify opportunities for optimization, and promote software engineering best practices.
• Diagnose and resolve complex application issues through systematic troubleshooting, debugging, and root-cause analysis.
• Identify opportunities to modernize legacy applications, streamline development processes, and improve overall software quality.
• Support the development, deployment, configuration, and maintenance of applications operating within Microsoft Azure and AWS environments.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues spanning application code, cloud infrastructure, networking, and supporting services.
• Evaluate cloud-hosted application performance, availability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and cybersecurity teams to ensure applications are properly configured, secured, monitored, and maintained.
• Design, develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, implement automation, and manage containers with Docker/Kubernetes.
• Develop, configure, and maintain Helm charts supporting containerized deployments.
• Assist with deployment and troubleshooting within Docker and Kubernetes environments, and implement secure secrets management with HashiCorp Vault.
• Mentor and share technical knowledge, develop documentation, and communicate technical findings to stakeholders.

Skills

JavaScript

GitLab CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

HashiCorp Vault

DoD cybersecurity requirements

CI/CD

Cloud engineering (Azure/AWS)

Secure coding principles

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

GitLab

Helm

Job description

Bowhead invites a Software Engineer (Cloud & DevSecOps) to join our Dahlgren, VA team, assisting the full software lifecycle from planning to deployment. You will work across cloud environments (Azure/AWS), implement CI/CD with GitLab, and apply secure coding practices in collaboration with cybersecurity and DoD standards.

Expect leadership, mentoring, and cross‑disciplinary engagement to deliver secure, scalable software.