DevSecOps Automation Engineer: CI/CD, OpenShift & Kong

eTelligent Group LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

eTelligent Group LLC is seeking a DevOps/DevSecOps engineer to build and maintain automated pipelines that safely promote API and Kong gateway configurations to IRS environments. You will codify gateway changes, automate OpenShift/cloud provisioning, and integrate security checks into every pipeline.

The role requires hands-on scripting in Bash and Python, experience with CI/CD tools, and IaC practices. A federal security background and MBI eligibility are required, with hybrid work in the DC

Qualifications

• 3+ years in DevOps, DevSecOps, build and release, or platform automation.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins or Azure DevOps.
• Infrastructure as code with Terraform, Ansible or Helm.
• Working knowledge of containers, Kubernetes or OpenShift, and Linux.
• Scripting in Bash and Python.
• Familiarity with code, dependency or container image scanning.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field, or equivalent experience.
• Ability to obtain and keep an IRS MBI; residency Requirements.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines that test, scan and deploy API and Kong gateway configuration through IRS environments.
• Manage gateway and platform configuration as code in Git, with peer review and versioned releases.
• Write infrastructure as code and configuration automation for OpenShift and cloud resources.
• Add security and validation checks to every pipeline so nothing reaches production without passing them.
• Automate repeatable onboarding tasks to move toward self service.
• Connect pipelines to IRS change control and ticketing, including ServiceNow records and CAB approvals.
• Script daily configuration backups and support quarterly restore tests.
• Document pipelines and hand over knowledge to the operations team.

Skills

DevOps

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Security-minded

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

Tools

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Linux

Job description

eTelligent Group LLC is seeking a DevOps/DevSecOps engineer to build and maintain automated pipelines that safely promote API and Kong gateway configurations to IRS environments. You will codify gateway changes, automate OpenShift/cloud provisioning, and integrate security checks into every pipeline.

The role requires hands-on scripting in Bash and Python, experience with CI/CD tools, and IaC practices. A federal security background and MBI eligibility are required, with hybrid work in the DC