DevSecOps Engineer

The Phoenix Group; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Phoenix Group seeks a SecDevOps Engineer to design, automate, and maintain secure cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines across multiple cloud providers. Emphasis on Zero Trust, continuous security monitoring, and federal compliance using IaC and Policy-as-Code.

Responsibilities include building secure CI/CD workflows, managing identities and secrets, and enforcing least-privilege access across cloud environments while supporting FedRAMP and NIST standards.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional SecDevOps or Cloud Security experience.
• Hands-on with at least one major cloud provider (AWS preferred).
• Strong IaC experience and scripting knowledge (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Experience with identity and secrets management (Okta, Vault).
• Knowledge of FedRAMP/NIST 800-53 or SOC 2 controls.

Responsibilities

• Own secure cloud infrastructure across multi-cloud environments.
• Design and automate secure CI/CD pipelines and deployments.
• Implement Zero Trust architectures and continuous security monitoring.
• Ensure compliance with FedRAMP IL4 and NIST controls across platforms.
• Lead incident response and remediation efforts in collaboration with security teams.

Skills

SecDevOps

Cloud Security

IaC

Terraform

Kubernetes

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Zscaler ZPA

HashiCorp Vault

Okta

GitHub Actions

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled SecDevOps Engineer to lead the design, automation, and maintenance of secure cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines within multi-cloud environments. This role focuses on implementing Zero Trust architectures, continuous security monitoring, and ensuring compliance across federal cloud platforms, integrating security controls into deployment workflows through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Policy-as-Code frameworks. The ideal candidate will possess deep cloud architecture expertise, robust automation skills, and a strong security-operations mindset to support secure, compliant, and scalable cloud operations.

Role Overview

The SecDevOps Engineer owns the development and management of secure, compliant cloud infrastructures across multiple cloud providers, enhancing automation, security, and observability to ensure robust federal cloud operations and continuous compliance with security standards such as FedRAMP and NIST 800-53.

Key Responsibilities

• Support and operate Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) architectures, including app connectors, privileged remote access, and private application boundaries, utilizing tools like Zscaler ZPA / PRA.
• Manage privileged credentials, API tokens, and secret lifecycle workflows using HashiCorp Vault, establishing automated credential rotation and lifecycle management.
• Integrate federated identity providers (Okta, Azure AD / Entra ID, AWS IAM Identity Center) and support multi-cloud identity migrations.
• Enforce strict least-privilege access policies across cloud environments, automating role-based access controls and credential rotations.
• Build, automate, and maintain multi-tenant cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform as primary, Ansible, CloudFormation).
• Automate cloud provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment through secure CI/CD pipelines and GitOps processes (ArgoCD, Helm).
• Configure and manage cloud networking, security groups, IAM roles, and network permissions aligning with FedRAMP IL4 controls.
• Develop and uphold secure CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins, integrating Policy-as-Code frameworks (OPA, HashiCorp Sentinel, Azure Policy).
• Embed static application security testing (SAST), software composition analysis (SCA), and container vulnerability scanning into deployment workflows.
• Build, deploy, and troubleshoot containerized workloads in Kubernetes environments (EKS, AKS, GKE) using Helm, ArgoCD, or Kustomize.
• Support FedRAMP continuous monitoring (ConMon), incident management, POA&M tracking, and remediation activities.
• Automate audit evidence collection and compliance reporting for controls like CM-2, CM-6, AU-2, SC-12.
• Participate in enterprise change management processes, including documentation and technical review cycles via tools such as ServiceNow.
• Maintain centralized observability infrastructure using Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch, and other cloud-native tooling.
• Define, monitor, and report on SLIs/SLOs for critical cloud security services.
• Lead incident response efforts, on-call troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and rapid resolution for security and operational issues.

Core Qualifications & Requirements

• 3–5 years of professional experience in SecDevOps, Cloud Security Engineering, Platform Engineering, or DevOps.
• Hands-on experience with at least one major hyperscaler (preferably AWS); working knowledge of Azure and GCP.
• Advanced skills in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation) and scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Proven experience managing enterprise identity/access solutions (Okta, Entra ID) and secrets management platforms (HashiCorp Vault, AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault).
• Familiarity with security tooling such as endpoint protection (EDR), CSPM (Cloud Security Posture Management), and vulnerability scanners (CrowdStrike, Wiz, Qualys).
• Strong understanding of containerization and orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Practical knowledge of FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, SOC 2 frameworks, or comparable compliance standards.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Certifications such as HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, Solutions Architect, or Security+.
• Experience with additional cloud tools and automation frameworks.
• Familiarity with enterprise change management and incident response processes in government or highly regulated environments.

Core Technical Skills

• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible
• Scripting Languages: Python, Bash, PowerShell
• Security & Compliance Tools: Wiz, Qualys, CrowdStrike, OPA, HashiCorp Sentinel
• Monitoring & Observability: Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch, PagerDuty, ServiceNow