DevSecOps Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton; Colorado; On-site; USD 69,300 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, life, and disability benefits

Financial and retirement benefits

Paid leave and tuition assistance

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer in Colorado to support the U.S. Space Force. In this role, you will manage software development pipelines, incorporate cloud resources, and enhance automation to support innovation. Key qualifications include experience with AWS services and Docker, a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, and a Secret clearance. The position offers competitive compensation and a variety of benefits including professional development and work-life programs.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS services and Cloud-native architecture patterns.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience troubleshooting system and performance issues.
• Experience performing system hardening and ensuring security compliance.
• Ability to maintain system documentation and configurations.
• Ability to demonstrate a proactive work approach.
• Ability to work onsite at Peterson Space Force Base.
• Secret clearance is required.
• Bachelor's degree or 5+ years in DevSecOps.

Responsibilities

• Pipeline software development from requirements to testing.
• Incorporate automation and minimize repetitive tasks.
• Demonstrate a proactive approach to work.
• Contribute innovative ideas for team success.

Skills

AWS services

Cloud-native architecture patterns

Docker

Kubernetes

System troubleshooting

System hardening

Proactive work approach

Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree or 5+ years in DevSecOps

CompTIA Security+ Certification

Tools

Active learning tools

SIEM tools (Loki, Grafana, Elastic Search)

Atlassian Suite (Confluence, Jira)

Job description

Today’s dynamic technology landscape demands constant and rapid innovation. To facilitate this transformation, we must ensure continuous integration and application development. That’s why we need a DevSecOps engineer who’s eager to help us engineer, test, and program critical applications for our clients who need them most.

As a Software Factory DevSecOps Engineer on our team, you’ll help pipeline our software development from requirements to testing in production. Your team will incorporate automation and cloud resources to minimize repetitive tasks and free up the team’s developers to do what they do best—innovate. You’ll work with professionals to implement continuous integration and delivery to limit manual testing and troubleshooting.

As a member of our U.S. Space Force team, you’ll demonstrate a proactive approach to work, consistently anticipating needs and taking initiative to address challenges before they arise. You will seek opportunities for improvement and contribute innovative ideas to drive our team’s success. Work with us as we build and test tools to transform the future.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS services and Cloud-native architecture patterns, including EC2, Lambda, SQS, SNS, EKS, RDS, IAM policies, security groups, or network security
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes (K8s)
• Experience troubleshooting system, performance, and connectivity issues across enterprise environments
• Experience performing system hardening, ensuring compliance with security policies and controls, and collaborating with cybersecurity, network, and engineering teams to resolve issues and implement improvements
• Ability to maintain system documentation, baselines, and configuration standards
• Ability to demonstrate a proactive approach to work, with pride in ownership of taskings
• Ability to work onsite at Peterson Space Force Base
• Secret clearance (Secret clearance is required)
• Bachelor's degree or 5+ years of experience in DevSecOps in lieu of a degree
• CompTIA Security+ Certification

Nice If You Have

• 4+ years of experience with IT and software development
• Experience troubleshooting, triaging, and resolving issues related to CI/CD pipeline failures, latency, and misconfiguration
• Experience with Bash or Python scripting
• Experience using active learning and analytical thinking within a collaborative, cross-functional team environment
• Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools, such as Loki, Grafana, or Elastic Search
• Experience with the Atlassian Suite, such as Confluence or Jira, and diagramming software
• TS/SCI clearance
• Bachelor’s degree
• Docker and K8 Certifications

Clearance

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation and Benefits

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well‑being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work‑life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full‑time and part‑time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract‑specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $69,300.00 to $158,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Work Model

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.
• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.