DevSecOps Engineer

Wingbrace; Lincoln (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Premium Insurance

401k match

Paid time off

Education & Training

Job summary

Wingbrace is seeking an experienced DevSecOps Engineer for the Engineering Technologies Department in Lincoln, MA. The role focuses on DevSecOps tooling, cyber hardening, and IaC to streamline CI/CD across hybrid cloud and air-gapped environments.

You will deploy and manage GitLab pipelines, architect secure platforms, and integrate security testing with CI/CD while interacting with DoD security standards and cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Must be a US citizen capable of obtaining and maintaining a US DoD clearance within first year of employment.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering
• Demonstrated proficiency and strength in verbal, written, presentation, and communications skills for developing and delivering technical presentations
• Referenceable project-based experience in a team environment
• Minimum 3–5 years of experience supporting software development, CI/CD, and platform operations
• Hands-on experience deploying, configuring, and maintaining GitLab (including GitLab CI/CD pipelines) or equivalent DevSecOps platforms
• Strong proficiency in Kubernetes administration (e.g., RKE2, EKS, AKS)
• CKA/CKAD/CKS or equivalent experience strongly favored
• Experience writing automation scripts and IaC using Ansible, Terraform, ARM templates, Bash, Python, or PowerShell
• Solid understanding of containerization and software package management (Docker/Podman, pip, NuGet)
• Experience with IAM/RBAC using Keycloak and Active Directory
• Experience managing code quality and security scanning tools such as SonarQube
• Experience managing Azure cloud infrastructure (Azure Government) including VMs, VNets, NSGs, Cost Management, Azure Monitor, Azure CLI, Azure Automation, VM image management
• Strong Linux administration skills (RHEL)
• Experience in restricted/air-gapped networks
• Defense industry or highly cyber-regulated environment experience (NIST 800-171, CMMC, STIG) desirable
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for diverse stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, analysis, and implementation of Wingbrace’s DevSecOps tooling ecosystem
• Drive cyber assurance, system hardening, and security control implementation across development and production environments
• Develop automation scripts and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to eliminate manual processes, increasing operational efficiency and consistency
• Contribute to platform architecture roadmaps and evolve our internal software factory delivery model for Wingbrace’s software engineering teams
• Architect, administer, and scale Kubernetes clusters across hybrid cloud and on-premises defense ecosystems
• Continuously evaluate and integrate emerging DevSecOps tools, security scanners, and methodologies
• Balance big-picture architectural thinking with practical, rational execution that delivers continuous value to engineering teams

Skills

DevSecOps

Kubernetes admin

GitLab CI/CD

Automation scripting

IaC (Terraform, Ansible)

Cloud (Azure)

Security tooling

IAM/RBAC

Effective communication

SDLC/CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Software/Electrical Engineering

Tools

GitLab

Kubernetes (RKE2/EKS/AKS)

Terraform

Ansible

ARM templates

Docker/Podman

Keycloak

Azure cloud (Azure Gov)

Job description

The Wingbrace Engineering Technologies Department is charged with identifying, developing and applying new technologies that can address the Government's most challenging software and systems engineering problems.

This is an opportunity for experienced DevSecOps Engineer equally versed in Infrastructure , Security , Cyber tools and coding. You are highly motivated, innovative and self-directed. This position provides challenging opportunities to apply and expand one’s cloud engineering, systems architecture, security experience.

Day To Day Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, analysis, and implementation of Wingbrace’s DevSecOps tooling ecosystem
• Drive cyber assurance, system hardening, and security control implementation across development and production environments
• Develop automation scripts and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to eliminate manual processes, increasing operational efficiency and consistency
• Contribute to platform architecture roadmaps and help evolve our internal software factory delivery model for Wingbrace’s software engineering teams
• Architect, administer, and scale Kubernetes clusters across hybrid cloud and on-premises defense ecosystems
• Continuously evaluate and integrate emerging DevSecOps tools, security scanners, and methodologies
• Balance big-picture architectural thinking with practical, rational execution that delivers continuous value to engineering teams

Skills/Education/Certification

Required

• Must be a US citizen capable of obtaining and maintaining a US DoD clearance within first year of employment
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering
• Demonstrated proficiency and strength in verbal, written, presentation, and communications skills for developing and delivering technical presentations
• Referenceable project-based experience in a team environment
• Minimum 3–5 years of experience supporting software development, CI/CD, and platform operations
• Hands-on experience deploying, configuring, and maintaining GitLab (including GitLab CI/CD pipelines) or equivalent DevSecOps platforms
• Strong proficiency in Kubernetes administration (e.g., RKE2, EKS, AKS); CNCF certifications (CKA, CKAD, CKS) or equivalent demonstrable experience are strongly favored
• Experience writing automation scripts and Infrastructure-as-Code using context-appropriate languages and tools (Ansible, Terraform, ARM templates, Bash, Python, or PowerShell)
• Solid understanding of containerization and software package management (Docker/Podman, pip, NuGet, crates, and private artifact registries)
• Experience with identity and access management (IAM) and RBAC using Keycloak and Active Directory
• Experience managing code quality and security scanning tools such as SonarQube
• Experience managing Azure cloud infrastructure (including Azure Government), such as Virtual Machines, VNets, NSGs, Cost Management, Azure Monitor, Azure CLI, Azure Automation, and VM image management
• Strong Linux administration skills, preferably RHEL
• Experience building and maintaining platforms in restricted, air-gapped, or disconnected networks is highly desirable
• Experience working in the defense industry or in a highly cyber-regulated environment (e.g., NIST 800-171, CMMC, STIG compliance) is desirable
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into simple, intuitive terms for diverse stakeholders

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering or related field or demonstrated experience
• Top Secret Security clearance
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary, dynamic team environment
• Ability to take your current skills and experience and transform them to apply to the military/defense domain

Beneficial

• Experience with DoD cloud offerings (Platform One, Cloud One, FENCES, etc.)

Benefits

• We believe customer experience starts with employee experience, so we take care of our employees. We offer competitive pay and benefits, invest in employee growth, and offer a culture you can’t find anywhere else.
• Flexible schedule
• Premium Insurance: We cover up to 80% of the employee premium and combined dependent premium on our base health plan, depending on pay band. We also cover 80% of the premium for employee and dependent Dental and Vision as well as employee premiums for Life and Disability coverage.
• Retirement: 401k match at 4% gross pay.
• Paid time off (PTO): vacation, sick leave, Federal holidays, and floating Holidays.
• Education & Training: We invest in our team’s growth by offering training opportunities that work for you, such as in-house, online, mentoring, conferences and classroom training

About Wingbrace

Wingbrace (www.wingbrace.com) is a mission driven, customer-focused Service-Disabled Veteran Owned small business. We transform digital engineering and authoritative data into decision intelligence. We push the boundaries of engineering and emerging technologies. We develop transformative data solutions, advanced systems modeling, and decision‑intelligence platforms essential to national defense programs. We code, we architect, we engineer, and we have fun doing it. Whether we’re simulating in a synthetic battlespace, innovating inside our AFFINITY Labs, or claiming first place at the annual hot-wings competition, we bring curiosity, creativity, and energy to every challenge. Join us at Wingbrace and lean into the future

Wingbrace LLC is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristic. We value each individual and empower our people to fearlessly drive lasting change.