DevSecOps Engineer

Steampunk, Inc.; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Steampunk, Inc. is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to enhance our growing DevSecOps practice. Candidates should have 3-5 years of relevant experience in cloud services and DevSecOps practices, encompassing automation, build/release management, and CI/CD.

This role involves responsibilities such as establishing development tools, automating deployment processes, and ensuring system security. Compensation ranges from $80,000 to $175,000.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• 2 years related IT experience if holding a non-IT degree.
• 3+ years implementing Docker and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Establish development tools and infrastructure.
• Automate development, testing, and release processes.
• Support enterprise cloud applications through infrastructure as code.

Skills

Cloud platform services

DevSecOps practices

Build/release management

CI/CD practices

Process automation

Git SCM (GitHub, GitLab)

Docker containers

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as code

Agile development

Education

BS Degree in IT field

Non-IT degree with related IT experience

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Pipelines

CircleCI

TravisCI

Selenium

Chef

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Job description

As a DevSecOps Engineer, you will work with our growing DevSecOps practice delivering features to support cloud and application development. We are looking for candidates with 3-5 years experience with cloud platform services and DevSecOps practices such as build/release management, CI/CD practices, and process automation.

Responsibilities

• Establishing development tools and infrastructure for automation
• Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers
• Automate and improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes
• Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results
• Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
• Identifying technical problems, performing root cause analysis, and developing software updates and fixes
• Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
• Support enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure through infrastructure as code including any activities around automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, and monitoring and testing, such as CI/CD
• Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
• Leverage virtualization and containerization to optimize and modernize software systems
• Act as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members
• Work with teams to bring continuous improvement to DevSecOps processes and tools
• Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided
• Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other DevOps team members

Qualifications

Required

• Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
• BS Degree in an IT field or BS in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience
• 3 Years of Experience with one or more clouds (i.e., AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• 3 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
• 3 Years of Experience with one or more programming or scripting languages
• 3 Years of application DevSecOps Experience with actual/active development experience in an Agile environment
• 3 Years of Experience implementing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes
• 3 Years of Experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestration
• 3 Years of Experience building CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Pipelines, CircleCI, TravisCI
• 3 Years of Experience integrating deployments with industry standard DevSecOps tooling and orchestration
• Experience integrating test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD Pipelines
• NIH experience
• AI experience

Preferred

• Certifications:
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
  • Microsoft Certified Azure Developer Associate
  • SAFe DevOps Certification
• Experience implementing Automated Testing frameworks including Selenium
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations preferred
• Experience with scripting in Concourse, Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby
• Experience with automation tools, including Pivotal, Chef, Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
• Local to Washington, DC metro area

Compensation: $80,000 to $175,000

Identity Statement

As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.