DevSecOps Engineer — Active TS/SCI Required

Contract Professionals, Inc.; Fayetteville (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Contract Professionals, Inc. seeks a DevSecOps Engineer to support a Kubernetes-based Platform as a Service environment across on-premise and air-gapped networks for our client.

The role blends platform administration, infrastructure automation, software delivery, and cybersecurity, with a focus on Kubernetes, Rancher, and secure automation. The ideal candidate has direct experience administering Kubernetes and Rancher, managing on-premise GitLab and offline registries, and integrating apps into

Qualifications

• Nine or more years of relevant experience in DevOps, systems engineering, platform engineering, or a related technical field.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Hands‑on Kubernetes cluster administration and Rancher experience.
• Experience administering on-premise GitLab and managing offline or isolated container registries.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Terraform and Ansible.
• Python scripting and secure automation experience.
• Experience with Git, GitHub, automated builds, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong Linux system administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience containerized applications and container orchestration.
• Experience integrating applications into air‑gapped or isolated environments.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals, DevSecOps security practices, operational security, risk management, and system hardening.
• Current, unexpired qualifying certification such as CompTIA Security+ or higher, meeting the position’s DoD certification requirements at the time of start.
• High school diploma or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, administer, maintain, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications using Rancher.
• Administer on-premise GitLab environments and offline container registries.
• Build, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines supporting automated software delivery.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform and Ansible.
• Automate platform and system administration tasks using Python and other scripting tools.
• Integrate software, hardware, and applications into on-premise and air-gapped environments.
• Design, build, and integrate APIs into automated workflows.
• Administer Linux systems and troubleshoot network, application, and infrastructure issues.
• Implement cybersecurity controls, system hardening, monitoring, and logging.
• Perform system testing and validation, and recommend security, performance, and reliability improvements.

Skills

Kubernetes administration

Rancher administration

Python scripting

CI/CD security

Linux administration

Networking fundamentals

Security practices

Air-gapped integration

Git operations

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

Rancher

GitLab

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Git

Job description

Contract Professionals, Inc. (CPI) is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to support a Kubernetes-based Platform as a Service environment across on-premise and air-gapped networks for our client.

This hands-on role combines platform administration, infrastructure automation, software delivery, and cybersecurity. The ideal candidate has direct experience administering Kubernetes and Rancher, managing on-premise GitLab and offline container registries, and integrating applications into isolated environments.

Compensation: $100,000

This position requires full-time onsite work at Fort Bragg in the Fayetteville, North Carolina area. Relocation assistance is not available.

What You’ll Do

• Deploy, administer, maintain, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters and containerized applications using Rancher.
• Administer on-premise GitLab environments and offline container registries.
• Build, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines supporting automated software delivery.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform and Ansible.
• Automate platform and system administration tasks using Python and other scripting tools.
• Integrate software, hardware, and applications into on-premise and air-gapped environments.
• Design, build, and integrate APIs into automated workflows.
• Administer Linux systems and troubleshoot network, application, and infrastructure issues.
• Implement cybersecurity controls, system hardening, monitoring, and logging.
• Perform system testing and validation, and recommend security, performance, and reliability improvements.

Required Qualifications

• Nine or more years of relevant experience in DevOps, systems engineering, platform engineering, or a related technical field.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Hands‑on Kubernetes cluster administration and Rancher experience.
• Experience administering on-premise GitLab and managing offline or isolated container registries.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Terraform and Ansible.
• Python scripting and secure automation experience.
• Experience with Git, GitHub, automated builds, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong Linux system administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with containerized applications and container orchestration.
• Experience integrating applications or software into air‑gapped or isolated environments.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals, DevSecOps security practices, operational security, risk management, and system hardening.
• Current, unexpired qualifying certification, such as CompTIA Security+ or higher, meeting the position’s DoD certification requirements at the time of start.
• High school diploma or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting USASOC, JSOC, SOCOM, or other U.S. Special Operations organizations.
• Experience with Debian-based Linux distributions.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CompTIA SecurityX, CKA, CKAD, CKS, HashiCorp Terraform Associate, RHCE, LFCS, or CompTIA Linux+.

This position requires full-time onsite work at Fort Bragg in the Fayetteville, North Carolina area. Relocation assistance is not available.