DevSecOps Engineer: AWS, IaC, Secret Clearance

OpenTalent; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherpa 6 is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to join a mission-focused team at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. You will own the DevSecOps strategy, drive tooling and automation, and collaborate with customers and internal teams to deploy secure, scalable AWS-based solutions.

The role requires 5+ years in DevOps or release engineering, strong CI/CD experience, and a solid background in scripting and containerization. Hybrid onsite work will be needed to support customer requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, release/build engineering or similar.
• Hands-on AWS experience required.
• Proficient in CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI or Azure DevOps).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AWS-based solutions aligned with project needs.
• Own DevSecOps strategy, tooling, automation, and cloud deployment approaches.
• Provide hands-on contributions while mentoring solution development.
• Validate release readiness with teams; ensure regression, performance and security gates.
• Create and maintain release docs, schedules, rollback plans, and release notes.
• Develop IaC to deploy solutions to cloud environments using Pulumi or Terraform.
• Troubleshoot build, pipeline, and deployment issues efficiently.
• Monitor release metrics to ensure SLA compliance and standards.
• Communicate status and recommendations; own all DevSecOps deliverables.

Skills

DevSecOps

AWS

CI/CD

Git

Python

Scripting

Docker

Kubernetes

IaC (Pulumi/Terraform)

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Job description

Sherpa 6 is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to join a mission-focused team at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. You will own the DevSecOps strategy, drive tooling and automation, and collaborate with customers and internal teams to deploy secure, scalable AWS-based solutions.

The role requires 5+ years in DevOps or release engineering, strong CI/CD experience, and a solid background in scripting and containerization. Hybrid onsite work will be needed to support customer requirements.