DevSecOps Engineer (DoD) - Kubernetes & Terraform Expert

Talentify; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Actalent seeks a DevSecOps Engineer to design, build, and manage infrastructure for critical defense programs. You will focus on IaC, Kubernetes automation, and GitOps within secure multi-cloud environments, implementing DoD hardening standards.

You will develop Terraform-based infrastructure, Dockerfile authoring, Helm deployments, and automated cluster config management while collaborating with security teams to maintain CI/CD reliability and strong troubleshooting capabilities.

Qualifications

• Experience with IaC (Terraform) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Proficient in GitOps tooling and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab preferred).
• Familiarity with DoD hardening guidance and security baselines.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage infra foundations for software factories.
• Write Dockerfiles and deploy workloads to Kubernetes using Helm.
• Implement GitOps workflows and cluster configuration automation.

Skills

Terraform

Kubernetes

GitLab CI/CD

Helm

GitOps

Linux administration

DoD standards

Troubleshooting

Self-starter

Tools

FluxCD

Renovate

OPA

Kubernetes

Job description

Actalent seeks a DevSecOps Engineer to design, build, and manage infrastructure for critical defense programs. You will focus on IaC, Kubernetes automation, and GitOps within secure multi-cloud environments, implementing DoD hardening standards.

You will develop Terraform-based infrastructure, Dockerfile authoring, Helm deployments, and automated cluster config management while collaborating with security teams to maintain CI/CD reliability and strong troubleshooting capabilities.