DevSecOps Engineer — Kubernetes, CI/CD on AWS

Peregrine Advisors LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Employer-paid life and disability

401(k) with employer match

Unlimited paid time off

Sponsored certifications

Job summary

Peregrine Advisors is an AI and data innovation hub delivering government solutions from strategy to training. This role focuses on building secure, cloud-native infra and CI/CD pipelines in AWS, ensuring NIST controls and automated, auditable deployments.

You will work in a hybrid arrangement in the Washington, DC metro area on federal projects, collaborating with engineers, security specialists, and stakeholders to deliver reliable, compliant systems.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in DevSecOps or platform engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, cybersecurity, engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Practical experience creating security-gated CI/CD pipelines in AWS-native tools (CodeBuild, CodePipeline) or in comparable tools (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).
• Background in standing up Kubernetes clusters and running them.
• Practical work containerizing applications and creating Docker images, plus infrastructure as code in CloudFormation or Terraform.
• Vulnerability scanning, along with automated security testing like SAST, DAST, and SCA.
• Ability to program and script in Python (Bash skills a plus).
• Proficiency working in Linux operating systems and writing shell scripts.
• Strong knowledge of networking, including routing and load balancing, along with application programming interfaces and the way web applications are architected.
• Using Git to track and manage versions.
• Background in both logging and monitoring.
• Experience generating code, reviewing it, and validating it with AI-assisted development tools, for example GitHub Copilot.
• Proficiency in writing, PowerPoint, and Excel

Responsibilities

• Develop secure, cloud-native infrastructure in AWS and CI/CD pipelines.
• Capture infrastructure in code using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Build security into the delivery path with SAST, DAST, SCA, vulnerability scanning, and secrets management.
• Support workloads running on Docker and Kubernetes; diagnose faults in infra, networking, deployments, and security.
• Script repeatable operational work; automate provisioning and releases with health checks and rollback.
• Apply NIST SP 800-53 controls and keep authorization/monitoring evidence up to date.
• Use Python and Bash to automate work; leverage AI-assisted tools to improve quality.

Skills

DevSecOps

Platform engineering

Python scripting

Linux

Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/cybersecurity/engineering

Tools

AWS CodeBuild

AWS CodePipeline

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

SAST

DAST

SCA

Job description

Peregrine Advisors is an AI and data innovation hub delivering government solutions from strategy to training. This role focuses on building secure, cloud-native infra and CI/CD pipelines in AWS, ensuring NIST controls and automated, auditable deployments.

You will work in a hybrid arrangement in the Washington, DC metro area on federal projects, collaborating with engineers, security specialists, and stakeholders to deliver reliable, compliant systems.