DevSecOps Engineer—On-Site, Secret Clearance, Fall River

Innovative Defense Technologies; Fall River (MA); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits package

401(k) with matching

9/80 optional schedule

Job summary

Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT) is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to join the Undersea Warfare team in Fall River, MA. The role focuses on secure, automated software delivery across connected and air-gapped environments, with CI/CD pipelines, security tooling, and platform tooling.

You will work with Jenkins, GitLab, Kubernetes, and IaC tools to enforce NIST/DI SA STIGs RMF, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve reliability and security in mission-critical systems.

Qualifications

• Active Secret U.S. Security Clearance required
• 5+ years of full-time software and/or cybersecurity experience
• Ability to travel up to 10%
• Experience with CI/CD concepts and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab)
• Familiarity with container orchestration with Kubernetes
• Hands-on scripting (Python, Bash) or infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible)
• Familiarity with Git

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines using GitLab and Jenkins, following established enterprise patterns
• Integrate and operate automated security controls within pipelines, including SAST, SCA, container scanning, SBOM generation, and secrets detection
• Support and maintain core Software Factory tooling (e.g., GitLab, artifact repositories, scanning tools, CI/CD infrastructure)
• Deploy, configure, and maintain containerized workloads using Kubernetes (RKE2 or similar distributions)
• Operate and support DevSecOps platforms within air-gapped classified environments, including packaging and deploying dependencies, troubleshooting environment-specific issues, and supporting repeatable software delivery without external connectivity
• Assist in enforcing compliance requirements (e.g., NIST 800-171, DISA STIGs, RMF) through automation and pipeline controls
• Investigate and resolve technical issues across CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure, and tooling, documenting root causes and solutions
• Gather developer feedback and identify opportunities to improve platform usability, performance, and reliability
• Collaborate with software engineers, security teams, and infrastructure teams to support coordinated delivery efforts

Skills

CI/CD

GitLab

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Python

Bash

Terraform

Ansible

SAST/DAST

Security Automation

NIST/STIGs/RMF

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

GitLab

Jenkins

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT) is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to join the Undersea Warfare team in Fall River, MA. The role focuses on secure, automated software delivery across connected and air-gapped environments, with CI/CD pipelines, security tooling, and platform tooling.

You will work with Jenkins, GitLab, Kubernetes, and IaC tools to enforce NIST/DI SA STIGs RMF, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve reliability and security in mission-critical systems.