DevSecOps Engineer — Python, CI/CD in Cloud

Peregrine Advisors; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Unlimited paid time off

Certifications and continuing ed

Job summary

Peregrine Advisors is a rapidly growing AI and data innovation hub helping government solve hard problems. This full-time, hybrid role is based in the Washington, DC area, requiring a candidate with 1+ years in software or platform engineering and a strong CI/CD background.

You will contribute to infrastructure as code, deployment automation, and cloud-based pipelines using Terraform, CloudFormation, Docker, and AWS, while ensuring security and auditability throughout the delivery process.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in software development, platform engineering, or operations engineering.
• Practical use of CI/CD concepts and pipelines.
• Ability to write scripts in Python (Bash/PowerShell a plus).
• Familiarity with Docker and AWS cloud services.
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools like CloudFormation or Terraform.
• Understanding of containers orchestration and Linux fundamentals.
• Knowledge of web applications, APIs, networking, and load balancing.
• Awareness of cloud security principles and secure software delivery.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to Terraform or CloudFormation code defining infrastructure.
• Under senior engineers' guidance, develop deployment automation and pipelines.
• Operate Docker containers and AWS environments, from orchestration to monitoring.
• Integrate vulnerability checks and policy controls into the delivery pipeline.
• Automate repeatable tasks with Python scripts and shell when suitable.

Skills

CI/CD concepts

Python scripting

Docker

AWS

Infrastructure as Code

Linux fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science / IT / engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

AWS

GitHub Copilot

Kubernetes

Job description

Peregrine Advisors is a rapidly growing AI and data innovation hub helping government solve hard problems. This full-time, hybrid role is based in the Washington, DC area, requiring a candidate with 1+ years in software or platform engineering and a strong CI/CD background.

You will contribute to infrastructure as code, deployment automation, and cloud-based pipelines using Terraform, CloudFormation, Docker, and AWS, while ensuring security and auditability throughout the delivery process.