DevSecOps Engineer - Secure Software Delivery (Secret)

VMD Corp; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Xcelerate Solutions seeks a DevSecOps Engineer to support CyberPRIMES initiatives for DHRA, including DMDC and OUSD(P&R). The role requires integrating security into DevSecOps practices across pipelines and platforms in a federal government contracting environment.

Candidates must hold an active Secret clearance, be a U.S. citizen, and have a bachelor’s degree with at least three years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and three years of experience.
• Must be U.S. Citizen.
• A Secret clearance is required when the assigned duties require classified information or SIPRNet access.

Responsibilities

• Integrate security into DHRA DevSecOps planning, platforms, toolchains, pipelines, and secure software-development activities.
• Configure and support application-security tools in development pipelines and provide outreach on mandated secure-coding practices.
• Analyze application-security findings, including potential false positives, and provide actionable remediation and risk-reduction recommendations.
• Perform application-security reviews and vulnerability assessments and track findings based on risk and impact.
• Evaluate future capabilities that mature pipeline security, accelerate secure release rates, and improve software-security posture.
• Support software supply-chain risk analysis and approved risk-reduction actions under PWS 5.4.3.
• Apply cybersecurity-engineering methods across security requirements, systems analysis and design, security test and evaluation, hardening, vulnerability testing and scanning, and POA&M remediation.

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Xcelerate Solutions seeks a DevSecOps Engineer to support CyberPRIMES initiatives for DHRA, including DMDC and OUSD(P&R). The role requires integrating security into DevSecOps practices across pipelines and platforms in a federal government contracting environment.

Candidates must hold an active Secret clearance, be a U.S. citizen, and have a bachelor’s degree with at least three years of relevant experience.