DevSecOps/Platform Engineer

SkyePoint Decisions; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Certification incentives

PTO

Floating holidays

Health insurance

Dental

Vision

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401k match

HSAs/FSAs

Job summary

SkyePoint Decisions is seeking a DevSecOps/Platform Engineer to join our team supporting a federal customer. This remote, contingent role requires 8+ years of experience and a U.S. citizenship. Responsibilities include building CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and security/compliance integration for AWS-based environments.

Candidate must be able to obtain a 6c Public Trust; Secret clearance preferred. We offer extensive benefits and a focus on federal client mission success.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in CI/CD, cloud automation, IaC, and release automation.
• Experience with Git-based development, automated testing, security-tool integration, and AWS or comparable cloud environments.
• Ability to develop and maintain technical procedures, reusable automation, and platform documentation.
• U.S. Citizenship is required; ability to obtain a 6c Public Trust; active Secret clearance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Engineer CI/CD workflows using customer's Atlassian Cloud, GitLab, and NGDC AWS environment.
• Implement pipeline-as-code, templates, quality gates, provisioning, automation, and release controls.
• Integrate unit, integration, end-to-end, security, compliance, and infra testing into delivery workflows.
• Implement IaC and cloud deployment patterns supporting portable apps.
• Maintain pipeline tool inventories, code standards, SOPs, runbooks, and docs.
• Support compliance with NIST SP 800-218, OMB/CISA, STIGs, and CIS standards.
• Provide platform troubleshooting and guidance to development and Government stakeholders.

Skills

CI/CD implementation

Cloud automation

Security tooling integration

AWS cloud environments

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Atlassian Jira/Confluence

AWS

Terraform/CloudFormation

Job description

SkyePoint Decisions is a leading Cybersecurity Architecture and Engineering, Critical Infrastructure and Operations, and Applications Development and Maintenance IT service provider headquartered in Dulles, Virginia with operations across the U.S. We provide innovative enterprise-wide solutions as well as targeted services addressing the complex challenges faced by our federal government clients. Our focus is on enabling our clients to deliver their mission most efficiently and effectively – anytime, anywhere, securely. We combine technical expertise, mission awareness, and an empowered workforce to produce meaningful results.

This is a contingent position based upon contract win.

SkyePoint Decisions is seeking a DevSecOps/Platform Engineer to join our team supporting a federal customer. This position is contingent on contract win.

This is a remote position.

Responsibilities:

• Engineer CI/CD workflows using customer's existing Atlassian Cloud, FSA GitLab, and NGDC AWS environment.
• Implement pipeline-as-code, reusable templates, automated quality gates, environment provisioning, configuration automation, and release controls.
• Integrate unit, integration, end-to-end, security, compliance, and infrastructure testing into delivery workflows.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code and cloud deployment patterns that support portable and severable applications.
• Maintain pipeline tool inventories, code standards, reusable libraries, SOPs, runbooks, and technical documentation.
• Support compliance with NIST SP 800-218, applicable OMB/CISA guidance, STIGs, and CIS standards.
• Provide platform troubleshooting, performance improvement, access support, and technical guidance to development and Government stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science , Software Engineering, Cloud Computing, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related field with 8+ years of experience.
• Hands-on experience implementing enterprise CI/CD, cloud/platform automation, infrastructure-as-code, configuration management, and release automation.
• Experience with Git-based development, automated testing, security-tool integration, and AWS or comparable cloud environments.
• Ability to develop and maintain technical procedures, reusable automation, and platform documentation.
• Ability to obtain a 6c Public Trust. At least an active Secret clearance is highly preferred.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• GitLab CI/CD and Git workflows
• Atlassian Jira/Confluence
• AWS DevSecOps
• Terraform/CloudFormation or equivalent IaC
• Containers and platform automation
• NIST SP 800-218

Compensation:

Salary Range: TBD

The SkyePoint Decisions salary range for this position is a general guideline only. It represents an estimated range for this position and is just one piece of our total compensation package.

Salary at SkyePoint is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, work schedule, the candidate’s combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability, market data and business considerations.

In addition to a competitive salary, SkyePoint offers benefits including a certification incentive program, PTO, floating federal holiday options, several insurance options including HMO and High Deductible plans with Health Savings Accounts [HSAs], Flex Spending Accounts [FSAs], Full Dental Plans, Vision, ST/LT Disability, Life Insurance, and 401k matched.

What We Can Offer You:

• At SkyePoint, we go B.I.G. (beginning in GRATITUDE) by recognizing all we have and giving back to our employees, families, and communities. It instills a positive mindset that permeates all we do. By beginning in gratitude, SkyePoint can continue to spread living in gratitude each day.
• Great Benefits: Several insurance options including HMO and High Deductible plans with Health Savings Accounts [HSAs], Flex Spending Accounts [FSAs], Full Dental Plans, ST/LT Disability, Life Insurance, floating federal holiday options, and 401k matched
• Certificate Incentive Program: To promote professional development, we recognize and reward employees who obtain new certifications aligned with business needs.

SkyePoint Decisions is an established ISO 9001:2015 and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certified small business and appraised at CMMI Level 3 for Services and Development. We possess a common vision of excellence and foster a collaborative team culture built upon individual performance and accountability. We invest in our people and systems to create value for our clients. It is the SkyePoint Way. We are grateful for the opportunity to work with exceptional people and give back to the communities we serve. Our employees value the flexibility at SkyePoint that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives.

SkyePoint Decisions is a participating E-Verify Employer.

U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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As set forth in SkyePoint Decisions’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

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