DevSecOps Product Developer

cape-henry; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

JANUS Research Group seeks a Data Scientist to bridge data science development with enterprise IT. You will deploy Python and R models into production, ensuring secure, reliable performance across environments.

The role emphasizes path-to-production workflows, CI/CD automation, and continuous monitoring to detect model drift and system issues. Location flexibility includes Austin, TX or Fort Eustis, VA, with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience deploying data science applications to production environments.
• Strong background in Python and R for analytics deployment.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and security compliance in enterprise IT.

Responsibilities

• Path-to-Production Deployments: architect and streamline workflows for Python/R models.
• CI/CD & Automation: design and maintain robust pipelines for analytics projects.
• Application & Model Monitoring: implement monitoring, logging, and metrics for production models.
• Environment & Image Maintenance: manage container images and runtimes for reproducibility.
• Cybersecurity & Compliance: ensure deployments meet enterprise cybersecurity policies.
• Troubleshooting & Incident Response: diagnose and resolve production deployment issues.

Skills

Python

R

CI/CD

Security compliance

Tools

Containerization

Monitoring

DevSecOps

Job description

Candidates must have an active Secret clearance and verify, before applying, that you meet the minimum requirements of the position.

Target salary range: $100k - $130k. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

We are seeking a highly skilled Data Scientist with a strong background in software deployment, platform engineering, and path-to-production strategies for data science applications. In this role, you will bridge the gap between data science development and enterprise IT infrastructure, ensuring that custom application models written in Python and R are smoothly, securely, and reliably deployed, monitored, and maintained in production.

Key Responsibilities

• Path-to-Production Deployments: Architect, execute, and streamline path-to-production workflows for custom data science applications, interactive dashboards, and API models developed in Python and R.
• CI/CD & Automation: Partner closely with DevSecOps team to design, build, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines to automate testing, build, and deployment processes for analytics projects.
• Application & Model Monitoring: Implement and maintain robust application monitoring, logging, and metrics tracking to observe runtime health, system resource utilization, latency, uptime, and model drift in production environments.
• Environment & Image Maintenance: Manage, build, and update custom container images and runtime environments to ensure reproducibility and consistency across development, staging, and production environments.
• Cybersecurity & Compliance: Partner closely with Cybersecurity and Governance teams to ensure all application deployments adhere to strict cybersecurity policies, vulnerability patching schedules, and enterprise compliance postures.
• Troubleshooting & Incident Response: Act as the primary technical point of contact for diagnosing, debugging, and resolving deployment, environment, performance bottlenecks, and runtime errors for live data science applications.

Platform Management:

Support and optimize modern data science platform tooling, enabling data science teams to seamlessly publish and monitor models, interactive dashboards, and reports.

Location Flexibility between Austin, TX or Fort Eustis, VA.

JANUS strives to provide opportunities for career growth through training and development. We also offer an attractive comprehensive benefit package to include health and welfare plans and financial products. As part of a total rewards program, employees can benefit from our referral bonus program, and other various employee awards. JANUS Research Group takes pride in our benefit package and rewards program which has earned us the certification of a Great Place to Work

JANUS Research Group is an equal opportunity/ affirmative action employer. It is company policy to provide equal opportunity in all areas of employment practice without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, citizenship, or disability.

This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.