DevSecOps Specialist- Secret Cleared

PCI Government Services LLC; Shiloh (IL); On-site; USD 165,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading government services provider in Illinois is seeking an experienced DevSecOps Specialist to oversee CI/CD Pipeline development and security integration. Candidates should have 8+ years of experience and hold a Bachelor's degree in a related field. Active Secret security clearance and expertise in GitOps and Kubernetes are required. This full-time position offers a competitive salary range of $165,000 to $180,000 annually and a mid-senior level role within the Information Technology function.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in DevSecOps.
• Must have an active Secret security clearance.
• Compliance with DoD 8140 certification requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain CI/CD tools and processes.
• Integrate security into development workflows.
• Collaborate across development, operations, and security teams.

Skills

CI/CD Pipeline Development

GitOps (Argo CD/Flux)

IaC (Terraform)

Kubernetes

Advanced troubleshooting

Agile environment experience

Python proficiency

Container security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS EKS

AWS ECS

AWS Security Hub

Helm

Job description

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The primary responsibilities of a DevSecOps Specialist include:

• CI/CD Pipeline Development and Management: Designing, deploying, and maintaining Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) tools and processes.
• Software Maintenance: Ensuring the deployed software product is configured and maintained in an automated fashion throughout its lifecycle.
• Security Integration: Embedding security practices into the development and deployment processes.
• Observability: Implementing monitoring and logging to ensure the software’s performance and security can be observed and analyzed.
• Collaboration: Working closely with development, operations, and security teams to streamline workflows and improve efficiency.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands on experience.
• Bachelors degree; degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or a related field preferred.
• Must have an active Secret security clearance.
• Must meet DoD 8140 certification and work experience requirements.
• Security+ or IAT/IAM Level II or above equivalent such as CSSP.
• CKA, AWS Solutions Architect or AWS DevOps – Associate.
• Strong experience in demonstrating ability to work independently and hands-on across the entire DevSecOps pipeline tech stack.
• Experience in providing mentorship and leadership within a DevSecOps team.
• Deep expertise in GitOps (Argo CD/Flux), IaC (Terraform), and container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS/GKE/AKS) at scale.
• Advanced troubleshooting without guidance across the stack (networking, DNS, TLS, authn/z, storage, runtime); strong root-cause analysis.
• Observability first: metrics/tracing/logs (Prometheus/Thanos/Grafana, OpenTelemetry); defines SLOs, alerts, runbooks.
• Security built-in: image scanning (Trivy/Anchore), policy-as-code, secrets management, supply-chain hardening.
• Thorough experience in working and delivering in an Agile environment while maintaining velocity.
• Possesses demonstrated knowledge (mastery preferred) in the following tools and skills: AWS EKS, AWS ECS, AWS Security Hub; Istio or other service meshes; Helm, including maintenance and development of charts; Proficiency in Python to develop scripts, debug, and solve problems; GitOps tooling (ArgoCD or FluxCD); Container security, OS hardening, and repository management; Help onboarding customer applications on the PaaS and Runtime environment.
• Previous experience with DoD’s Clod One, Platform One, Big Bang, and/or Iron Bank.
• Previous AWS Cloud computing experience.
• Prior work for DOD and/or Federal agencies.

Pay Range

USD $165,000.00 - USD $180,000.00 /Yr.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Business Consulting and Services

PCI Federal Services (PCIFS) and its subsidiaries is an equal-opportunity employer. PCIFS does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, national origin, religion, marital status, sexual orientation or identity, Veterans or Disability status.

Preference may be extended to qualified Native American Indian candidates in accordance with applicable federal law.