DevSecOps Systems Engineer - Automation, Cloud & Security

SGS Consulting; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SGS Consulting is seeking a systems administrator with strong DevSecOps skills in a security-conscious IT environment. The role emphasizes automation, virtualization, Linux administration, and secure network design.

The ideal candidate will manage server installations, patching, configuration, and contribute to DoD/STIG compliant operations while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with secure IT practices and compliance standards (NIST, PCI, HIPAA, CMMC).
• Experience configuring and maintaining network security controls such as firewalls and VPNs.
• Strong Linux administration and virtualization/containerization knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Scripting and Task Automation (e.g. server installation, patch management, configuration).
• Support of DevSecOps environments.
• Understanding of virtualization, networking, and storage concepts.
• Hardware: Intel/AMD, Dell.
• Configuration of network switches.
• Experience with Layer 2 networking protocols (e.g. VLAN).
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly.
• Excellent problem solving.
• Strong customer service skills and communication.
• Strong team communication.
• Ansible.
• DevSecOps environments (GitHub, Jfrog, Jenkins, GitLab, Fortify, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.).
• Virtualization and containerization (VmWare, Docker, Kubernetes, Podman).
• Configure storage for Linux systems (LVM, filesystems, RAID, encryption, SAN/NAS/NFS).
• Ubuntu Systems Administration experience.
• System Documentation.

Skills

Air-Gapped Networks

Security Compliance

Firewall/VPN

DoD STIG/SCAP

JIRA/Confluence

AD/GPOs

RHEL

Windows Admin

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

SGS Consulting is seeking a systems administrator with strong DevSecOps skills in a security-conscious IT environment. The role emphasizes automation, virtualization, Linux administration, and secure network design.

The ideal candidate will manage server installations, patching, configuration, and contribute to DoD/STIG compliant operations while collaborating with cross-functional teams.