FedRAMP Config & DevSecOps Lead

Strategic Innovation Group LLC; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great work/life balance

Performance-based bonuses

401(k) with match

Health, dental, vision insurance

HSA

Generous PTO

Life insurance

Short- and long-term disability

Job summary

Strategic Innovation Group (SIG) is seeking a Configuration Manager to own the platform-engineering and configuration-control backbone of a new analytics platform in a FedRAMP Moderate on-premises environment. You will tie CI/CD, container builds, and security scans into a repeatable, auditable flow with client CIO and security stakeholders.

The role requires hands-on DevSecOps, Kubernetes deployment, and strong CM planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in CS/IT or related field.
• 5+ years in configuration management, release engineering, DevOps, or platform engineering; 1+ year in CI/CD in FedRAMP or federal environment.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/Azure DevOps) integrated with GitLab or similar.
• Hands-on Kubernetes deployment (Rancher/OpenShift or comparable).
• Experience integrating security scanning (SAST/container/image/DSA) into pipelines.
• Knowledge of CM baselines, change control, and release management.
• Familiarity with NIST SP 800-53 CM controls and FedRAMP authorization processes.

Responsibilities

• Establish and operate the CI/CD pipeline with Jenkins or Azure DevOps integrated with GitLab.
• Manage container image builds, vulnerability scanning, SBOMs, and dependency approvals.
• Deploy apps on Rancher-managed Kubernetes; handle environments and secrets across namespaces.
• Define and maintain CM plan including baselines, IaC, data models, docs, and release procedures.
• Integrate logging with Splunk and support security audit-logging requirements.
• Coordinate environment access with client CIO staff and resolve blockers.
• Maintain configuration control and deliver code/docs to client repository on acceptance.
• Support System Security Plan with CM control evidence and runbooks for transition.

Skills

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell)

DevSecOps

Security scanning (SAST, SCA)

NIST SP 800-53 CM controls

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field

Master's degree (CS/IT)

Tools

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

GitLab

Rancher/OpenShift

Splunk

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Strategic Innovation Group (SIG) is seeking a Configuration Manager to own the platform-engineering and configuration-control backbone of a new analytics platform in a FedRAMP Moderate on-premises environment. You will tie CI/CD, container builds, and security scans into a repeatable, auditable flow with client CIO and security stakeholders.

The role requires hands-on DevSecOps, Kubernetes deployment, and strong CM planning.