Junior DevSecOps Engineer: GitLab Pipelines & Kubernetes

Cipher Tech Solutions, Inc.; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 66,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Cipher Tech Solutions, Inc. in the Greater Baltimore Area seeks a candidate to lead CI pipelines for building, validating, securing, and deploying solutions to on‑premises and cloud environments. You will implement IaC pipelines, support project teams, and align with DoD security requirements.

Requirements include U.S. citizenship with Secret clearance or higher, a CS/engineering/IT degree with relevant experience, strong communication skills, and expertise with Kubernetes, Helm, and GitLab

Qualifications

• US citizen with active Secret clearance or higher.
• Bachelor's degree + 3 years' experience OR Master's degree + 1 year.
• Strong oral and written communications.
• Expertise developing Kubernetes objects and Helm charts.
• Expertise building automated pipelines with GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar.
• Certification compliant with DoD 8570/8140 IAT II (e.g., Security+).

Responsibilities

• Lead the deployment of software and infrastructure solutions in both on-premises and cloud environments.
• Build automated pipelines for security assessments, testing, and deployment of Infrastructure and Configuration as Code.
• Support security audits and assessments of deployed infrastructure.

Skills

Oral and written communications

Security clearance awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Math, Information Technology, or Cybersecurity

Master's degree in one of these domains

Tools

Kubernetes objects

Helm charts

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

DoD 8570/8140 IAT II cert (Security+ or similar)

Job description

Cipher Tech Solutions, Inc. in the Greater Baltimore Area seeks a candidate to lead CI pipelines for building, validating, securing, and deploying solutions to on‑premises and cloud environments. You will implement IaC pipelines, support project teams, and align with DoD security requirements.

Requirements include U.S. citizenship with Secret clearance or higher, a CS/engineering/IT degree with relevant experience, strong communication skills, and expertise with Kubernetes, Helm, and GitLab