Junior DevSecOps Engineer - Secure Cloud CI/CD for Gov

Peregrine Advisors LLC

Washington (District of Columbia)

Hybrid

USD 80,000 - 95,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance (eml

Employer-paid life and disability

401(k) with employer match

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Peregrine Advisors LLC is a rapidly growing AI and data innovation hub based in the Washington, DC metro area offering a hybrid work arrangement. This role requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a Public Trust determination.

You will contribute to pipelines, infrastructure automation, and secure cloud deployments, starting on a project with Terraform/CloudFormation, Docker, and AWS. Expect growth with a focus on security-first delivery and auditability.

Qualifications

1+ years of experience in software development, platform engineering, or operations engineering
A bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, cybersecurity, engineering, or a related technical discipline
Practical use of one or more pipeline tools, grounded in a working knowledge of CI/CD concepts
Ability to write scripts in Python (Bash or PowerShell skills a plus)
Familiarity with Docker and containerization, together with the cloud services AWS offers
Exposure to tools that express infrastructure as code, for example CloudFormation or Terraform
A basic understanding of how containers are orchestrated
Experience with the fundamentals of Linux
Knowledge of web applications and application programming interfaces, together with networking concepts and load balancing
Grounding in the principles of cloud security and in practices for delivering software securely
Skill at tracking down and resolving problems in infrastructure and in deployments
Experience generating and reviewing code with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot
Proficiency in writing, PowerPoint, and Excel

Responsibilities

Contribute to infrastructure as code via Terraform or CloudFormation
Under senior engineers' guidance, develop and maintain deployment automation and pipelines
Pitch in on running Docker containers and AWS environments, from orchestration to monitoring and logging
Wire vulnerability checks, security scans, and policy controls into the delivery pipeline
Turn repeatable operational tasks into Python scripts, reaching for Bash or PowerShell when those suit better
Take a hand in mapping and implementing NIST SP 800-53 controls, and automate the evidence that shows compliance
Bring AI-assisted tools into your pipeline, testing, and scripting work, and verify every output they produce
Code review sees every change you make, and you walk reviewers through the change and your reasons
That is where you learn what makes a change correct, not just that it runs
You automate the team's manual tasks, and you build your share of a practice that designs security in from the start instead of bolting it on later
This is where you start, not the shape of your career here.
Be prepared to discuss a difficult problem you worked through, the decisions you made, what happened, and what you learned. The technical assessment is a Python coding exercise.
This is a full-time W-2 position with a salary of $80,000 to $95,000 per year.