Lead DevSecOps Engineer: AWS, Kubernetes & GitOps

CACI International

United States

Remote

USD 82,000 - 172,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

CA CI International is seeking a DevSecOps Lead Engineer to own the health, security, and state of our AWS cloud environment. This hands-on leadership role will be the go-to engineer for a small team and the primary technical point of contact for infrastructure, automation, and secure software delivery.

The role requires 7+ years in DevOps/DevSecOps, deep AWS expertise, and strong Terraform/Kubernetes/Helm skills.

Qualifications

7+ years in DevOps/DevSecOps, cloud infrastructure, or SRE roles.
Deep AWS expertise at production scale (compute, networking, IAM, storage).
Strong proficiency with Terraform, Kubernetes, and Helm in production.
Proficiency in Python for automation and tooling.
Experience building and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
Hands-on experience with ArgoCD or comparable GitOps tooling.
Working knowledge of LLM/AI concepts to guide tooling decisions.
Demonstrated ability to operate as the senior/primary technical resource for a small team.
U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain/maintain a Top Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

Design, operate, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters and Helm-packaged workloads in production.
Own and manage AWS environment state end-to-end; provisioning, drift detection, cost, and security posture.
Infrastructure fully defined and version-controlled in Terraform.
Build and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines and operate ArgoCD for GitOps-based deployments.
Write and maintain Python tooling for infrastructure and operational workflows.
Serve as the senior technical escalation point for infra, DevOps, and security questions.
Embed security throughout the development and delivery lifecycle; secrets management and IAM controls.
Advise on integrating LLM/AI tooling into engineering practices where valuable.
Mentor team members on IaC, Kubernetes, and CI/CD best practices.