Remote DevSecOps Security Engineer (AWS GovCloud)

OpenTalent; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

GDIT is seeking a DevSecOps Security Engineer to architect and automate secure workflows across CI/CD pipelines and compliance operations from a remote U.S. base. The role emphasizes cloud security, automation of ATO artifacts, and integration with Terraform, AWS GovCloud, and modern tooling.

You will mentor engineers, evolve security practices, and drive proactive security posture across a highly automated environment while leveraging Generative AI tools to accelerate development and reporting.

Qualifications

• Architect and automate security workflows across our CI/CD pipeline and compliance operations.
• Partner with development and platform teams to integrate, automate, and monitor security tool components within automated pipelines.
• Build automation for compliance and ATO artifacts, including continuous monitoring reports, SPIAs, and control evidence mapping against NIST 800-53 / 800-171.
• Perform automated inventory delta analysis and drift detection across cloud accounts to maintain an auditable security posture.
• Champion DevSecOps culture by mentoring junior/mid-level engineers, educating teams on modern security tooling, and resolving complex configuration or performance issues.
• Leverage Generative AI engineering tools to accelerate the development of security automation, compliance reporting, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scanning workflows.
• Define guidelines and standards for securing AWS Cloud and container environments, implementing advanced solutions for system security, logging, and audit correlation.
• Drive engineering excellence by guiding the preparation of comprehensive technical documentation, processes, and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Architect and automate security workflows across CI/CD and compliance operations.
• Integrate, automate, and monitor security tool components within automated pipelines.
• Create automation for compliance artifacts and evidence mapping.
• Perform automated inventory delta analysis and drift detection across cloud accounts.
• Mentor junior/mid-level engineers on modern security tooling.
• Use Generative AI tools to accelerate security automation and IaC scanning.
• Define guidelines for securing AWS Cloud and containers.
• Prepare technical documentation, processes, and procedures.

Skills

AWS Cloud Computing

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Job description

GDIT is seeking a DevSecOps Security Engineer to architect and automate secure workflows across CI/CD pipelines and compliance operations from a remote U.S. base. The role emphasizes cloud security, automation of ATO artifacts, and integration with Terraform, AWS GovCloud, and modern tooling.

You will mentor engineers, evolve security practices, and drive proactive security posture across a highly automated environment while leveraging Generative AI tools to accelerate development and reporting.