Security-Cleared DevSecOps Engineer (Gov/Air-Gapped)

Applied Intuition; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition is seeking a seasoned DevSecOps Engineer to own secure code integration across the software delivery lifecycle, including government and customer environments. A U.S.

citizen with active DoD clearance is required, and you will build and enforce automation gates, risk-based thresholds, and remediation tracking. You will collaborate with developers to integrate security into CI/CD, implement policy-as-code, and operate in AWS GovCloud with multi-account governance, SBOMs, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, SE, Cyber Security, or related field or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 5+ years of experience across software engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, or security engineering.
• DoD 8140/8570 IAT level II (Security+ Certification)
• Hands-on scripting or software development experience using Python, Bash, Go, or similar languages

Responsibilities

• Own secure code integration across the software delivery lifecycle from build to deployment.
• Directly support developers deploying software onto Government and customer systems.
• Build and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines and hardened build environments.
• Define and enforce promotion gates, severity thresholds, and remediation tracking.

Skills

Python/Bash/Go

CI/CD tooling

Docker/Kubernetes

AWS

Security tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/Cyber Security

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Terraform

CloudFormation

OPA Rego

Job description

Applied Intuition is seeking a seasoned DevSecOps Engineer to own secure code integration across the software delivery lifecycle, including government and customer environments. A U.S.

citizen with active DoD clearance is required, and you will build and enforce automation gates, risk-based thresholds, and remediation tracking. You will collaborate with developers to integrate security into CI/CD, implement policy-as-code, and operate in AWS GovCloud with multi-account governance, SBOMs, and