Senior AWS DevSecOps & Cloud Security Engineer

VulnU; San Antonio (TX); Hybrid; USD 78,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a senior AWS DevSecOps engineer to design secure cloud architectures, implement IaC, and build CI/CD pipelines for DoD mission applications in AWS GovCloud. You will harden containers, manage IAM, networking, encryption, and secrets, and translate security requirements into automated controls.

You will collaborate with software, AI/ML engineers, cybersecurity teams, and mission stakeholders to deploy secure, resilient cloud platforms and support RMF/ATO activities

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevSecOps, cloud engineering, platform engineering, or cybersecurity engineering
• 3+ years designing, deploying, and securing AWS environments (IAM, VPCs, KMS, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, GuardDuty, Security Hub)
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with automated checks across environments
• Experience deploying containerized workloads with Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience integrating vulnerability/security scanning, secrets management, and compliance checks
• Familiarity with RMF, ATO, NIST SP 800-53, FedRAMP or equivalent
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field; security certifications are a plus

Responsibilities

• Design secure AWS architectures and IaC
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with automated tests and security checks
• Harden containerized workloads and implement identity, access controls, and encryption
• Support RMF and ATO activities with automated evidence generation
• Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting; assist in vulnerability remediation
• Collaborate with software, AI/ML teams, and mission stakeholders

Skills

DevSecOps

Cloud engineering

Platform engineering

Cybersecurity engineering

AWS IAM

VPCs

CloudTrail/CloudWatch

Terraform/CloudFormation/CDK

CI/CD pipelines

Docker/Kubernetes

Vulnerability management

Linux Bash/Python

RMF/ATO

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Cybersecurity/Information Systems/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

AWS CDK

GitHub Actions

Jenkins/Azure DevOps

Docker

Kubernetes

EKS

Policy-as-Code

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a senior AWS DevSecOps engineer to design secure cloud architectures, implement IaC, and build CI/CD pipelines for DoD mission applications in AWS GovCloud. You will harden containers, manage IAM, networking, encryption, and secrets, and translate security requirements into automated controls.

You will collaborate with software, AI/ML engineers, cybersecurity teams, and mission stakeholders to deploy secure, resilient cloud platforms and support RMF/ATO activities