Senior DevSecOps Engineer

Steampunk, Inc.; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Steampunk, Inc. in McLean, VA seeks a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to deliver features for cloud and application development, focusing on CI/CD, automation, and secure deployment practices.

You will establish automated tooling, implement infrastructure as code, build and optimize pipelines, mentor teammates, and collaborate with stakeholders to improve security and performance across enterprise cloud applications.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree and 10 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5 years of experience with one or more clouds (i.e. AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• 5 years of experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket.
• 5 years of experience with one or more programming or scripting languages.
• 5 years of application DevSecOps experience with development experience in an Agile environment.
• 5 years of experience implementing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes.
• 5 years of experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestration.
• 5 years of experience building CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, TravisCI.
• 5 years of experience integrating deployments with industry standard DevSecOps tooling and orchestration.
• Experience integrating test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD Pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Establish development tools and infrastructure for automation
• Understand the needs of stakeholders and convey this to developers
• Automate and improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes
• Test and examine code written by others and analyze results
• Ensure that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
• Identify technical problems, perform root cause analysis, and develop software updates and ‘fixes’
• Work with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
• Support enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure through infrastructure as code including any activities around automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, and monitoring and testing, such as CI/CD
• Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
• Leverage virtualization and containerization to optimize and modernize software systems
• Act as an individual contributor and mentor team members
• Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided
• Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other DevOps team members

Skills

Cloud platforms

Git hosting

Programming/scripting

DevSecOps practice

CI/CD pipelines

Docker & Kubernetes

Infrastructure as code

Test automation

Security clearance

Leadership

Automation tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

CircleCI

TravisCI

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Concourse

Selenium

Pivotal

Chef

Job description

Overview

As a Senior DevSecOps Engineer, you will work with our growing DevSecOps practice delivering features to support cloud and application development. We are looking for candidates with experience with cloud platform services and DevSecOps practices such as build/release management, CI/CD practices, and process automation.

Contributions

Responsibilities include:

• Establish development tools and infrastructure for automation
• Understand the needs of stakeholders and convey this to developers
• Automate and improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes
• Test and examine code written by others and analyze results
• Ensure that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
• Identify technical problems, perform root cause analysis, and develop software updates and ‘fixes’
• Work with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
• Support enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure through infrastructure as code including any activities around automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, and monitoring and testing, such as CI/CD
• Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
• Leverage virtualization and containerization to optimize and modernize software systems
• Act as an individual contributor and mentor team members
• Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided
• Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other DevOps team members

Qualifications

Required:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance
• Bachelor's degree and 10 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5 years of experience with one or more clouds (i.e. AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• 5 years of experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
• 5 years of experience with one or more programming or scripting languages
• 5 years of application DevSecOps experience with development experience in an Agile environment
• 5 years of experience implementing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes
• 5 years of experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestration
• 5 years of experience building CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, TravisCI
• 5 years of experience integrating deployments with industry standard DevSecOps tooling and orchestration
• Experience integrating test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD Pipelines

Preferred:

• Master's degree and 8 years of experience
• Certifications:
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
  • AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional
  • Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert
  • SAFe DevOps Certification
• Experience implementing automated testing frameworks including Selenium
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
• Experience with scripting in Concourse, Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby
• Experience with automation tools, including Pivotal, Chef, Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
• Demonstrated leadership experience, including team lead and people management responsibilities (e.g., mentoring, coaching, or supervising staff)

About steampunk

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $150,000 to $185,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

Identity Statement

As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Steampunk is aChange Agentin the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through ourHuman-Centered delivery methodology, we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges.If you want to learn more about our story, visithttp://www.steampunk.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.