Senior DevSecOps Engineer: Build Secure-by-Default CI/CD

Twenty; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity firm in Arlington, VA, is looking for a DevSecOps engineer to build and manage essential security infrastructure. The role involves addressing cloud and container security, incident response, and fostering security practices within engineering teams. Ideal candidates should have over 8 years of experience in security engineering, particularly with AWS and CI/CD pipeline security. This position promotes both collaboration and automation to enhance security practices while ensuring agility in development cycles.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in DevSecOps, platform security, or a closely related security engineering role.
• Deep hands-on experience with AWS and security services.
• Strong IaC experience with Terraform, using it for security controls.

Responsibilities

• Own runtime security and vulnerability management across cloud and container environments.
• Design and enforce identity and access management (IAM) across AWS.
• Lead security incident response, including detection and remediation.

Skills

DevSecOps experience

AWS knowledge

IaC with Terraform

Container security

Incident response experience

Communication skills

Tools

Terraform

Docker

GitHub Actions

Trivy

Grafana

Job description

A leading cybersecurity firm in Arlington, VA, is looking for a DevSecOps engineer to build and manage essential security infrastructure. The role involves addressing cloud and container security, incident response, and fostering security practices within engineering teams. Ideal candidates should have over 8 years of experience in security engineering, particularly with AWS and CI/CD pipeline security. This position promotes both collaboration and automation to enhance security practices while ensuring agility in development cycles.