Senior DevSecOps Engineer - Classified Cloud & CI/CD

Base-2 Solutions, LLC; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions, LLC in Reston, VA seeks a Sr. DevSecOps Engineer 5 to design, implement, and maintain secure pipelines across classified mission environments. You will integrate security throughout the SDLC, collaborating with customers and internal teams.

Responsibilities include building CI/CD pipelines in GitLab CI/CD and Jenkins with security scans, creating IaC with CloudFormation and Terraform for AWS GovCloud, guiding junior engineers, and enforcing STIG compliance.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret/SCI with CI Polygraph.
• 10 years of experience as a DevSecOps Engineer or similar role, with a focus on infrastructure automation, scalability, and reliability across the software development lifecycle.
• Experience delivering DevSecOps services across multiple classified domains.
• Strong experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and automation tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, and Docker.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and/or Ansible.
• Strong experience with scripting languages such as Python and Bash in a Linux environment, such as RHEL, Oracle Linux, or similar.
• Understanding of AWS capabilities, including EC2, S3, IAM, and RDS, and experience architecting secure cloud-based infrastructure and services.
• Certification meeting DoD 8140/8570 IAT Level II requirements, such as CompTIA Security , GSEC, or SSCP.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with customers and internal teams to design and implement automated technical solutions across multiple classification environments.
• Work independently and as part of a team to address complex technical requirements.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines from scratch in GitLab CI/CD and Jenkins with integrated security scanning and STIG compliance validation.
• Provide expert guidance to development teams on pipeline troubleshooting and DevSecOps best practices.
• Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code templates, primarily using CloudFormation, to architect highly available, resilient, and secure DevSecOps tool infrastructure across AWS environments, including GovCloud, C2S, and TC2S.
• Ensure STIG compliance and guide junior engineers on Infrastructure as Code best practices.
• Lead advanced troubleshooting by analyzing system and application logs using Linux command-line tools.
• Conduct root cause analysis for complex issues and develop mitigation strategies for service degradation.
• Provide expert security guidance to development teams on secure coding practices, STIG compliance, vulnerability remediation, and ATO support.
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing.
• Maintain technical documentation, promote best practices, and support continuous team improvement.

Skills

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Scripting (Python, Bash)

Linux (RHEL/Oracle Linux)

Security practices

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

PhD

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Docker

AWS

GovCloud

Job description

Base-2 Solutions, LLC in Reston, VA seeks a Sr. DevSecOps Engineer 5 to design, implement, and maintain secure pipelines across classified mission environments. You will integrate security throughout the SDLC, collaborating with customers and internal teams.

Responsibilities include building CI/CD pipelines in GitLab CI/CD and Jenkins with security scans, creating IaC with CloudFormation and Terraform for AWS GovCloud, guiding junior engineers, and enforcing STIG compliance.