Senior DevSecOps Engineer — DoD CI/CD & Security

CACI; Sarasota (FL); On-site; USD 78,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

CACI is seeking an experienced DevSecOps Engineer to lead the development of a secure CI/CD environment for a multi-tenant system in a DoD setting. The role emphasizes building testing infrastructure, enforcing security standards, and integrating security into CI/CD pipelines using GitLab and Kubernetes on RHEL 9.

You will design testing strategies, own integration testing across distributed services, and ensure compliance with STIG requirements, with DS/IS and test planning responsibilities

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Poly.
• Active CompTIA Security+ certification or ability to obtain within 90 days of hire.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Strong experience managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL 9) systems.
• GitLab administration and CI/CD pipeline development experience.
• In‑depth knowledge of DoD DISA STIG security standards and compliance testing.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices and integrating security into CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with integration testing of distributed systems and microservices.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes container orchestration.
• Experience with Helm for Kubernetes package management.
• Proficiency with GitLab CI/CD pipelines and runners.
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and testing.
• Strong understanding of security testing methodologies and tools.
• Experience using Atlassian tools for project management (JIRA, Confluence).

Responsibilities

• Establish testing standards, DevSecOps practices, and security compliance processes from the foundation up, working with Java-based microservices deployed on Kubernetes with RHEL 9.
• Make critical decisions about tooling and frameworks while also writing test code, building pipelines, and hardening container deployments in Harbor and Kubernetes.
• Coordinate review of relevant program documentation with Responsible Engineers.
• Lead the test design; assist in DT&E I/FAT test planning, execution, and reporting.
• Integral member of the Integrated Product Team (IPT) for each system recap or deployment, ensuring system is ready for customer-witnessed acceptance tests and fielding.
• Ensure test data are properly collected and recorded in a timely manner per the approved test plan.

Job description

CACI is seeking an experienced DevSecOps Engineer to lead the development of a secure CI/CD environment for a multi-tenant system in a DoD setting. The role emphasizes building testing infrastructure, enforcing security standards, and integrating security into CI/CD pipelines using GitLab and Kubernetes on RHEL 9.

You will design testing strategies, own integration testing across distributed services, and ensure compliance with STIG requirements, with DS/IS and test planning responsibilities