Senior DevSecOps Engineer: Secure CI/CD & Cloud Automation

Piper Companies; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) with company benefits

PTO

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior DevSecOps CI/CD Engineer to lead secure automation and deployment pipelines for a federal modernization program in Huntsville, AL. This onsite role requires a Top Secret clearance and 8+ years in DevSecOps, with strong Terraform, CloudFormation, and container orchestration experience.

You will work closely with engineers across cloud, security, and product teams to ensure secure, compliant, and reliable software delivery in AWS and on‑prem environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required and 8+ years in DevSecOps, CI/CD, or secure automation roles.
• Experience with CI/CD platforms such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with IaC tools including Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Strong understanding of AWS cloud services and secure software development practices.
• Excellent troubleshooting, documentation, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize CI/CD pipelines with automated builds, tests, security scanning, and deployments.
• Implement secure DevOps practices including dependency management, artifact control, and automated vulnerability scanning.
• Maintain version control standards, branching strategies, and build automation across repositories.
• Develop IaC solutions using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar technologies; support provisioning and deployment orchestration.
• Integrate logging, monitoring, and alerting across cloud and on‑prem environments.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams and support release readiness for major software releases.

Skills

Top Secret Clearance

CI/CD expertise

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS security practices

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

GitLab CI

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Terraform

CloudFormation

SonarQube

Snyk

Anchore

Nessus

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior DevSecOps CI/CD Engineer to lead secure automation and deployment pipelines for a federal modernization program in Huntsville, AL. This onsite role requires a Top Secret clearance and 8+ years in DevSecOps, with strong Terraform, CloudFormation, and container orchestration experience.

You will work closely with engineers across cloud, security, and product teams to ensure secure, compliant, and reliable software delivery in AWS and on‑prem environments.