Senior DevSecOps Engineer: Secure CI/CD & IaC Leader

Kaizen Lab Inc.; Colorado Springs (CO); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Rapid Strategy is seeking a DevOps Engineer-IV to architect and oversee advanced DevSecOps strategies and frameworks. This expert role requires autonomy and expertise in modern DevOps practices, with an active TS/SCI clearance.

The position can be performed in Colorado Springs, MD, Reston, or Washington DC. Responsibilities include designing secure CI/CD pipelines, IaC templates, and security-focused automations, while collaborating with development and security teams to implement robust

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI Clearance with CI poly.
• 10+ years as a DevSecOps or similar role.
• Expert in DevOps, CI/CD, and automation tools.
• Experience building DevSecOps at scale (IL5–IL6+).
• AWS expert; familiarity with Azure/GCP.
• IaC tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible.
• Scripting in Python or Bash.
• Security testing tools: Fortify, Acunetix, Prisma Cloud.
• Knowledge of OWASP/NIST standards.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with dev, ops, and security to embed security in SDLC.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines with security tests and scans.
• Develop and keep IaC templates ensuring cloud resource security.
• Perform security assessments, code reviews, and pentesting.
• Monitor logs to detect and respond to incidents.
• Manage IAM solutions and access controls.
• Guide engineers on secure coding and remediation.
• Participate in incident response and remediation.
• Contribute to security policies and docs.

Skills

DevSecOps experience

CI/CD pipelines

Automation tools

Scripting: Python

Scripting: Bash

Security testing

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud security

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Artifactory

SonarQube

Selenium

Fortify

Acunetix

Prisma Cloud

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Job description

Rapid Strategy is seeking a DevOps Engineer-IV to architect and oversee advanced DevSecOps strategies and frameworks. This expert role requires autonomy and expertise in modern DevOps practices, with an active TS/SCI clearance.

The position can be performed in Colorado Springs, MD, Reston, or Washington DC. Responsibilities include designing secure CI/CD pipelines, IaC templates, and security-focused automations, while collaborating with development and security teams to implement robust