Senior DevSecOps (Pipeline) Engineer

Steampunk; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Steampunk seeks a Senior DevSecOps Engineer in the McLean, VA area to drive DevSecOps practices across cloud and application development. You will build automated pipelines, ensure secure deployments, and mentor junior staff while integrating tooling across Jenkins, GitHub, CircleCI, and related platforms.

The role requires 5–7 years in cloud services (AWS, Azure, or GCP), Git SCM experience, and strong automation capabilities with a focus on secure, compliant delivery in a federal contracting

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
• 5+ years of cloud experience (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• 5+ years with Git SCM providers (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
• 5+ years with programming or scripting languages
• 5+ years in DevSecOps in an Agile environment
• 3+ years Docker/Kubernetes
• 5+ years infrastructure as code and orchestration
• 5+ years building CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub CI, CircleCI, TravisCI)
• 5+ years integrating deployments with DevSecOps tooling
• Experience integrating test automation (performance, security, functional) into CI/CD pipelines

Responsibilities

• Establish development tools and automation infrastructure
• Translate stakeholder needs into actionable developer guidance
• Automate and improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes
• Test and review code and analyze results
• Ensure systems are secure against cybersecurity threats
• Identify root causes and develop software fixes
• Collaborate with developers to ensure processes work as intended
• Support cloud apps or infra via infrastructure as code and automated configurations
• Document current environment state, perform gap analyses, and produce option artifacts
• Leverage virtualization and containerization to modernize systems
• Act as both contributor and mentor to DevOps team
• Engineer solutions and drive continuous improvement across services
• Present status updates and cross-train team members

Skills

Cloud platforms

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Automation

Scripting

Containerization

Infrastructure as code

CI/CD tooling

Security testing

Mentoring

Education

BS in IT or related field with 2 years IT experience

MS degree (preferred)

DOD Tier 3 clearance (preferred)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Pivotal

Chef

Concourse

Bash

PowerShell

Python

Job description

Overview

As a Senior DevSecOps Engineer, you will work with our growing DevSecOps practice delivering features to support cloud and application development. We are looking for candidates with 5-7 years experience with cloud platform services and DevSecOps practices such as build/release management, CI/CD practices, and process automation.

Contributions

Responsibilities include:

• Establishing development tools and infrastructure for automation
• Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers
• Automate and improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes
• Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results
• Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
• Identifying technical problems, performing root cause analysis, and developing software updates and 'fixes'
• Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
• Support enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure through infrastructure as code including any activities around automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, and monitoring and testing, such as CI/CD
• Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
• Leverage virtualization and containerization to optimize and modernize software systems
• Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
• Act as an individual contributor and mentor team members
• Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided
• Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other DevOps team members.

Qualifications

Required:

• Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
• BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience
• 5 Years of Experience with one or more clouds (i.e. AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• 5 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
• 5 Years of Experience with one or more programming or scripting languages
• 5 Years of application DevSecOps Experience with actual/active development experience in an Agile environment
• 3 Years of Experience implementing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes
• 5 Years of Experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestration
• 5 Years of Experience building CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Pipelines, CircleCI, TravisCI
• 5 Years of Experience integrating deployments with industry standard DevSecOps tooling and orchestration
• Experience integrating test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD Pipelines

Preferred:

• MS Degree

• DOD Tier 3 clearance

• Certifications:
  • CompTIA Network+

• • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer

• • AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional

• • Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert

• • SAFe DevOps Certification

• Experience implementing Automated Testing frameworks including Selenium
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations preferred
• Experience with scripting in Concourse, Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby
• Experience with automation tools, including Pivotal, Chef, Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible

About steampunk

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $150,000 to $185,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk's total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

Identity Statement

As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology, we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. As an employee owned company, we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers - and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.