Devsecops Engineer

Role Overview

DevSecOps Engineer (Digital Services Technical Lead) — a technical, hands-on role focused on driving modern software practices through a DevSecOps methodology.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mature DevSecOps processes across software development, security, automation, testing, networking, databases, cloud operations, and tooling teams.
• Build and improve application development and CI/CD for progressive delivery.
• Establish and maintain release management, integration, and implementation practices.
• Support real-time monitoring, alerting, and incident diagnostics using observability tooling.
• Drive critical incident resolution with strong technical and communication leadership.

Required Skills / Qualifications

• 12+ years experience building/operating on AWS, including networking and IT Security tools, and working with databases and tooling.
• Hands-on expertise across DevSecOps, security, automation, application development, databases, and release management.
• Experience using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Strong understanding of Identity & Access Management (IAM) concepts (roles/permissions).
• AWS security/monitoring tooling experience including CloudWatch and OpenSearch.
• Security tooling experience such as Aqua and DLP.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes on AWS EKS, including Spring Boot-based container services.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD (environments, feature flags, DORA Metrics aggregation).
• Observability/monitoring experience with Datadog.
• Coding proficiency in at least one language: Python, C/C++, Java, or Ruby.
• Strong analytical, business judgment, and ability to execute tactically and strategically.

Nice-to-Haves / Additional Skills Mentioned

• Experience with identity and access controls in complex environments.
• Experience with AWS workspace/session technologies (e.g., AWS WorkSpaces, Session Manager).
• Familiarity with networking/remote access tooling (e.g., SFTP/RDP, Citrix, PCoIP, DCV).

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a relevant field.

Contract Details

• Contract-to-hire position.
• Location: Herndon, VA.
• Pay range: $80.00–$89.00/hr.