Career Level DevSecOps Engineer

National Security & Defense At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

Become part of a respected and hard-working team delivering innovative, next generation aviation solutions to our customers across the globe. We design, build, and secure critical military aircraft solutions using unique technology application and Agile software development capabilities to improve mission agility, capability, and operational readiness.

Bridge the gap between software development and release operations in support of Jacobs projects and contracts for the US and foreign military aircraft and missions

• Design, implement, maintain and support CI/CD pipelines; train developers in pipeline usage and best practices

• Deploy, secure, and maintain physical and virtual infrastructure supporting automation and DevOps tooling

• Define, document, enforce, and automate development processes, including artifact generation for compliance tracking

• Participate in security incident response, including root-cause analysis, short-term mitigation and long-term remediation

• Support and prioritize work across multiple concurrent Agile initiatives

• Proficient with both full-system virtualization (Hyper-V, VMware) and containerized platforms (Docker, Kubernetes)

• Monitoring for and mitigating infrastructure resource bottlenecks

• Assisting development teams with diagnosing and resolving DevOps pipeline build issues

• Embedding security controls into continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) workflows

• Implementing automated security scans to include diagnosing and resolving security incidents

• Enforcing quality gates

• Optimizing build and deployment speed

• Our teams work a compressed 9/80 schedule

*This list is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities. 

Here's what you'll need

• Programming Languages: C#, PowerShell, Bash

• Frameworks: .Net

• Operating Systems: Windows, Linux

• Tools & Platforms: Azure DevOps, Git, MSBuild, Virtualization (Docker, Hyper-V, VMWare), Vulnerability Analysis (SBOMs, OWASP, Trivy), Static Analysis (NETAnalyzers, Fortify)

Preferred Qualifications

• Programming Language: C++/COM, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript

• Operating Systems: Android, iOS

• Tools & Platforms: Kubernetes, IIS, AWS, Bitbucket, Jenkins

• Certifications: CompTIA Security+

Must be a US Citizen

Clearance Required: Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, US DoD Secret or Higher

Minimum Years of Experience: 

Batchelor’s degree in computer science or a related scientific or engineering discipline and 10 years of experience

Posted Salary Range: Minimum

125,000.00

Posted Salary Range: Upper

180,000.00

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $125,000.00 to $180,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. Job posted on April 20, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support .

Locations

City State Country
Nashua	New Hampshire	United States