Dev/Ops Engineer

Merlin Group Dev/Ops Engineer Opportunity

Merlin Group operates at the intersection of cyber innovation, national security, and technology-driven transformation. With a mission to accelerate the adoption of high-impact technologies across the U.S. public sector and regulated commercial markets, Merlin is uniquely structured around three core tenets – Invest, Enable, and Scale – each designed to address a specific stage of the technology lifecycle. Together, our affiliates – Merlin Ventures, CGC, and Merlin Cyber – form a flywheel that builds enduring capability for customers, partners, and the broader cyber ecosystem, operationalizing technological advancement into mission-ready, enterprise-grade solutions.

At Merlin, we believe our strength lies in our people. Team members are encouraged to be creative, collaborative, and nimble, pursuing paths to deliver the cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions that our customers rely on. From next-generation cyber defense to secure cloud and AI, we are united by one purpose – transforming innovation into mission impact.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Dev/Ops Engineer to design and implement the CI/CD and evidence automation infrastructure that underpins our security operations. You will build the pipelines that transform manual compliance processes into automated, repeatable workflows — ensuring continuous audit readiness rather than point-in-time compliance. This role is ideal for an engineer who wants to apply software engineering practices to security operations on a scale.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Design and implement automated evidence collection pipelines across compliance control families
• Build CI/CD infrastructure for detection rule deployment, testing, and validation
• Develop SOAR playbooks and workflow automation for incident response processes
• Automate vulnerability disclosure, file integrity monitoring, and notification workflows
• Create evidence validation tooling to support continuous audit readiness
• Identify and implement opportunities for AI-assisted automation within security operations

Qualifications

Required

• 3+ years building CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation
• Experience with SOAR platforms (Cortex XSOAR, Singularity Hyper automation, Phantom, or similar)
• Proficiency in Python for security automation scripting
• Familiarity with evidence collection requirements for compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP or SOC 2
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar)

Preferred

• Experience automating compliance evidence workflows in a FedRAMP-authorized environment
• Familiarity with SIEM platforms (Splunk, Sentinel One) and detection rule lifecycle management
• Background in DevSecOps practices and security pipeline integration
• Experience with multi-cloud architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Familiarity with AI/ML tooling applied to security automation use cases

Success Attributes

• Commitment to personal and professional integrity and respect for others.
• Roll-up-your-sleeves attitude and low-ego approach.
• Commitment to teamwork and professional relationship development.
• Passion for lifelong learning, growth, and development.
• Flexible and nimble; comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change.
• Strong communication and functional project management skills.
• Desire to innovate, try new things, and creatively explore novel solutions to business challenges.
• Professional and respectful approach to the diversity of thought, action, identity, and attributes.

Benefits & Perks

We want to empower and inspire employees to be and do their best. Our workdays are dynamic, collegial, and fun. Our office features multiple places to work unconstrained by typical office barriers. Our wellness package provides access to an on-site gym and includes medical, dental, and vision insurance along with options for FSA and EAP. We offer 401(k) with employer match, unlimited PTO, and a culture respectful of the reality that not everything in one’s personal life is guaranteed to happen only after hours.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.