Sr. DevSecOps Engineer

Senior DevSecOps Engineer

Zolon is a prime contractor with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), supporting a 4-year initiative for software development, business intelligence, ERP, and infrastructure optimization. We are seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to join our Cloud/Infrastructure team. This role involves leading the design and implementation of secure, scalable DevSecOps solutions in AWS using automation and CI/CD pipelines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build, test, and maintain infrastructure and tools to support continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD).
• Design, develop, and maintain automated container deployments using AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS).
• Create, configure, and maintain application-specific GitLab pipelines with integrated security practices.
• Use tools such as GitLab, Terraform, Ansible, and Flux for automation and infrastructure as code.
• Support AWS-based infrastructure, including EC2, RDS, and scaling cloud-native applications.
• Integrate security requirements directly into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring compliance with federal standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Security, Architecture, and Governance, to align with agency requirements.
• Ensure design patterns and secure coding standards are in place for platform implementation.
• Explore and apply emerging technologies to support AWS cloud migration and modernization efforts.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience designing and implementing containerized solutions using Kubernetes or Amazon ECS.
• Strong hands-on experience in AWS and core cloud services (EC2, RDS, IAM, etc.).
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and automation tools such as Ansible or CloudFormation.
• Experience managing and monitoring CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, Jenkins, or similar tools.
• Strong programming/scripting experience in Python, Java, or similar languages.
• Knowledge of networking protocols ( DNS, TCP/IP).
• Experience with infrastructure capacity monitoring and automated scaling solutions.
• Hands-on experience with Git version control.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Terraform certification.
• Experience working on federal government contracts.
• Familiarity with federal security standards (FISMA, NIST 800-53, FedRAMP).
• Exposure to observability and logging tools such as Splunk.
• Experience with Flux and GitOps workflows.
• Familiarity with RDBMS and cloud-native database solutions.

Clearance: Ability to obtain Public Trust tier 4