DevSecOps Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, build, harden, and operate CI/CD systems, cloud infrastructure, and container platforms.
• Partner with project teams to embed security controls and automate secure delivery workflows.
• Build MVPs, reusable templates, and implementation patterns for multiple database technologies.
• Design, tune, and maintain PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora, Oracle, MongoDB, and AWS RDS-based services.
• Support database migration, backup, replication, disaster recovery, and point-in-time recovery activities.
• Implement secure software delivery practices aligned with DoD, IC, RMF, ICD-503, NIST SP 800-53, STIG, and continuous monitoring requirements.
• Deploy and manage infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or GCP using infrastructure-as-code.
• Integrate automated security checks, optimize delivery pipelines, and support hardened and compliance-focused deployments.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in DevSecOps, DevOps, cloud engineering, or platform automation roles.
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI or GitHub Actions and Git-based branching, tagging, and release workflows.
• Experience deploying cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP using Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Linux administration, Python, Bash, or Go.
• Experience integrating SAST, SCA, or image scanning into CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals including DNS, routing, load balancing, or TLS.
• Active TS/SCI clearance and willingness to take a polygraph exam.
• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field or 12+ years of DevOps experience in lieu of a degree.
• Cloud or DevOps certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, CKA, or CKAD, plus Security+ certification.
• Preferred experience includes Flux, Argo CD, Helmfile, CI/CD caching and parallelization, Zero Trust, hardened container images, STIG, CIS Benchmarks, AWS security services, observability platforms, configuration management, and AI-augmented development workflows.
• A master’s degree in Physics, Computer Science, or a STEM field is preferred.

Benefits

• Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
• Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.
• Recognition awards for exceptional performance and demonstration of company values.
• Regular employees working at least 20 hours per week are eligible for applicable benefit programs.
• Onsite work in Washington, DC; work is primarily performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility.
• Applicants may be required to complete identity verification using biometrics and remain on camera during interviews and assessments.