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Senior DevSecOps Engineer

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Washington, DCJob$150–185K/yrPosted 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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Compensation
$150–185K/yr
Location
Washington, DC
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Technical CertificationPublic Trust clearance

Job overview

The Senior DevSecOps Engineer will support cloud and application development by delivering DevSecOps features. The role focuses on cloud platform services, build and release management, CI/CD practices, and process automation. The engineer will implement and improve development infrastructure and deployment processes, support enterprise cloud applications, and contribute as an individual contributor while mentoring team members.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Cloud PlatformsGit SCMProgramming LanguagesScripting LanguagesApplication DevSecOpsAgile DevelopmentDockerKubernetesInfrastructure as CodeOrchestrationCI/CD PipelinesDevSecOps ToolingTest AutomationPerformance TestingSecurity TestingFunctional TestingAutomated Testing FrameworksSeleniumCommunicationInterpersonal SkillsCollaborationEnvironment Gap AnalysisConcourseBashPowerShellPythonGroovyRubyPivotalChefTerraformCloudFormationAnsible

Qualifications

Security Clearance EligibilityBS in IT or BS Non-IT + 2 Years Related IT ExperienceTechnical Certification5+ Years Cloud Experience5+ Years Git SCM Experience5+ Years Programming or Scripting Experience5+ Years DevSecOps Experience3+ Years Docker and Kubernetes Experience5+ Years Infrastructure as Code Experience5+ Years CI/CD Pipeline Experience5+ Years DevSecOps Tooling ExperienceMaster's Degree

Full job description

Overview

As a Senior DevSecOps Engineer, you will work with our growingDevSecOpspractice delivering features to support cloud and application development. We are looking for candidates with5-7years experiencewith cloud platform servicesandDevSecOpspractices such as build/release management, CI/CD practices, and process automation.

Contributions

  • Establishing development tools and infrastructure for automation

  • Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers

  • Automate and improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes

  • Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results

  • Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats

  • Identifyingtechnical problems, performing root cause analysis, and developing software updates and ‘fixes’

  • Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended

  • Support enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure through infrastructure as code including any activities around automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, and monitoring and testing, such as CI/CD

  • Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations

  • Leverage virtualization and containerization tooptimizeand modernize software systems

  • Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecuritythreats

  • Actas an individual contributor and mentor team members

  • Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided

  • Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other DevOps team members.

Qualifications

Required:

  • Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance

  • BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience

  • At least 1 relevant technical certification

  • 5Years of Experience with one or more clouds (i.e.AWS, Azure, or GCP)

  • 5Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket

  • 5Years of Experience with one or more programming or scripting languages

  • 5Years of applicationDevSecOpsExperience with actual/active development experience in an Agile environment

  • 3Years of Experience implementing docker containers andutilizingplatforms such as Kubernetes

  • 5Years of Experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestration

  • 5Years of Experience building CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Pipelines

  • 5Years of Experience integrating deployments with industry standardDevSecOpstooling and orchestration

  • Experience integrating test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD Pipelines

Preferred:

  • MS Degree

  • Certifications:

  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer

  • AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional

  • Microsoft CertifiedDevOps Engineer Expert

  • SAFeDevOps Certification

  • Experience implementing Automated Testing frameworks including Selenium

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills

  • Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations preferred

  • Experience with scripting in Concourse, Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby

  • Experience with automation tools, including Pivotal, Chef, Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible

About steampunk

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $150,000 to $185,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

Identity Statement

As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology , we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com .

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.

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Job Location US-DC-Washington

Posted Date (10/6/2026 10:14 AM)

Job ID 8318

Clearance Requirement Public Trust

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