DevSecOps Engineer

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We are seeking a proven DevSecOps Engineer with strong systems, software, and Agile DevSecOps experience to join our team in the Washington Metropolitan Area in support of a DoD customer. The successful candidate must have at least 5 years of experience in the IT field focusing on development projects, DevSecOps and technical architecture specifically. This is a client facing position working on client sites as needed.

Successful applicant must comply with federal contractor vaccine mandate requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Drive DevSecOps methodology to execute government development requirements in test, development and production environments. As a DevSecOps Engineer, an ideal candidate will be part of a team to provide consultative, architectural, program and engineering support for our current DoD customer.

• Create technical and non-technical artifacts including documents
• Evaluate business requirements to identify potential software and hardware, so system architectures can be employed to meet business objectives.
• Assess technical objectives, conduct gap analysis of existing versus needed capability, and identify business requirements.
• Manage cloud Infrastructure automation and infrastructure setup using Infrastructure as Code and Infrastructure as Service principles
• Maintain and update infrastructure automation code developed using Terraform and Pulumi across multiple cloud platforms
• Establish configurable DevSecOps pipelines to continuous integrations / continuous deployments using industry best practices
• Integrate MLOps with the traditional DevSecOps setup
• Provide technical solutions, do hands-on coding, establish code review and SDLC processes, lead teams (if need arises) and other duties as identified
• Advocate for, and ensure appropriate cybersecurity practices are communicated and implemented within application security programs
• Architect and contribute to agile delivery using Open Source tools, microservices approach and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Pipeline.
• Delivery through agile practices in a microservices approach using a Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Pipeline and Open Source tools.
• Identify quality assurance activities such as developing automation testing and conduct peer reviews as needed for the team.
• Monitor, support and troubleshoot Operations and Maintenance (O&M) tasks for all the application program, for analyzing and troubleshooting production issues.

Work Experience:

• 5 or more years of experience in software development including in managing complex DevSecOps environments for multiple projects
• Extensive expertise in Agile and DevSecOps approaches, and experience using many of the tools common to a Development/Test Tool Suite.
• Experience in implementing DevSecOps practices such as build/release management, automating security processes in CI/CD pipeline, and general automation
• Experience using agile and DevSecOps practices including Git version control with pull/merge requests, automated testing, security scanning, and quality analysis of developed software
• Experience with automated infrastructure setup for multiple projects using DevSecOps automation
• Experience architecting, building, and testing front end and/or back end solutions using cloud services such as AWS.
• Experience with designing and engineering data management / data persistence solutions; preferably with AWS services including RDS and Elasticsearch
• Experience implementing data compliance and governance solutions
• Experience with Docker and/or OCI compliant containers and tooling
• Experience architecting, developing, deploying, and maintaining applications in a CNCF compliant Kubernetes platforms
• Experience with CNCF compliant Kubernetes services such Rancher RKE, AWS EKS, Elastic Stack, and Prometheus
• Experience with DoD security and compliance processes such as RMF, SRGs, STIGs
• Experience with applying STIGs is preferred
• Experience engineering solutions in classified and air gapped environments
• Experience in the following is preferred:
  • Deploying and configuring Kubernetes services/architecture with CLI tools like kubectl, kustomize, helm, sops
  • Deploying and configuring a Rancher RKE2 cluster on AWS
  • Deploying and configuring Big Bang, Helm chart of Helm charts architecture (values passthrough) with persistent volumes
  • Deploying and configuring services on k8s, such as Airflow, Istio, Keycloak, GitLab, and all other Big Bang services
  • Building custom Docker images, using custom images in Helm chart deployments

Job Skills:

• Enthusiastic, proactive, positive attitude with great listening skills and high integrity
• Excellent organizational skills, strong attention to detail and ability to effectively manage concurrent projects
• Ability to think and act strategically, creatively, and proactively
• Comprehensive problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to learn, evolve, think creatively and proactively
• Able to work under pressure (at times) and to be extremely flexible with changing priorities
• Knowledge and experience in tools/technologies such as:
  • Confluence, JIRA, Slack, GitHub,
  • Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible
  • AWS, Azure
  • Python, Javascript, React, Angular JS, Cucumber, Hibernate, Jasmine, Java, Jenkins, Junit, Karma, MongoDB, Oracle Database, Postgres, Cassandra,
  • New Relic,
  • OpenShift, CloudFoundry, OWASP, Fortify, Selenium, Serenity, Spring Framework, Go, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, Chef, Packer.
  • Microsoft Office including Excel, Office, etc.

Education:

• BS in Computer Science / Engineering, Data Science, Information Technology or related field required, advance Degree is preferred

Certificates, Licenses and Registrations:

• AWS or any other cloud architect and automation related certificates preferred
• Ability to obtain Public Trust Clearance

Communication Skills:

• Solid ability to interface, inspire and motivate at various levels of the organization
• Ability to convey technical information to non-technical individuals.
• Demonstrated experience communicating effectively across internal and external organizations.

Travel:

• Travel to customer site in National Capital Region

Environmental Requirements:

• Mainly sedentary; in an office environment. May be required to lift up to ten (10) pounds
• Flexible in working extended hours

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Unissant management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, where applicable and available, reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position.

Please note: Candidate(s) will be required to go through pre-employment screening.

Unissant, Inc. is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer! (EOE; M/F/Disability/Vets)