Cybersecurity Engineer - DSOP

SAIC•Chantilly, VA

22h

About The Position

SAIC is seeking a DevSecOps Security Engineer to design, implement, and operate security capabilities within software delivery pipelines for mission applications. The engineer will work with Cloud, DevSecOps, Software, Integration, Test, and Cyber teams to help Capability Providers identify vulnerabilities earlier, remediate findings, and deliver secure software efficiently. The role includes building automated security checks, generating evidence for the Risk Management Framework (RMF), guiding developers through secure software delivery, and developing the program’s Secure Coding Guide. The engineer will help establish the foundation for a certified CI/CD pipeline, automated compliance, and future continuous authorization capabilities. The work supports classified, multi-classification, containerized, and cloud-based development environments.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and nine or more years of related experience; or a master’s degree and seven or more years; or a PhD and four or more years. Relevant experience may substitute for education.
TS/SCI clearance and U.S. citizenship.
DoD 8140-aligned cybersecurity certification, such as Security+, CASP+, CISSP, CCSP, or equivalent.
Five to ten years of cybersecurity, application security, DevSecOps, software engineering, or related experience.
Hands-on experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD, application security, security automation, or secure software delivery.
Experience with security tools such as Fortify, OWASP ZAP, Grype, Trivy, SonarQube, or comparable products.
Experience analyzing and supporting remediation of CWE, CVE, STIG, dependency, container, or application security findings.
Experience with Git-based workflows, CI/CD platforms, and automated pipeline controls.
Experience scripting with PowerShell, Python, Bash, or a similar language.

Nice To Haves

Experience with GitLab CI/CD, Gitea, container registries, artifact repositories, or pipeline runners.
Experience automating RMF, ATO, Continuous Monitoring, or compliance evidence.
Experience developing secure coding standards, secure software development guidance, or application security requirements.
Experience with SBOMs, SCA, image signing, artifact provenance, and software supply chain security.
Familiarity with Kubernetes, RKE2, containers, and cloud-native security.
Experience supporting classified cloud, multi-classification, MLS/MILS, or Cross Domain Solution environments.
Familiarity with Zero Trust, policy as code, continuous authorization, or certified CI/CD pipeline concepts.
Experience supporting DoD, Intelligence Community, command and control, or other mission systems.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain security capabilities within DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines.
Integrate automated SAST, DAST, container scanning, Software Composition Analysis (SCA), and Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) generation.
Implement security gates that detect vulnerabilities and prevent unacceptable software artifacts from advancing through delivery pipelines.
Automate the collection, organization, and delivery of security evidence supporting RMF, ATO, Continuous Monitoring, and future continuous authorization objectives.
Develop, maintain, and improve the program’s Secure Coding Guide, including required and prohibited practices, secure design patterns, and software security expectations.
Translate Secure Coding Guide requirements into pipeline controls, automated checks, developer workflows, and application onboarding criteria.
Support Capability Providers with application onboarding, security tool use, secure coding practices, and vulnerability remediation.
Review and help resolve CWE, CVE, STIG, dependency, container, and application security findings.
Validate software artifacts through integrity checks, image signing, provenance tracking, SBOM review, and other software supply chain security practices.
Document security controls, pipeline processes, evidence outputs, technical decisions, and developer guidance.
Assist with ISSO functions, including Continuous Monitoring, vulnerability management, security control assessments, remediation tracking, and cybersecurity evidence maintenance for RMF and ATO activities.
Identify opportunities to reduce manual security activities, improve developer feedback, and accelerate secure capability delivery.
Partner with Cloud and DevSecOps engineers to implement secure-by-default pipelines, infrastructure, and platform services.
Support security implementation across classified, multi-classification, containerized, and cloud-based development environments.