CD Engineer

Peraton•Chantilly, VA

2d•$112,000 - $179,000•Onsite

About The Position

Peraton is seeking a DevSecOps / CI/CD Engineer to design, implement, and maintain secure software delivery pipelines for a mission-critical enterprise platform supporting an Intelligence Community customer. The platform provides a standardized development and deployment environment across multiple classified enclaves and is built on a zero trust, hub-and-spoke architecture. The engineer will independently develop and enhance pipelines that automate software builds, testing, security validation, artifact management, and deployment. The role integrates security controls throughout the software delivery lifecycle, creates reusable automation, and helps establish consistent delivery practices across platform services and tenant applications. Working with platform engineering, cybersecurity, integration and test, and operations teams, the engineer will improve delivery speed, reliability, and security while producing technical evidence to support RMF authorization and continuous ATO. The position is fully onsite in Chantilly, Virginia.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field, plus 5 or more years of relevant experience; an additional 4 years of relevant experience may substitute for a degree.
Hands-on experience independently designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines in a production environment.
Experience automating software builds, testing, artifact management, and deployment to containerized environments using Docker, Kubernetes, or similar technologies.
Experience integrating automated security scanning into CI/CD pipelines, including application security testing, dependency analysis, container scanning, or secrets detection.
Proficiency with Git and scripting languages such as Bash or Python.
Working knowledge of infrastructure as code and deployment automation using Terraform, Ansible, Helm, or similar technologies.
DoD 8140 / 8570 IAT Level II certification, such as Security+ CE, or ability to obtain the required certification within the applicable timeframe.

Nice To Haves

Experience delivering software across multiple classified enclaves or disconnected environments.
Experience supporting DoD or Intelligence Community software factories, hardened container image programs, or continuous ATO processes.
Familiarity with zero trust architecture and policy-as-code tools, such as OPA/Gatekeeper or Kyverno.
Experience managing artifact repositories, such as Artifactory, Nexus, or Harbor, and code quality platforms, such as SonarQube.
Experience with observability tools for monitoring pipeline performance and deployed services.
Kubernetes certification, such as CKA, CKAD, or CKS, and/or a cloud professional certification.
Prior experience supporting Intelligence Community or DoD mission programs.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for platform services, infrastructure components, and tenant applications.
Automate software builds, testing, packaging, artifact management, and deployment to containerized environments.
Implement GitOps practices, including source control management, branching strategies, release versioning, and declarative deployment workflows.
Develop reusable pipeline templates, shared automation, and self-service tooling to standardize workflows and accelerate team onboarding.
Implement infrastructure and deployment automation using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Helm.
Troubleshoot pipeline failures and improve build, test, and deployment processes across development and production environments.
Integrate automated security controls, including SAST, DAST, software composition analysis, container image scanning, secrets detection, and code quality checks.
Implement processes for managing hardened base images, approved artifact repositories, and secure software dependencies.
Generate and maintain SBOMs, security scan results, and other pipeline artifacts supporting RMF authorization, auditability, and continuous ATO.
Implement secure artifact versioning, validation, and promotion across environments, coordinating with cross-domain engineering teams when transfers between classification levels are required.
Collaborate with cybersecurity personnel to remediate pipeline security findings and improve compliance with established security requirements.
Support integration of security policies and automated enforcement mechanisms into software delivery workflows.
Monitor pipeline health, performance, reliability, and execution metrics; identify and resolve recurring issues.
Track and analyze delivery metrics, including deployment frequency, lead time for changes, change failure rate, and recovery time.
Improve pipeline efficiency, reliability, repeatability, and security.
Coordinate release planning and deployments with platform engineering, integration and test, cybersecurity, and operations teams.
Document pipeline architectures, configurations, operational procedures, and troubleshooting guidance.
Provide technical guidance to development teams adopting standardized DevSecOps practices and automated delivery workflows.