DevSecOps Engineer

www.wingbrace.com • Lincoln, MA

15d

About The Position

Wingbrace is hiring an experienced DevSecOps Engineer for its Engineering Technologies Department, which identifies, develops, and applies technologies to address challenging Government software and systems engineering problems. The role combines infrastructure, security, cyber tools, and coding, with opportunities to apply and expand cloud engineering, systems architecture, and security experience. The successful candidate is motivated, innovative, and self-directed.

The engineer will contribute to Wingbrace’s DevSecOps tooling ecosystem, strengthen cyber assurance and system security, automate infrastructure and operations, and help shape platform architecture and the software factory delivery model. The position includes architecting, administering, and scaling Kubernetes clusters across hybrid-cloud and on-premises defense environments, while evaluating and integrating DevSecOps tools, scanners, and methodologies. The role calls for balancing architectural thinking with practical execution that delivers ongoing value to engineering teams.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen capable of obtaining and maintaining a U.S. DoD clearance within the first year of employment.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or electrical engineering.
• Strong verbal, written, presentation, and communication skills, including developing and delivering technical presentations.
• Referenceable project-based experience in a team environment.
• 3–5 years of experience supporting software development, CI/CD, and platform operations.
• Hands-on experience deploying, configuring, and maintaining GitLab, including GitLab CI/CD pipelines, or equivalent DevSecOps platforms.
• Strong proficiency in Kubernetes administration, such as RKE2, EKS, or AKS, or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Experience writing automation scripts and Infrastructure-as-Code using appropriate languages and tools, such as Ansible, Terraform, ARM templates, Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
• Understanding of containerization and software package management, including Docker or Podman, pip, NuGet, crates, and private artifact registries.
• Experience with identity and access management and role-based access control using Keycloak and Active Directory.
• Experience managing code quality and security-scanning tools such as SonarQube.
• Experience managing Azure cloud infrastructure, including Azure Government, and services or tools such as Virtual Machines, VNets, NSGs, Cost Management, Azure Monitor, Azure CLI, Azure Automation, and VM image management.
• Strong Linux administration skills, preferably RHEL.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to diverse stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• CNCF certifications such as CKA, CKAD, or CKS, or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Experience building and maintaining platforms in restricted, air-gapped, or disconnected networks.
• Experience in the defense industry or a highly cyber-regulated environment, such as NIST 800-171, CMMC, or STIG compliance.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, systems engineering, software engineering, or a related field, or demonstrated experience.
• Top Secret security clearance.
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary, dynamic team environment.
• Ability to adapt current skills and experience to the military and defense domain.
• Experience with DoD cloud offerings such as Platform One, Cloud One, or FENCES.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, analysis, and implementation of Wingbrace’s DevSecOps tooling ecosystem.
• Drive cyber assurance, system hardening, and security-control implementation across development and production environments.
• Develop automation scripts and Infrastructure-as-Code to eliminate manual processes and improve operational efficiency and consistency.
• Contribute to platform architecture roadmaps and evolve the internal software factory delivery model for software engineering teams.
• Architect, administer, and scale Kubernetes clusters across hybrid-cloud and on-premises defense ecosystems.
• Continuously evaluate and integrate emerging DevSecOps tools, security scanners, and methodologies.
• Balance architectural planning with practical execution that delivers continuous value to engineering teams.

Benefits

• Flexible schedule.
• Competitive pay.
• Health insurance: the company covers up to 80% of employee and combined dependent premiums on its base health plan, depending on pay band.
• Dental and vision insurance: the company covers 80% of employee and dependent premiums.
• Life and disability coverage: the company covers employee premiums.
• 401(k) match of 4% of gross pay.
• Paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, federal holidays, and floating holidays.
• Education and training opportunities, including in-house and online training, mentoring, conferences, and classroom training.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level