Senior DevSecOps Engineer

Oteemo, Inc•Manassas, VA

16h•Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for a DevSecOps Engineer to stand up and maintain infrastructure and pipelines in both the cloud, and on-premise air-gapped environments. They should also have hands-on experience with at least one production distribution of Kubernetes, CI/CD Pipelines (above and beyond build pipelines), and with at least one cloud provider. Experience maintaining and upgrading infrastructure and Kubernetes clusters is desired. They should also be familiar with at least one pipeline orchestrator (Gitlab, Jenkins, Github). Experience with Python or another scripting language is also desirable. Must have some experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation.

Requirements

Active Secret clearance or higher (TS/SCI preferred); experience on DoD or federal contracts and familiarity with DoD processes.
Hands-on multi-cloud experience (AWS, Azure, GCP) — strong experience in at least two providers; deep Kubernetes and containerization knowledge (EKS/GKE/OpenShift/RKE2/K3s).
At least 3+ year proven experience designing and operating CI/CD/GitOps pipelines and pipeline orchestrators (Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, etc.).
At least 3+ proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, or similar; scripting in Bash, Python, or Go.
Strong background in Zero Trust, IAM, network security (microsegmentation, VPN, load balancing), secrets management, and embedding security into pipelines.
Experience with platform operations, cluster lifecycle management, upgrades, and automation of routine tasks.
Strong written and verbal skills; demonstrated ability to lead and mentor teams and present to senior leadership.
Cloud Platform: One or more from AWS (Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Pro, Security Specialty), Azure (Solutions Architect Expert, DevOps Engineer Expert), or GCP (Professional Cloud Architect / DevOps / Security Engineer).
Security: CISSP, CCSP, CEH, or GIAC (GSEC/GCIH) or Security+ CE.
DoD/Federal: DoD 8140/8570 compliance (Security+ minimum; CISSP/CASP+ preferred).
Kubernetes: CKA/CKAD, Terraform Associate, CNCF certifications.
US Citizen.

Nice To Haves

Active Top Secret/SCI clearance.
Experience with Navy, Marine Corps, or other service programs and Platform One / DoD Enterprise DevSecOps Reference Design.
Familiarity with software factory concepts, continuous ATO (cATO), and classified environment automation.
Familiarity with Agile/SAFe in government contexts.
Hands-on coding experience (Python, Go, Bash).
Experience with observability stacks (Prometheus, Fluentd, Loki, Grafana), service mesh (Istio, Envoy), and CNCF ecosystem tooling.

Responsibilities

Architecture & Strategy: Design enterprise-scale DevSecOps and cloud-native architectures across AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-premise; define technical roadmaps; apply Zero Trust and defense-in-depth principles; lead architecture reviews and threat modeling.
Platform & Infrastructure: Stand up and maintain secure infrastructure (cloud and on-premise air-gapped), including Kubernetes clusters and container platforms; oversee environment automation and reproducible provisioning.
CI/CD & Pipelines: Architect and implement CI/CD and GitOps pipelines that integrate security scanning, compliance validation (RMF/NIST), automated testing, and continuous ATO/cATO workflows; design pipeline orchestration using tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and Flux.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation: Champion IaC and environment templatization (Terraform, Ansible, Kustomize, Helm, Jinja, etc.); automate provisioning, configuration management, and operational tasks.
Security & Compliance: Integrate security controls into pipelines and platforms (secrets management, IAM, microsegmentation); ensure adherence to DoD security frameworks, RMF, and authorization processes; lead security architecture reviews.
Operations & Upgrades: Maintain and upgrade production infrastructure and Kubernetes clusters; implement observability, monitoring, logging, and incident response practices.