DevSecOps Engineer

E&M Technologies, Inc.•Alexandria, VA

9h•$135,000 - $150,000•Onsite

About The Position

E&M Technologies, Inc. is seeking a DevSecOps Engineer to support the Defense Resources and Infrastructure Office (DRI) in Alexandria, Virginia. DRI catalogs and analyzes military and civilian infrastructure and defense-related resources that underpin military capabilities, supporting U.S. and allied planners, targeteers, warfighters, policymakers, partners, and acquisition officials. The engineer will bridge database engineering, API development, DevSecOps automation, and secure platform architecture. The role involves taking concepts through MVP development and working with platform teams to create reusable templates and implementation patterns across multiple database technologies. The engineer will design, tune, and maintain relational and NoSQL databases, and support migration, backup, replication, disaster recovery, and point-in-time recovery activities. They will also support secure software delivery in accordance with DoD, IC, RMF, ICD-503, NIST SP 800-53, STIG, and continuous monitoring requirements. This is a full-time position requiring U.S. citizenship and the ability to maintain an appropriate U.S. Department of Defense clearance. Travel requirements are up to 10%.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field and 8 or more years of experience in DevSecOps, DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or platform automation roles, or 12 or more years of equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree.
Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI or GitHub Actions.
Experience deploying cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP using infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK.
Experience containerizing and orchestrating workloads using Docker or similar containerization and Kubernetes.
Experience integrating automated security checks into CI/CD pipelines, such as SAST, SCA, or image scanning.
Experience in Linux administration and proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Go.
Experience with Git-based branching, tagging, and release workflows.
Experience with networking fundamentals such as DNS, routing, load balancing, or TLS.
Cloud or DevOps certifications, such as AWS Solutions Architect, CKA, or CKAD.
Security+ certification.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must have and be capable of maintaining a U.S. Department of Defense clearance at the appropriate level.

Nice To Haves

Experience with GitOps tooling such as Flux, Argo CD, or Helmfile.
Experience optimizing CI/CD pipelines, such as through caching, artifacts, or parallelization.
Experience implementing Zero Trust patterns, hardened container images, or compliance-focused deployments such as STIG or CIS Benchmarks.
Experience with AWS security services such as GuardDuty, Macie, or Inspector, or equivalent Azure or GCP tools.
Experience with observability platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or CloudWatch.
Experience with configuration management systems such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
Experience with AI-augmented development workflows or agentic tools.
Master’s degree in Physics, Computer Science, or a STEM field.

Responsibilities

Bridge database engineering, API development, DevSecOps automation, and secure platform architecture.
Develop concepts into MVPs, work directly with platform teams, and create reusable templates and implementation patterns for multiple database technologies.
Design, tune, and maintain relational and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora, Oracle, MongoDB, and AWS RDS-based services.
Support database migration, backup, replication, disaster recovery, and point-in-time recovery activities.
Support secure software delivery in accordance with DoD, IC, RMF, ICD-503, NIST SP 800-53, STIG, and continuous monitoring requirements.