DevSecOps Engineer

www.wingbrace.com • Lincoln, MA

6d

About The Position

The Wingbrace Engineering Technologies Department identifies, develops, and applies new technologies to address challenging Government software and systems engineering problems. The DevSecOps Engineer applies cloud engineering, systems architecture, security, infrastructure, cyber tools, and coding skills to challenging work, while helping expand Wingbrace’s capabilities. The role contributes to the design and implementation of the DevSecOps tooling ecosystem, strengthens security across development and production, and helps evolve the software factory delivery model. It includes architecture and administration of Kubernetes clusters across hybrid cloud and on-premises defense environments, as well as the evaluation and integration of emerging DevSecOps tools and methods.

Wingbrace is a mission-driven, customer-focused Service-Disabled Veteran Owned small business working on digital engineering, authoritative data, decision intelligence, advanced systems modeling, and platforms for national defense programs. The company describes its culture as curious, creative, energetic, and focused on lasting change.

Requirements

• 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.
• Demonstrated 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.
• Experience writing automation scripts and Infrastructure-as-Code using context-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 RBAC 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 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 in simple, intuitive terms 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 apply 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 help 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.
• Evaluate and integrate emerging DevSecOps tools, security scanners, and methodologies.
• Balance architectural thinking with practical execution that delivers continuous value to engineering teams.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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