DevSecOps Engineer

E&M Technologies•Alexandria, VA

6d•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 infrastructure and defense-related resources to support U.S. and allied planners, targeteers, warfighters, policymakers, partners, and acquisition officials. The role bridges database engineering, API development, DevSecOps automation, and secure platform architecture. The engineer will take concepts through MVP development, work directly with platform teams, and turn solutions into reusable templates and implementation patterns across database technologies. The position also supports secure software delivery in accordance with DoD, Intelligence Community, RMF, ICD-503, NIST SP 800-53, STIG, and continuous monitoring requirements. 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; alternatively, 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 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.
Linux administration experience and proficiency in a scripting language 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; the posting lists TS/SCI with CI Poly.

Nice To Haves

Experience with GitOps tooling such as Flux, Argo CD, or Helmfile.
Experience optimizing CI/CD pipelines 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 initial concepts into MVPs, work 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.