DevSecOps Engineer

B&A•Ashburn, VA

21d•Onsite

About The Position

B&A is looking for an DevSecOps Engineer to join a contract with a federal government client in support of an important mission. The ideal candidate excels in DevSecOps automation, is proficient in GitLab, Jira/Confluence, GitLab CI pipelines, Kubernetes, Harness, ArgoCD, Docker, Dynatrace/AppDynamics, Elasticsearch/Kibana, Splunk, Prometheus/Grafana and is committed to securing and streamlining software delivery and infrastructure. Qualified applicants will be subject to a security investigation and must meet minimum qualifications for access to classified information. This is a highly technical position; individuals will be screened by peers in a technical review of skills and experience.

Requirements

7-10 years of experience in related field.
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field required.
In-depth knowledge of DevSecOps principles, continuous integration, security automation, and compliance enforcement in federal or secure environments.
Hands-on expertise in: CI/CD automation using GitLab, Jenkins/Harness/ArgoCD Continuous Delivery (CD) and GitOps workflows deploying to Kubernetes.
Prefer Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform for cloud and hybrid infrastructure provisioning.
Proficiency with version control (Git), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and integrating security controls into delivery pipelines.
Experience with monitoring and log aggregating frameworks such as Dynatrace, ElasticSearch
Proficiency in managing AWS services like EC2, ECS, ECR, EKS, NLB, ALB, RDS, S3, Kafka, Cloud monitoring services, VPC and other network layers.
Experience in migration of applications from on premises to cloud.
Knowledge of OO programming and concepts (Java, C++, C#, Python)
Experience in configuration management technologies such as Chef, Puppet or Ansible.
Experience with AWS or another cloud PaaS provider.
Solid understanding of configuration, deployment, management and maintenance of large cloud-hosted systems; including auto-scaling, monitoring, performance tuning, troubleshooting and disaster recovery.
Proficiency with source control, continuous integration, and testing pipelines.
Good understanding of cloud security and best practices.
Active TS or CBP BI

Nice To Haves

Proficient in GitLab, Jira/Confluence, GitLab CI pipelines, Kubernetes, Harness, ArgoCD, Docker, Dynatrace/AppDynamics, Elasticsearch/Kibana, Splunk, Prometheus/Grafana

Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, Harness, enabling secure, efficient software delivery.
Design and manage GitOps pipelines leveraging ArgoCD to ensure consistent, auditable, and declarative infrastructure and application deployments.
Integrate security best practices into all phases of the DevOps lifecycle, performing automated security testing and compliance checks.
Collaborate with software developers, data scientists, and system engineers to enforce DevSecOps standards, streamline deployment, and remediate vulnerabilities.
Ensure the operational resiliency, scalability, and maintainability of cloud-based or hybrid environments supporting modernization goals.
Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize the performance, security, and health of infrastructure and deployment pipelines.
Maintain documentation, provide training, and promote best practices among multidisciplinary teams.
Design, build and maintain CI/CD, testing, and operations infrastructure.
Develop custom tools and automation through programming and scripting.
Pro-actively identify areas to drive automation across platforms.
Develop innovative strategies, processes, automation, fail-over experience
Design and setup of new large cloud clusters.
Provide support to implement Change/Service Requests per application needs.
Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions, primarily using Terraform.

Benefits

Three robust individual and family medical plans
Health Savings Account (HSA) option
Two tiers of dental coverage
Vision insurance
Life & AD&D insurance
Disability insurance
Accident insurance
Hospital indemnity insurance
Critical illness insurance
Paid time off
B&A sponsored trainings and certifications
Pet insurance benefits
Commuter transit benefits
Free subscription to a virtual exercise platform (NEOU)
401(k) plan with company matching contribution
B&A Cares program (wellness check ins, personal development, financial management, and stress management seminars)
Formal mentorship program
Job shadowing and cross training opportunities
Brand Ambassador program
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Access to counseling, legal guidance, financial planning, and more
Monthly teambuilding events
Annual Wellness Challenges (#StepWithB&A, #WalkDuringLunchWithB&A, #VolunteeringWithB&A, #ExerciseDuringLunchWithB&A)