Government and Infrastructure - Cybersecurity - DevSecOps Senior Engineer

EY•McLean, VA

1d•$104,800 - $218,500•Hybrid

About The Position

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. Government and Infrastructure – Technology Consulting - Cybersecurity – DevSecOps Senior Engineer - Senior Consultant From strategy to execution, the Government & Infrastructure of Ernst & Young provides a full range of consulting and audit services to help our Federal, State, Local and Education clients implement new ideas to help achieve their mission outcomes. We deliver real change and measurable results through our diverse, high-performing teams, quality work at the highest professional standards, operational know-how from across our global organization, and creative and bold ideas that drive innovation. We enable our government clients to achieve their mission of protecting the nation and serving the people; increasing public safety; improving healthcare for our military, veterans and citizens; delivering essential public services; and helping those in need. EY is ready to help our government build a better working world. The opportunity Our cybersecurity professionals possess diverse industry knowledge, along with unique technical expertise and specialized skills. The team works together in planning, pursuing, delivering and managing engagements to assess, improve, build, and in some cases operate integrated security operations for our clients. We will support you with career-long training and coaching to develop your skills. As EY is a global leading service provider in this space, you will be working with the best of the best in a collaborative environment. So, whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, computer engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
3-6+ years of experience in DevOps, software engineering or security engineering
Hands-on CI/CD pipeline engineering with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Azure DevOps.
Experience with at least one application security scanning tool (for example, Fortify, Checkmarx, SonarQube, Snyk, Trivy or OWASP ZAP).
Working knowledge of containers and Infrastructure-as-Code.
Scripting in Python, PowerShell or Bash.
Understanding of the NIST Risk Management Framework, NIST SP 800-53 and secure software development lifecycle practices.
Must be able to obtain and maintain and secret level clearance
Must be comfortable with working in-person as needed in the Washington, DC area

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting continuous ATO or FedRAMP authorizations and managing POA&Ms.
Kubernetes security and policy engines (OPA/Gatekeeper, Azure Policy).
SBOM tooling and standards (CycloneDX, SPDX).
Certifications such as CompTIA Security+, CISSP, CCSP, Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) or relevant GIAC certifications.

Responsibilities

Assess each application's delivery toolchain and practices — source control, build and release automation (for example, Jenkins and Bitbucket), artifact management (Artifactory), code quality (SonarQube), Infrastructure-as-Code and configuration management (Terraform, Ansible) and monitoring (Datadog) — and identify manual release processes and gaps.
Assess application security posture as an input to rationalization, including open vulnerabilities, outdated or vulnerable dependencies, software bill of materials (SBOM) availability, secrets handling, authentication patterns and open plans of action and milestones (POA&Ms).
Design, build and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines for the modernization factory with integrated static and dynamic application security testing (SAST/DAST), software composition analysis, container image scanning, Infrastructure-as-Code scanning, secrets detection and quality gates.
Implement policy-as-code and automated evidence collection that support continuous Authorization to Operate (cATO) and NIST SP 800-53 control traceability.
Harden container images and environments against applicable security configuration benchmarks (DISA STIGs or CIS Benchmarks).
Integrate governance gates for AI-assisted development, including provenance, human review and traceability of AI-generated code.
Define reference DevSecOps patterns and reusable pipeline templates for future modernization waves, and report delivery and security metrics (for example, DORA metrics and vulnerability aging).
Support vulnerability triage and remediation guidance and collaborate with client cybersecurity and authorization stakeholders.
Own the DevSecOps architecture and toolchain standards for the team.
Lead the security-posture assessment methodology and ensure findings are scored consistently across the portfolio.
Serve as the primary security engineering contact for client cybersecurity stakeholders and prepare artifacts for authorization reviews.
Mentor the Staff DevSecOps engineer and promote secure engineering practices across the team.