Junior DevSecOps Engineer (AWS, Automation)

OpenDataJobs • Washington, DC

2d • $80,000 - $95,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

At Peregrine Advisors, you will help build and operate the secure delivery pipelines that carry federal systems into production. As the work evolves, you will learn new systems and tools, take on greater responsibility, and help develop the firm's capabilities, tools, and lines of business. This is a full-time W-2 position with a salary of $80,000 to $95,000 per year. It is a hybrid work arrangement based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The initial engagement requires United States citizenship and the ability to obtain a Public Trust determination. Peregrine Advisors is a data and technology innovation hub and a Benefit Corporation working at the center of the federal government's mission to deliver for client stakeholders and the US public.

Requirements

• 1+ years of software development, platform, or operations engineering experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Scripting ability (Python, Bash, or PowerShell)
• Working knowledge of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) concepts, with hands-on experience in at least one pipeline tool
• Familiarity with cloud services on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and with containerization
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (CloudFormation or Terraform)
• Basic proficiency in writing, PowerPoint, and Excel
• United States citizenship and the ability to obtain a Public Trust determination
• Treat security and reliability as part of the build, not a gate at the end
• Highly motivated to develop as an engineer who automates what others do by hand and leaves an audit trail behind
• Ask when you are stuck rather than guessing
• Take feedback as the fastest route forward
• Shift with priorities when they change
• Communicate clearly
• Adapt across roles and clients
• Care about creating public value
• Experiment, fail, learn, and repeat quickly
• Own an outcome rather than be handed a task
• Give AI tools clear context, review and test their output, and remain accountable for the code you deliver

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to FISMA compliance, NIST SP 800-53 controls, or Authority to Operate (ATO) processes
• Vulnerability scanning or security tooling experience (SAST, DAST, or policy-as-code)
• Hands-on delivery of production workloads on Amazon Web Services (AWS), or an AWS certification
• Federal information technology experience
• Familiarity with AI-assisted developer tooling

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain pipelines whose builds, tests, and deployments are routine rather than events.
• Add automated security testing, including static and dynamic application security testing and software composition analysis, to the delivery path.
• Set up monitoring and logging, and map controls to National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-53 (NIST SP 800-53).
• Chase down findings and fix them, which is the fastest way to get good at this.
• Automate what the team does by hand, and build your part of the practice that puts security in early rather than bolting it on.
• Adapt your development workflow as AI tools evolve, using them to help implement, test, and improve the components you own.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision with the employee premium fully paid and half of dependent premiums
• Employer-paid life, accidental death, and short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) matched 100% up to 4% of salary, vesting immediately
• Unlimited paid time off
• Sponsored professional certifications and continuing education
• Extensive onboarding
• Rotation across functions to expand your skills and perspective

What This Job Offers

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