Junior DevSecOps Engineer (AWS, Automation)

OpenDataJobs • Washington, DC

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Peregrine Advisors is a data and technology innovation hub and a Benefit Corporation working at the center of the federal government's mission. They are looking for highly motivated contributors who thrive when trusted to own a hard problem and equipped to deliver the solution. The role involves building and operating secure delivery pipelines for federal systems, including CI/CD pipelines with progressive delivery strategies, infrastructure-as-code on AWS, containerizing services, and implementing monitoring, logging, and vulnerability scanning. Adaptability and a desire to learn are key for advancement. The work is described as real, hard, and important, with opportunities to move to the most challenging problems within the firm.

Requirements

• Sole United States citizenship and the ability to obtain a Public Trust determination.
• Hybrid role based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, requiring regular commuting into DC.
• 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.
• Treating security and reliability as part of the build, not a gate at the end.
• Motivation to develop as an engineer who automates manual processes and leaves an audit trail.
• Asking for help when stuck rather than guessing.
• Taking feedback as a route for improvement.
• Ability to shift priorities as they change.
• Clear communication skills.
• Adaptability across roles and clients.
• Caring about creating public value.
• Experimenting, failing, learning, and repeating quickly.
• Desire to own an outcome rather than be handed a task.
• A foundation in scripting, cloud fundamentals, and delivery automation.
• Willingness to build delivery habits like version control, automated testing, code review, and secure configuration.
• Precision to work where accuracy and auditability are not optional.

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).
• Amazon Web Services exposure or certification.
• Federal information technology experience.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted developer tooling.

Responsibilities

• Building and maintaining continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines that take services from commit to deployment the same way every time, including progressive delivery strategies (blue/green and canary deployments) with automated health checks and rollback.
• Writing infrastructure-as-code on Amazon Web Services (AWS) so environments are created from templates, not by hand.
• Containerizing services and keeping images patched, scanned, and small.
• Wiring up the monitoring, logging, and vulnerability scanning that make systems observable and provably secure.
• Helping assemble the security evidence that carries a system through its Authority to Operate (ATO).
• Building pipelines for builds, tests, and deployments.
• Implementing the security fabric around pipelines, including automated security testing (SAST, DAST, SCA), policy-as-code checks, monitoring and logging, and controls mapped to NIST SP 800-53.
• Developing automation reviewed by experienced professionals, chasing down findings.
• Contributing to a shift-left practice that builds security in.
• Utilizing AI-assisted engineering tools like Amazon Q Developer.
• Contributing to new capabilities, tools, and lines of business.

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.
• A 401(k) matched 100% up to 4% of salary, vesting immediately.
• Unlimited paid time off.
• Sponsored professional certifications and continuing education.

What This Job Offers

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