Junior DevSecOps Engineer, CI/CD Pipelines

OpenDataJobs • Washington, DC

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Peregrine Advisors is seeking a Junior DevSecOps Engineer to help build and operate secure delivery pipelines for federal systems. This role involves building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, writing infrastructure-as-code on AWS, containerizing services, implementing monitoring and logging, and assisting with security evidence for Authority to Operate (ATO). Adaptability and a desire to learn new concepts, systems, and tools are crucial for advancement. The work is challenging, meaningful, and offers opportunities to grow and contribute to new capabilities 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.
• 1-3 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, taking feedback for growth, and adapting to shifting priorities.
• Clear communication, adaptability across roles and clients, and a focus on creating public value.
• Experimenting, failing, learning, and repeating quickly.
• Desire to own an outcome rather than be handed a task.

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 with progressive delivery strategies (blue/green and canary deployments) and automated health checks and rollback.
• Writing infrastructure-as-code on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to create environments from templates.
• Containerizing services and ensuring images are patched, scanned, and small.
• Implementing monitoring, logging, and vulnerability scanning to make systems observable and secure.
• Assembling security evidence to support a system's Authority to Operate (ATO).
• Building security into the development process (shift-left practice).
• Utilizing AI-assisted engineering tools like Amazon Q Developer.

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