Lead DevSecOps Appian Engineer

Koniag Government Services, LLC•Washington, DC

2d•$166,000 - $195,000

About The Position

Tuknik Government Services, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Lead DevSecOps Appian Engineer with a Top Secret security clearance to support a U.S. Army customer on a large-scale contracting systems modernization and automation program. This role leads the automated delivery path for Appian packages, conventional code, database changes, interfaces, security evidence, and test results. It builds a repeatable promotion process that preserves artifact integrity and gives the Government visibility into release quality and approvals. The position is described as a future new business opportunity and a contingent recruiting profile; the opening, employing subsidiary, compensation, work location, and staffing are subject to final contract authorization. The role designs and operates DevSecOps pipelines across development, test, staging, and production environments; establishes controls for multiple artifact types; and integrates code quality, security scanning, testing, and evidence tools into release gates. It automates inspection, validation, promotion, deployment verification, and recovery while maintaining traceability and coordinating distinct IL-5 and IL-6 pipeline configurations. The Lead Engineer also troubleshoots with application, security, database, test, and platform teams; reports pipeline and release metrics to the Government; and coaches development teams in secure coding, testing, and release practices. Work may be performed remotely when authorized, at Government facilities, or in controlled office and data-center environments. Work with classified information or SIPRNet takes place at a Government-approved secure location using authorized systems. The role generally supports Government business hours, with occasional release, incident-response, maintenance-window, or approved travel requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field; additional relevant experience may substitute for education.
Seven or more years of software engineering or DevSecOps experience, including leadership of CI/CD implementation for enterprise applications.
Hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD, artifact repositories, code-quality tools, security scanning, automated testing, and controlled deployment.
Experience packaging, deploying, and troubleshooting Appian applications or comparable low-code platforms.
U.S. citizenship and the active security clearance or eligibility required for the assigned work by the start of performance, with ongoing eligibility thereafter.
Ability to communicate clearly with Government, technical, and business stakeholders and maintain accurate work records in approved systems.
Ability to protect Controlled Unclassified Information and classified information, when assigned, and comply with required access, training, and handling procedures.
GitLab CI/CD and release automation skills.
Appian deployment and package governance skills.
Security scanning, SBOM, and evidence automation skills.
Artifact integrity and configuration control skills.
Technical leadership and troubleshooting skills.

Nice To Haves

Current Appian developer certification and GitLab, cloud, security, or DevSecOps certification.
Experience operating CI/CD inside Army DSOP, cArmy, SIPRNet, DLA PIEE, or another DoD enclave.
Experience integrating Appian-native testing with Selenium, FitNesse, API testing, and Locust performance testing.

Responsibilities

Design and operate the DevSecOps pipeline across development, test, staging, and production environments.
Implement artifact-specific controls for Appian packages, scripts, conventional code, containers, database changes, and documentation.
Configure GitLab branching, merge controls, runners, approvals, pipeline definitions, and protected release workflows.
Integrate Nexus, SonarQube, approved security scanners, SBOM generation, test tools, and evidence repositories into release gates.
Automate package inspection, configuration validation, environment promotion, deployment verification, rollback, and forward recovery.
Maintain build-once/promote-controlled-artifact practices and traceability from approved backlog item through production release.
Coordinate separate IL-5 and IL-6 pipeline configurations, credentials, repositories, test data, approvals, and evidence streams.
Troubleshoot pipeline failures and application deployment issues with Appian, configuration, test, security, database, and platform teams.
Publish pipeline health, deployment frequency, failure rate, recovery, test, and security metrics for Government review.
Coach development teams on secure coding, package design, automated testing, and release discipline.
Protect Controlled Unclassified Information and classified information when assigned, and comply with required access, training, and handling procedures.