Senior DevSecOps Engineer
About The Position
PSDC (Public Safety Delivery Center) requires the services of a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to act as consultant with the PSDC Solutions Management group. Hands-on security automation for AWS delivery. Build secure-by-default CDK constructs and CloudFormation templates, wire them into CI/CD, and enforce compliance checks that map to CJIS and NIST. Azure support is a future consideration, not a core day-one duty. Scope boundaries Does not own enterprise AWS Organizations or SCP operations. Designs and builds reference guardrails and enforcement patterns that can be deployed by enterprise teams. Focuses on preventive controls and compliance automation , not incident response. What you will deliver First 90 days Pipeline security templates in GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps with SAST, SCA, IaC, container, and secret scanning gates. Compliance as code in reference accounts: AWS Config rules and Security Hub standards aligned to CJIS and NIST 800-53, with exceptions workflow documented. IaC reference modules using AWS CDK and CloudFormation for IAM least privilege, KMS, Secrets Manager, logging, and network baselines; Terraform equivalents provided where teams require them. Evidence exports tying checks to control IDs and producing auditor-ready artifacts. Ongoing Harden CDK/CFT modules and pipeline templates as compliance needs evolve. Coach pilot teams to adopt templates. Raise gaps to enterprise teams for org-level enforcement.
Requirements
- 5+ years AWS security automation and DevOps
- Strong with AWS CDK and CloudFormation ; working proficiency in Terraform
- CI/CD authoring in GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps
- Proficient in Python and Bash , with PowerShell for Windows automation.
- Able to read Java and C# to integrate and tune SAST/SCA.
- Practical knowledge of CJIS and NIST 800-53 control families and how to automate checks and evidence.
Nice To Haves
- EKS/ECS/Lambda hardening patterns.
- OPA/Conftest, Checkov, Trivy, Inspector, CodeQL or equivalent.
- Basic Azure security automation for future phases.
Responsibilities
- Author and maintain AWS CDK constructs and CloudFormation templates ; provide Terraform versions as secondary.
- Implement AWS Config conformance, Security Hub standards, and GuardDuty routing in reference accounts.
- Wire scanning in CI/CD for app code, containers, and IaC.
- Create reusable GitHub/Azure DevOps templates with enforcement gates and exception handling.
- Generate posture and evidence reports mapped to CJIS and NIST controls.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
