Sr. DevSecOps Engineer I (6394)

MetroStar•Reston, VA

About The Position

As a Sr. DevSecOps Engineer I, you’ll play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure and efficient software development and deployment pipelines. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security practices seamlessly into the development and operations lifecycle, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, secure, and reliable software solutions. We know that you can’t have great technology services without amazing people. At MetroStar, we are obsessed with our people and have led a two-decade legacy of building the best and brightest teams. Because we know our future relies on our deep understanding and relentless focus on our people, we live by our mission: A passion for our people. Value for our customers. If you think you can see yourself delivering our mission and pursuing our goals with us, then check out the job description below!

Requirements

Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph
Security+, or equivalent to satisfy DoD 8140/8570.
4+ years as DevSecOps/DevOps Engineer, with strong security focus.
Experience with designing, deploying, and managing production-grade OpenShift clusters (Rancher/K8s/K3s acceptable) via automation with Ansible and Terraform (CloudFormation acceptable) in on-prem and cloud environments.
Expert experience with Gitlab CI/CD pipelines (or equivalent).
Strong Helm chart development and lifecycle management.
Strong Linux fundamentals.
Experience securing containerized workloads.
Experience implementing and enforcing DISA STIGs

Responsibilities

Collaborate with customers and internal teams to design and implement automatic technical solutions across multiple classification environments, working independently or as part of the team to address complex technical requirements.
Develop CI/CD pipelines from scratch in GitLab CI and Jenkins with integrated security scanning and STIG compliance validation, providing expert guidance to development teams on pipeline troubleshooting and implementing DevSecOps best practices.
Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates primarily using CloudFormation to architect highly available, resilient, and secure DevSecOps tool infrastructure across AWS environments (GovCloud, C2S, TC2S) while ensuring STIG compliance and guiding junior engineers on IaC best practices.
Lead advanced troubleshooting efforts by analyzing system and application logs using Linux command-line tools, conducting root cause analysis for complex issues, and developing mitigation strategies for service degradation.
Provide expert security guidance to development teams on secure coding practices, STIG compliance, vulnerability remediation, and other best practices in support of their ATO efforts.
Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing while maintaining technical documentation, promoting best practices, and fostering continuous team improvement.